Home Nigeria NIGERIA Naira Scarcity: Aba Residents Turn Commercial Bank Premises into Fast Food Restaurant in Video Wednesday, February 08, 2023 at 12:15 PM by Nnenna Ibeh The people of Aba have decided not to go hungry even while waiting to get money from their bank's Automated Teller Machines The residents of Abia state's commercial city were captured cooking and eating noodles while waiting in a queue A video, which was seen by Legit.ng, showed that the meal was prepared right on the premises of a commercial bank in Aba PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! With the prolonged cash crunch and scarcity of new notes across various states in Nigeria, citizens have devised several means to survive the ordeal. While some chose to protest, like in Oyo state, residents in Aba, Abia state turned a commercial bank into a restaurant. Ads by Some residents of Aba have been captured cooking noodles in a bank. Photo: @Ehijiiie, Bashir Ahmad Source: Twitter At the bank, residents were seen to have arrived in the area with the camping gas, pots and other cooking utensils. READ ALSO Protest in Edo, Ondo, CBN entrance blocked as naira scarcity bites hard However, the video seen by Legit.ng did not show the moment the residents, who might have waited hours in the bank to get cash, cooked their food - noodles. PAY ATTENTION: Share your outstanding story with our editors! Please reach us through info@corp.legit.ng! Instead, the video review showed that about four men were eating from the pot from which the noodles were prepared. The young men took turns eating the food, and many other residents in the queue by the Automated Teller Machines in the bank watched in awe. A voice speaking in the background of the video said that residents had been camped within the bank premises for hours with the hope of getting some cash. The voice, which spoke in Igbo langauge said that they had waited so long that they had to prepare a meal to eat while waiting to get cash. Watch the video below: READ ALSO Breaking: Angry youths protest in Abeokuta over fuel, naira scarcity, photos, details emerge Naira redesign: Action Democratic Party's presidential candidate Yabagi Sani fumes, exposes enemies of Nigeria The naira redesign by the Central Bank of Nigeria led by Godwin Emefiele has elicited reactions from different quarters. One of such reaction is from the 2023 standard-bearer of the Action Democratic Party, Yabagi Sani who faulted the process. Sani said no country changes her currency within two weeks, as such a process is allowed to go on seamlessly and people are not taken into any difficulties. Naira scarcity: CBN Governor Emefiele begs Nigerians to be calm Nigerians have been urged to remain calm and patient with the transition of the phase of the new naira notes. The plea was made by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, following the challenges faced by Nigerians in accessing the naira notes. Godwin Emefiele said hiccups are always expected in situations like this but will surely be overcome. Source: Legit.ng Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief SIGN UP THANK YOU! Check your email and confirm your subscription You are already subscribed to our newsletter! 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