The Chairman, Joint Association Persons With Disability, Ishiyaku Adamu, has decried what he described as hardship faced by his members over the redesigned notes.
According to Adamu, who doubles as State Coordinator Actionaid Local Right Programme in Gombe, his members were starving following the decision of traders not to sell with the old notes.
Our correspondent reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria redesigned N200, N500 and N1000 notes, with January 31 deadline when the old notes would cease to be a legal tender.
He said, “Our people are already facing a lot of challenges and they are not able to afford basic needs of life because the old notes are being rejected and they don’t have access to the new notes.
