Protesters block Ore-Benin expressway over naira scarcity

Some residents of Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday blocked the busy Ore-Benin expressway to register their displeasure over the scarcity of naira notes.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters made bonfire on both sides of the expressway making it impossible for vehicular movement which has also resulted to heavy gridlock on the axis.

Some of the protesters who spoke in separate interviews with NAN said that they were protesting over the naira notes scarcity which they claimed was taking a toll on them and their families.