The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has ordered its members to continue to receive the old naira notes till the deadline of the extension of the new currency-swap policy on February 10.
President of the Union, Tajudeen Baruwa, gave the directive when the Director-General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Garba Abari, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. The newly redesigned naira notes being swapped with old notes include the 200, 500 and 1000 naira denominations.
Baruwa urged his members to give relevant government’s agencies the opportunity to implement the monetary policy, noting that he had discussed the issue of rejection of old naira notes with the NOA boss for proper sensitisation.
Earlier, the Director-General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Garba Abari, said the visit was to collaborate with the union on the government’s currency redesigned policy in order to take the message to the grassroots and give feedback.
