It was a dramatic scene at the popular Kano Road, Kaduna on Wednesday as some beggars rejected old N1,000 notes given to them as alms by some good Samaritans.
An eye witness narrated to our correspondent that a young man was accosted by three beggars on wheelchairs as he alighted from a bus, realising they were asking for handouts, the man took a N1000 note from his wallet and stretched it towards the most senior beggar among the three.
However, in a rather hilarious reaction, the beggars looked at themselves, swivelled their wheelchairs around and moved away from the young man, rejecting his offer.
Speaking to onlookers, the young man who identified himself as Caleb, said “they (beggars), came to me, asking for alms. I gave them what I had on me but they rejected it.”
The young man explained that he only had the old currency notes and has not been able to get the new ones despite his efforts.
QUEST TIMES had earlier reported that traders in the rural areas of the country have rejected the new Naira notes for transactions, barely few weeks to the final withdrawal of the old Naira notes from circulation.
Several rural dwellers have expressed concerns over the deadline given by the nation’s apex bank to mop up the old currencies in circulation.
Source: thequesttimes
