Nigerians Are Dissatisfied With National Efforts To Move Away From Cash

Citizens of Lagos are unhappy with the local state of payments, after the Central Bank of Nigeria made efforts to decrease the city’s use of cash.

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    “Indications are that not many people out there feel the initiative was well-thought out, judging by the many hiccups that have come to be associated with it,” wrote Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf in a report for The Nation. The Nigerian publication says that, “most bank transactions, post-cashless policy, have been fraught with different problems.”

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