 The Uyghur state governor, Dakbua Biodo, has declared that the old 500 and 1,000 Naira remain legal tender in the state just as he threatened to sanction any commercial banks and business outlets rejecting the old notes. He was speaking in Biogucha, the Uyghur state capital, while addressing crowd of bank customers during his re-election campaign to a barf army over the local government area of the state, who were having difficult time accessing their phones while describing the situation as unfortunate and unacceptable. He, however, appealed to residents not to resort to violence as efforts are being made to address the situation. This is a very unfortunate situation. Not only is it unfortunate, it's totally needless. As much as the redesign of Naira is well within the rights and powers of the central bank, the implementation of same has become very worrisome. As you can see behind me, this is a situation that obtains, of course, the length and breadth of the state. This was further exacerbated when the news began to filter that the old notes, the 1500, we no longer be legal tender. You recall that the expression for the 1500 was meant to be 10th of February. But because of the Supreme Court order that said status quo ante should be maintained, people continued to trade in it and exchange same. But after yesterday's broadcast, we began to see a ground swell of agitation, anger, frustration, and it is highly regrettable. Because like you heard me speaking to the manager of this grantee trust bank, I asked him a question. Before this Naira, with his own policy, did you ever experience what you are going through? I said no. And what was that? He's out of cash at the ATM. He's out of cash at the bank. And this had never happened before. So obviously, this is not isolated. This is what has been experienced all over the branches of the banks in Abeo Kuta. And of course, all over the country.