 It's been 60 days since the Supreme Court halted the move by the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to end the circulation of the old Naira notes across the country. But despite this ruling, the newly redesigned notes have remained scarce and out of the reach of the common man. Plus TV news correspondent Love Ikukou Yedekou felt the pulse of the people and brought back this report. The court's verdict stipulates that the old 200, 500 and 1,000 Naira notes remain legal tender till December 2023. After much disregard for the court's ruling, the CBN succumbs. Surprisingly, the old notes, rather than the redesigned ones, are what is more available to the spendent public. Though the long queues seen at banks' 8 AMs when their worst scarcity of the new notes have disappeared, it is not yet Uhuru. One is dispensed from this ATM machine are the old notes. The old notes also should be taken away in a way that is convenient for everybody, not in a very hard way, that people will suffer from heat. So but up to now, I just withdraw from the ATM, there's no new note in it, just the old note. A little bit sad because I've seen the new Naira notes just once and I've not seen it. I think I sit down there because half is better than nothing. If I go to a bank, it's the old currency that give me most, and most people too are satisfied like that. Eight months to the phasing out of the old redesigned notes, many express concern about the feasibility. I don't see it to be something that is feasible, you know. It's fine, it's not going to be feasible because of all these underlying reasons, you know. People might be struggling to meet up and they lose money and they lose value for their money. So it's not really feasible. Well, in Nigeria now, we every day surprise, so we're just hoping for the best. So I don't know if it's going to be possible or not, so I'm just fingers crossed. In a recent statement, the CBN refuted claims that it is planning to phase out a new redesigned Naira note. The EPS Bank insists that old notes will cease to be legal tender by December 31st. Love you, Kukuku Uyiduku, plus TV news. Earlier we spoke to a public policy analyst, Professor Shola Akirinade, on this matter and this is what he had to say. Since the dead language by the Supreme Court is that Nigeria should have access to currency notes. What the experience of the last several weeks has demonstrated forcefully is the possibility of the coexistence of the old and new currency, the new currency notes at the same time. Remember that at the peak of the scarcity. My analysis pointed out the experience of other countries, including the United States, where all the new currency notes have existed for several years in some instances. If you go to the US today, some of the currencies that were phased out in 1986 are still in circulation. But once they are taken to the bank, they are not given out again. What is likely to happen is that the old notes will start getting withdrawn once there are enough notes in circulation. I'm sure that even the Supreme Court will not be necessary to continue until we have enough of these notes in circulation so that there will be a gradual transition that will be seamless and will be endless for the people. There's no need for us to get agitated and insist that by December 31 that the old notes must be phased out. In any case, the purpose of the currency note is to be a means of exchange and as long as the old ones are accepted and have been accepted by the people, as lega tender, I think we are in good hands. Hopefully, I believe that great progress to be made during the next couple of months to ensure that by December we'll be on. But if it is not even ready, I believe that it is okay for us to continue using the old notes and the new notes until we can easily phased them out without stress for the people.