 The federal government says the scarcity of the redesigned narrow notes in the country is on a temporary basis since it is for the overall benefit of the economy. The Minister of Finance at the 65th State House briefing compared the current state of affairs in Nigeria to a patient who has a deep sore. However, she claimed that the government was satisfied that a sizable amount of old money has been re-injected into the banking system, allowing regulatory bodies to regain control of the country's currency. There's something that needs to be done at this time and also the central bank has been responsive in terms of providing some extension and also further explanation that come the closing date that it's not all over, that there's still opportunity for citizens as provided for in the CBN Act section 20, section 3 to actually take their old currency to the central bank for redemption. So it's not all over. But the positive side of it is that there's a lot of currency that has been mocked up by this operation and it means it has achieved a good level of success. The only sore point is the pain it has caused to citizens which is regrettable but which is also very transient and temporary.