 The current hardship citizens face over the inaccessibility of cash is alarmingly increasing, leading to many waiting on long queues for hours just to access the cash. Plus, TV News correspondent Emanuel Olubo Boku was on the streets to get the reaction of Nigerians over the challenges they face in accessing cash. It's been weeks since the central bank of Nigeria, CBN declared the old 500 1,000 note as a link with tender to reduce the hardship citizens face in making use of funds. Recall that December last year, the CBN declared that the old note will not be in use by January 2023, allowing the redesigned narrow note to be the only ones in use. This led to a series of crises in the form of process and long queues at banks and ATMs. However, despite the intervention by President Buyeri and the Supreme Court to allow for the use of the old narrow note till December 34, 2023, citizens still face their challenges in assessing cash from their various banks. Long queues can be seen at various banks, with citizens finding it difficult to assess their cash. Some individuals speak about the challenges they face while trying to withdraw from their banks and ATMs, noting how the afterweights long ask, just to get the cash, ask network of signs easy to develop to do transfers. Charlie, the problem we're facing in Nigeria is getting worse, but we have seen the whole machine is going to abide. So it's not easy, I don't know why our leaders decide to try this way. It's not that the cashless have made the economy to improve, this debt, everything is getting worse. The cash withdrawer is actually a problem, he's causing a lot of problem in Nigeria. You are using our own money to buy Nigeria money again. Why? Because most of the ATM, the POS users as an agent, they charge a lot of money. Even imagine somebody withdrawing 5000, you have to pay like 1500 to get your 5000. I can't, because I needed cash, transportation, movement, except maybe you want to go through maybe Uber, to order Uber or boat or stuff like that, but like you know our everyday life in Lagos, you know how we move in Nigeria. So definitely I will have to, you know, to take Uber or boat, but not everybody is having means to want to go through Uber or boat. Amongst the individuals who spoke with Blastavenuse was Patrick Miyakachi, who expressed his grievances noting that he would prefer his money been given him and he keeping it under his pillow. I cannot eat what I'm about to eat, for what? I'm there now. They say they will be paying 50,000, no money there again, I'm here now. You know that it's on, with my own sweat, whatever of yours. I'm not happy. They should withdraw my own and give to me from all my banks, Zen, LGT and assets, give it to me, let me put it under my bed and spend it by myself. I think the government need to create an avenue or make the cash available for the time being. So as time goes on you could let the people know or find a different means, you know, to pass the information or to teach the people because it's all about the people and the people are affected. Since the antenna is already almost done, they should just park the antenna move because they are afraid Nigeria, this is not what Nigeria was expecting from them. It's a weather imperative that the government find a lasting solution to the current crisis, to enable citizens to assess cash with ease. Emmanuel Ulububukun, Plus TV News.