On Monday 13, February, the Commercial banks in Kwara state stopped swapping or collecting old naira notes from bank customers who visited banks to deposit money.

The bank customers, who visited banks to deposit money in banks included newspaper distribution officers, traders, business operators, among other individuals in the state.

This has gotten bank customers furious as they display their displeasure over the new development.

According to the people, the old Naira notes and the redesigned Naira notes had been used to transact business among people in major markets and transporters in the state early part of Monday, adding that banks should have notified customers.

Investigations also revealed that bank officials had advised some traders and business operators, identified as big-time customers, in the state last Friday, to stop collecting old naira notes from people who patronize them for business transaction.

It was gathered that the piece of advice was borne out of the February 10 deadline given by the CBN before the Supreme Court ruling.

However, in a telephone interviews with some commercial bank managers in the state capital, they said that their banks had stopped collecting or swapping old naira notes since Friday.

It is recalled that some commercial banks in the state had closed operation since last week Wednesday, in what many stated it was as a result of shortage of new naira notes or security reasons.