By Abimbola Ogunnaike
A pregnant woman in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has lost her life as a result of unavailability of the new naira notes in banks.
James Auta, the deceased’s husband, said his wife was rejected by the hospital when he could not make the payment due to failure to have access to cash in his bank and also Point of Sale (POS) channels
Thegazellenews.com gathered that incident happened early this month after Auta’s wife went into labour but was rejected, because her husband couldn’t make a payment due to naira scarcity.
The woman was said to have died at home after giving birth but continued to bleed. The incident caused concerns across the state as patients and their family members found it difficult to make payments to access treatments due to the naira shortage.
The CBN extended deadline to phase out the old notes on Friday, 10 February after the Supreme Court gave an order restraining the apex bank from enforcing the deadline for the phasing out of the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes, pending the hearing of a lawsuit brought by three northern states challenging the new currency redesign.
The case was adjourned to 15 February.
