Hausa traders in Akure, the Ondo State capital and environs, have continued to collect the old N500 and N1,000 notes as legal tender.
At the Oja Oba market in Akure, Hausa traders selling food items said they were collecting the old notes because they heard it was still a legal tender and could be returned to the CBN at any time.
One of them Isah said they have been assured that the old notes would be collected.
But there were no cash available in many ATM points visited in Akure