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Nigeria's old currency can be used longer amid cash crisis

People queue to withdraw money from a cash machine outside a bank in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Nigeria's central bank has extended the timeline to swap out its old currency for redesigned notes after the change triggered a cash shortage. On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, both old and redesigned notes were still not available for thousands queued at banks in Nigeria's capital of Abuja. [AP]

Nigeria's central bank has extended the timeline to swap out its old currency for redesigned notes after the change triggered a cash shortage, forcing businesses to close and leaving millions unable to withdraw their money.

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