Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- A federal lawmaker, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to change his intention to solve the problem of scarcity of the new naira notes within the next 7 days.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory made this revelation on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Abuja, the country's capital.

The Informant247 earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians to give him 7 days to find solutions to the scarcity of new naira notes which has become a problem across Nigeria.

But the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the State said the people were passing through hardship and persuaded the president to take immediate action...