Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- Senator Muhammadu Ali Ndume, the chairman, Senate Committee on Army has raised an alarm over the grave impact, the naira redesign and the cashless policy is causing on the operations of troops at the frontline.

"Naira redesign and the CBN's cashless policy are actually gravely affecting the strategic operations of troops at all front lines of insecurity across the country," Ndume told newsmen in Maiduguri, Saturday, February 4.

"Troops find it difficult to survive at the front lines due to the fact that they lack the cash to buy their daily basic needs at the remote communities across terrains of insecurity in the country where they cannot access cash due to the challenges posed by the currency redesign and cashless p...