Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The North Central Youth Stakeholders Forum (NCYSF), has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the old naira notes.

In a statement issued on Saturday by its Chairman, Mohammed A. Mohammed, asked Nigerians to remain vigilant to the direction the country is heading.

It also urged them to prepare to embark on a mass "Bring Back Our Old Notes" protest in the event the insufficiency of the new notes persists beyond the 5th of February.

The statement reads: "The North Central Youth Stakeholders Forum has received with utter dismay newspaper reports quoting Atiku Abubakar asking the Central Bank of Nigeria not to extend the deadline beyond the February 10th deadline.

"We found this statement ver...