“The poorly executed naira redesign policy evidence of sabotage.” – Ganduje

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje met with bank managers, Central Bank of Nigeria representatives, security agencies, and other stakeholders on Thursday for an interactive session in an effort to find a long-term solution to the suffering that citizens are experiencing due to a shortage of new naira notes and never-ending lines in banks.

This was said in a statement given to reporters on Friday by Abba Anwar, the Governor’s chief press secretary.

Anwar claims that the meeting took place at Africa House, Government House, Kano, and that the governor declared the policy’s poor implementation to be a “sign of sabotage.”

“The policy is a good one, but the implementation is poorly executed and ill-timed. The poor implementation is either a display of incapacity and/or as a sign of sabotage,” Anwar quoted Ganduje as saying.

Ganduje went on to say that the implementation was not intended to promote economic growth but rather to undermine democracy and create chaos everywhere.

“Implementation of the policy is our major concern and problem. Not the policy itself. If you want to implement such a policy, there is a need for you to make public enlightenment and engagement with stakeholders before you arrive at the implementation stage.

“If you want to implement any policy as a leader you need to take many things into consideration. People are suffering.

“You cannot successfully implement a policy without proper planning for it. You need strong institutions if you want implement this kind of policy.”

He reaffirmed that the Kano State Government will keep fighting for the successful implementation of the new naira policy.

“Probably the people targeted by the poor implementation of this policy are not even suffering like other citizens. Something must be done to ameliorate this hardship being faced by our people.

“Since we are facing what I now called COVID-23 we are making all preparations towards distributing palliatives again.”

Additionally, he said that as long as people are struggling, the state government would provide free transportation to important locations around the state by flooding the roads with buses.