Ganduje criticizes CBN once more, refers to the new naira policy as COVID-23.
Kano state’s governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has once more criticized the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its naira redesign strategy, which he has dubbed “COVID-23,” a sickness.
Ganduje also criticized Godwin Obaseki and Duoye Diri, the governors of the states of Edo and Bayelsa, for supporting the CBN’s naira stance in court.
On Monday at the Government House, the Kano governor made a statement through his chief press secretary, Abba Anwar, announcing the distribution of palliatives to lessen the suffering brought on by a lack of naira notes.
He said, “We will not stop blaming the CBN for this economic blunder. We love our people. Therefore, anything that will disturb their well-being must be rejected, till proper channel and good time are put forth.
“We didn’t invite this situation, neither did we pray for it; and, therefore, we don’t welcome it at all. We gave similar palliatives during the COVID-19 days. And today our citizens are being faced with COVID-23 caused by the CBN. We earlier thought it was a simple disease, but unfortunately, it turned out to be a very serious virus going viral.
“The virus coming from the CBN has affected all our commercial banks, our POS, our ATMs and all other things associated with this. Being the most populous state in the country, we are most affected by this unfortunate development.”
According to Ganduje, those receiving the palliatives would come from all 44 of the state’s local councils.
The governor, meanwhile, expressed shock that “opposition parties took the case to court supporting and shielding CBN in this ill-timed and anti-people strategy.”
“That was not done in the most appropriate way and time.Governors of Bayelsa and Edo are all PDP states and are in the forefront in this blunder. So also, the NNPP came out and said what the governor of Kano State said in rejecting CBN’s naira swap was wrong, according to them.
“I wonder what is wrong in speaking the truth that all Nigerians are seriously suffering because of this anti-human and ill-advised phenomenon?”
The PDP and the NNPP, according to Ganduje, intended Nigerians to remain mired in poverty.
