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APC Governors Urge Buhari To Allow New, Old Naira Notes Co-exist

APC governors have urged Buhari to allow the new, and old naira notes to co-exist.

 

Glamtush reports that members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the old and new naira notes to co-exist.

This online platform gathered that they believe that this would ease the current scarcity of naira notes and its ancillary effects.

Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, who spoke to journalists in Hausa, revealed this shortly after governors elected on the All Progressives Congress ticket met the President at the State House, Abuja.

El-Rufai argued that the move had become necessary as the CBN mopped up over N2tn of the old notes but only printed N300bn of the new ones.

According to him, the new notes in circulation are insufficient for Nigerians.

“We informed the President about this. And he said within the next seven days, he will talk to the CBN and other agencies. He also said the commercial banks are at fault and he will see how to resolve this.
But he didn’t indicate whether or not there will be an extension. He only said he will have to find out what is really happening.

We in the states have seen that if this issue is not brought under control, it may lead to tension across the nation. It can mar the elections and even prevent the conduct of elections altogether.

Due to this, the President said he would consider it. And our (PGF) Chairman, Abubakar Bagudu, is inside with the President,” el-Rufai said.

The former FCT minister said the CBN’s cashless policy should have been preceded by the printing of at least half of the amount mopped up, N1tn.

He lamented that many Nigerians were suffering even as traders of perishable goods are daily losing their wares from low patronage.

Citing tomatoes as an example, El-Rufai said some sellers from the North who travelled to Lagos with their goods experienced wastage because buyers lacked the cash to purchase them.

“If you consider some states and local government areas, they don’t have banks. Some have challenges with the PoS outlets. As a result, people cannot buy goods in the market. Those trading tomatoes from the North to Lagos are running at a loss because their goods are getting spoiled. No money to buy them”, he said.

Therefore, the governors appealed to the President to consider their request.

Asked about Buhari’s response, he said the President did not reply with a “yes” or “no.”

However, the Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum, Abubakar Bagudu, is meeting the President behind closed doors hoping to get a definite response.

As of this report, Bagudu was still meeting the President.

He is expected to brief State House Correspondents afterwards.

 

 

GLAMTUSH

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