John Alechenu, Abuja
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has joined calls for prevail on CBN Governor to extend Cash swap deadline.
Atiku appealed to the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to reconsider the deadline to ease the suffering of ordinary Nigerians who are finding it difficult to exchange old currencies for new ones.
The PDP candidate made the appeal in a video posted on his verified Twitter handle @atiku, on Saturday.
He said, “The ongoing policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria to redesign the Naira has generated wide reactions across the country and beyond.
“This exercise is a world wide practice and therefore not anything new especially as the January 31st deadline draws closer, a great number of Nigerians out of good conscience have expressed apprehension about how the policy deadline will make life more difficult for Nigerians.
“The large number of unbanked Nigerians who do their business especially in rural areas will find it difficult almost impossible to meet up with the January 31st deadline to exchange their old bank notes with the redesigned currencies.”
He further said, “I’m aware of the challenges farmers and other artisans face with moving money to commercial banks for the conversion.
“On this note, I’m compelled to align my position the upsurge of demands for a small extension of the monetary conversion policy. The January 31st deadline is certainly going to cause heavy discomfort for our people.”
The PDP candidate explained that his appeal was hinged on the fact that he knows that the intention of the monetary policy was not to hurt the poor.
COMMENT: When did these politicians crying foul play Start caring about the poor? 🙄
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