Buhari Sacked My Uncle Over Naira Redesign In 1984 – Buba Galadima

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was then a military dictator, sacked one of his uncles over naira redesign in 1984.

Recall that Buhari served as Nigeria’s military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985.

Speaking to Trust TV’s Daily Politics, the former ally to Buhari, lamented the hardship facing the nation as a result of naira redesign policy.

He claimed that his uncle had lost his job in 1984 after he pleaded for an extended period for naira swap when he was a commissioner.

Galadinma said: “…Hassan Albadawi, who was Buhari’s commissioner for education when he was the governor of North Eastern State and later became the sole administrator at Gamboru Ngala on the border with Chad and Cameroon, appeared on television 9 o’clock news and begged the president to extend the time of naira swap because people in his constituency had no access to banks. Before the news ended, another message came, a special announcement, that he thereby dismissed the chairman of that local community.”

Naija News reports that the naira redesign and the cash policy had plunged Nigerians into hardship.

Recall that the Supreme Court gave an order restraining the CBN from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the N200, N500 and ₦1,000 notes, pending the hearing of a lawsuit brought by three northern states challenging the new currency redesign. It adjourned that hearing until 15 February.