Your Support For Naira Redesign Hypocritical – Ganduje Fires PDP, NNPP

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has described the support for the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the opposition parties as hypocritical.

He stated this on Monday during the launching of the distribution of palliatives to ease the hardships caused by the scarcity of naira notes, which was held at the Open Theatre, Government House.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, Ganduje said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPPC) are wrong for supporting an ill-timed and anti-people policy.

The statement reads: “To our surprise, opposition parties took the situation to court supporting and protecting the CBN in this ill-timed and anti-people policy. 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 the 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.

“What the PDP and the NNPP want is for people to continue wallowing in poverty. We will not stop blaming the CBN for this economic blunder. We love our people. Therefore, anything that will disturb their wellbeing must be rejected, till proper channel and good time are put forth.”

Ganduje stated that the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had promised Nigerians that he would end the current hardships caused by the CBN if elected.

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On the palliatives distribution, Ganduje said Kano, being the most populous state in the country, is the most affected by the “unfortunate development”.

He said the state government was distributing the items in order to cushion the effects of the hardships caused to deliberately disturb the wellbeing of Nigerians.

Governor Ganduje asserted that the beneficiaries of the palliatives are from all 44 Local Government Areas of the state.

He added: “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.

“This virus which came from the CBN has affected all our commercial banks, our POS, our ATM machines, and all other things associated with this.

“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.”