Joseph Hayab, Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called for the arrest and prosecution of bank officials hoarding the new naira notes and helping money bag politicians from the bag door. He also called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to do everything possible to make…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja Smart Adeyemi, a senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, says the monetary of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is inflicting pains and untold hardship on ordinary Nigerians. At a press conference on Saturday in Abuja, the lawmaker who described the policy as “heartless”, alleged that Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the…
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) says the monetary policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria is ill-timed and poorly implemented. The group also condemned the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for supporting the policy amid excruciating hardship Nigerians are going through. A statement signed by signed by Israel Uwejeyan,…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has warned that the worsening scarcity of the new naira notes and high cost of petrol, may snowball into chaos if urgent steps are not taken to address the situation. In a statement on Friday, National President of the group, Mazi Nnabuike, said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said that the current scarcity of naira notes is a ploy to ensure the postponement of the general election. According to reports by TheCable, Tinubu said this on Friday at the APC presidential campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti capital. The former Lagos governor alleged…
Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, have taken to the streets to protest the lingering petrol and naira notes scarcity in the country. In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), announced the plan to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, and asked Nigerians to deposit their…
