Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party
(LP), says the currency redesign policy the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) comes
with pain, but in the long run, it has significant economic and social
benefits.
In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN,
announced the plan to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, and asked
Nigerians to deposit their old notes before January 31, 2023, when they would
cease to be legal tender.
Although the deadline has been shifted to February 10, many
Nigerians have found it difficult to obtain the new naira notes.
The former Anambra governor in a statement on Sunday, called
on the CBN to “expediate efforts to make the new currency available to small
depositors and the unbanked in order to reduce the pains of my fellow
Nigerians, especially the underprivileged and those living far away from banks
in the rural areas”.
“The currency
redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some
inconveniences and pains but it has significant long-term economic and social
benefits,” Obi said.
“Even though there are improvements that can be made, I urge
Nigerians to bear with the CBN and federal government with the hope that the
general populace and Nigeria will harvest the gains that will come with the
reforms.”
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U are beginning to sound like them, like children u go about without planning before they do things. Hope this not what u going to bring. I believe before u do anything u have to check the long term and short term impact and how u manage the situation before u go ahead with it, but our leader think with their anus. Please don't let me get angry with u.
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DeleteObi is just a pretender he will be worst !
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