The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi on Sunday, implored Nigerians to be patient with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as he pointed out that redesigning of currency is not peculiar to the country alone.
Though he noted that the redesigned Naira could be improved but pleaded with CBN to make available in circulation Naira notes, that has been scarce for some weeks and in turn causing havoc and hardship in the country.
According to Obi: “The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some inconvenience and pain but it has significant longterm economic and social benefits. 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.
“We equally implore the CBN and the banks to expedite 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. He submitted
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