Senator Smart Adeyemi has lashed at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, saying the Naira redesign was meant to inflict hardship
The lawmaker, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, described the cashless policy as heartless, in view of hardship being encountered without an end in sight.
According to him, the policy was to ensure that the APC does not win the election as the cashless policy was vitiating the electoral chances of the APC as citizens were lamenting for lack of cash to meet their daily needs. “I am in support of the need to change the currency, but I am not in support of the way and manner the whole process is being done.
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