Alhassan Doguwa, the majority leader of the house of representatives, says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline for the withdrawal of old naira notes from circulation must be extended
But briefing journalists who were at the venue, Doguwa said the CBN and bank chief executive officers wrote to the committee requesting that the meeting be shifted to Thursday because the invitation letter was received late on Tuesday.
While warning that the CBN and bank MDs must appear before the committee on Thursday, Doguwa said lawmakers owe the citizens the duty of interrogating government policies that do not sit well with the people.“On no account should we have this failure tomorrow. None of us here is acting in his capacity,” he said.
“Those of us who are working for the Nigerian people, we cannot sit down here and watch policies of government that are not unpopular — they are threatening the survival of our economy to continue. “This is the supreme institution of Nigeria’s democracy and I want to say without any fear of contradiction that for whatever policy government is undertaking, especially at a critical period like this, Nigerians must know and whoever is involved must know that definitely, the interest of the Nigerian people holds sway.
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