A former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, has urged the people of the state to preserve their old naira notes until the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Speaking to some of his supporters at the Jattu market in Auchi Edo North, the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress condemned the new monetary policy of the Federal Government led by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Oshiomhole, said Buhari has no option but to obey the Supreme Court’s order on the implementation and deadline for swapping of old notes for new ones.
Speaking to the people in Pidgin English, Oshiomhole expressed worry that Buhari’s administration did not implement such a policy on the eve of his re-election bid.
He said: “All this wahala wey Buhari put for currency change, my hand no dey inside. Our party don tell Buhari, wait if you want change currency, you should not change ham during election. “Wetin you no change during your time, you wan make ham spoil another pesin time, e no good. At this point, nah only good we go dey fear.
“He has to obey the Supreme Court. Supreme Court judgement is superior to the pronouncement of the president. “That is the Nigerian law. Under Nigerian Democracy, the Supreme Court once it pronounced, the president must obey. Because every where I go, I disassociate myself from wrong, the truth is, the money in your hand, no be you print ham. The colour wey e wear. No be you choose ham.”
Noting that the old notes are still legal tender across the country, the former governor urged the market people and business owners not to throw away their money as this administration will expire after the presidential election on Saturday, February 25.
