Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has urged the people of the state to stop depositing their old naira notes in banks as a result of the redesigning of the notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) but to continue to use them in their business transactions.
He gave the advice yesterday at a meeting with political stakeholders in the state where he alleged that the redesigning of the naira notes was meant to cripple businesses.
According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu will reverse the policy if he wins the upcoming presidential election.
He said people should not worry over the current money swapping assuring that if the APC presidential candidate and Kaduna State APC governorship candidate Uba Sani win, they will give people a grace of four years to swap their currencies.
El-Rufai who claimed that he was directed by Tinubu to pass the message, said as soon as the former Lagos State governor wins the election, he will adress the issue two days after.
“Stop changing your money and tell everyone to stop taking money to banks. If you sell anything, accept the old note if it’s given to you. Stop saying it’s only the new notes that you will accept because your market will stop and that is what they want”.
“Tell everyone in Kaduna who has the old notes to spend it and buy items. Tell every trader to accept the old notes.
“Nasir el-Rufai, Uba Sani, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu promise you that if we (APC) are elected, this policy will be changed and everyone will be given sufficient time to change their money.
“Stop taking your money to banks, keep them with you. Nobody can make your money to become worthless. It is the law; nobody can do it.
“It’s just a matter of time; be patient. We have 18 days to the elections. Once the elections are over, you should expect what Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would say, which is the change of this policy.
“You should help us pass this message to relatives. Everyone should stop taking money to banks; continue trading with the old notes.”
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