Gov. Ganduje makes u-turn, asks Buhari to visit Kano

The Governor of Kano State, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje has changed his decision concerning the visit of president Muhammadu Buhari to the state.

The Informant247 recalls that the state government had forwarded a letter to the president appealing for a postponement of the president’s visit over the discomfort and ”suffering” triggered by the deadline for the old Naira notes.

The Informant247 earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the extension of deadline for the acceptance of the old Naira notes as legal tender in Nigeria.

The president approved February 10, 2023 as new deadline.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has also approved the addition of 7 more days starting on February 10 to February 17, 2023.

Nigerians have the grace of 17 days to deposit their old Naira notes, as the old notes would have lost its legal tender relevance.

However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a statement on Sunday, announced that it has extended the deadline for the validity on the old naira notes till February 10.

Following his meeting with the president at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, the governor said the president can now visit the the state to inaugurate some projects.

“We are very much ready to receive him and we have a lot for him to commission, including federal government projects and state government projects. They are state-of-the-art projects,” he said.

Ganduje further said: “Seeing is believing. You can see that I have led a powerful delegation from Kano state on the issue of new naira notes and we have seen Mr. President.

“We have laid the complaints of the Kano people and we are very happy. He explained to us and also he assured us that the time is extended and the quantity of new naira (notes) will increase so that the suffering of the people will be reduced.