Naira Scarcity: We’re suffering from ‘COVID-23’ — Gov. Ganduje

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has likened the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the crisis it has generated to Covid.

He said the policy has affected all commercial banks, Point of Sale (POS) agents and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Kano, as he described the policy as COVID-23.

The Governor made this revelation in the state while distributing relief packages to assist the people who were affected by the scarcity of the naira notes.

The Governor lamented that his state was the most affected by the cashless policy.

While speaking at the Government House, Ganduje said: ”We didn’t invite this situation, neither did we pray for it.

“We don’t welcome it at all. We gave similar palliatives during the COVID-19 days.

“Today our citizens are being faced with COVID-23 caused by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

“We earlier thought it was a simple disease, but unfortunately it turned out to be a very serious virus.

“This virus which came from the CBN has affected all our commercial banks, our POS, our ATM machines and all other things associated to this,” he said.

“We will not stop blaming the CBN for this economic blunder. We love our people. Therefore anything that will disturb their wellbeing must be rejected.

“Our candidate Sen. Bola Tinubu has promised Nigerians that when he is elected in the forthcoming election, he will make sure that he puts a stop to the current hardship.

While describing the development as an unfortunate one, he said people from the 44 local governments benefited from the distribution of the palliatives.