The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the suspension
of charges for use of ATM cards and low amount mobile fund transfers during the
COVID-19 lockdown.
PDP made the call in a statement by its National Publicity
Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja.
It stated that the suspension of such charges should be part
of the panacea to ease the burden on poor Nigerians during the lockdown.
The party called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to
immediately open an arrangement with commercial banks to suspend the charges.
Ologbondiyan said the lockdown had subjected the majority of
Nigerians to extensive use of ATM and mobile transfers for survival, making the
suspension of charges on minimal transactions within this period of restriction
highly imperative.
He said that the lifting of the charges within the period of
COVID-19 pandemic would ease the burden on cash withdrawals by vulnerable
citizens and encourage more Nigerians to support one another at this critical
time.
“The PDP demands the CBN to immediately liaise with
commercial banks and stimulate a special social sustenance modality to defray
the cost of such charges, particularly to cover minimal transactions in favour
of vulnerable Nigerians,” he said.
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