Bashir Ahmad, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu
Buhari on Digital Communications, has lambasted Governors Nasir El-Rufai and
Abdullahi Ganduje for their angry outbursts over the decision of the regime and
the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to phase out old naira notes.
In a series of social media posts on Thursday, the
presidential aide claimed both Governor El-Rufai and Ganduje are only angry
because the money they have stolen and stashed are now worthless due to the
regime’s stance that the old notes are no longer tenderable despite Supreme
Court judgment temporarily stopping the plan.
Both governors have both filed a motion for their states,
Kaduna and Kano, to be joined to an open suit brought by some other states in
the country before the Supreme Court suit seeking to stop the regime from going
forward with the plan.
The presidential media aide also dared both governors to directly deposit the alleged stashed money they are claiming were legally gotten to CBN and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the legality of the money.
“They have stashed money and now they’re useless,” Mr Ahmad
said in the series of posts.
He added: “That’s the reason for all the fuming. Ganduje and
co don’t care about the masses. If the money Ganduje and friends are shouting
about is legit, why don’t they deposit it to CBN, the EFCC and NFIU will wait
for them to verify.”
Mr Ahmad’s words were in response to Messrs El-Rufai and
Ganduje’s constant criticism of the regime’s plan to render the old N200, N500,
N1000 notes an illegal tender ahead of the February 25 presidential election,
with many speculating the policy was put to punish some candidates during the
poll.
They have also ordered residents in their states to continue
carrying out their day-to-day transactions with the old notes and even Mr
Ganduje had threatened businesses in Kano, including commercial banks, with
government sanctions if they refused to accept the currency.
On Thursday, Mr Buhari ordered the CBN to begin releasing
only the old N200 note into circulation with the new one for next 60 days while
reaffirming that the higher notes, N500 and N1000 are now illegal tender, a
move that many including House Speaker
Femi Gbajabiamila characterized as “disregard” for rule of law.
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