Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has raised the alarm that the Central Bank of Nigeria, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are ‘working together’ to undermine Nigeria’s democracy.
In a statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, Ganduje noted that the insistence by the CBN on the implementation of the Naira redesign policy, even in the absence of necessary technological infrastructure, “is an ominous sign for the nation and could hinder smooth elections.”
The governor expressed concern that the CBN and those he described as “supporters of the naira redesign policy” are being rigid in the implementation of the “harsh and insensitive” cash policy, despite the widespread outrage by Nigerians, including the National Assembly and state governors.
According to Ganduje, The support of the policy by the main opposition party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, showed the complicity between the opposition and the apex bank to allegedly undermine the country’s democracy.
Ganduje expressed worry that elements from the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election are regrouping and are using the current crisis generated by the naira redesign policy to undermine Nigeria’s democracy.
The governor, while reacting to an interim injunction issued by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which stopped the CBN) from extending the 10-day deadline set for the currency swap, alleged that “these individuals are disguising themselves as unknown political parties and working with the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to impose an unfeasible cash policy that is affecting the masses.”