President Muhammadu Buhari met with governors elected on the All Progressives Congress platform on Friday (APC).
The APC Governors met with President Buhari at the State House council chamber in Abuja to discuss the new naira policy.
During the meeting, the governors of the ruling party urged President Buhari to allow the old and new naira notes to coexist in order to alleviate Nigerians’ suffering.
UPDATE: Family In Niger Rejects Old Naira Notes As Bride Price
While speaking to reporters in Hausa, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai revealed that the governors sought the meeting.
He did, however, say that President Buhari did neither reject or approve the request.
In response to the Governors’ appeal, Buhari requested them to give him seven days to make a decision.
President Buhari’s request for one week to think is the result of a meeting he had with members of the Progressive Governors Forum in the State House on Friday, according to a statement posted by his media adviser, Garba Shehu.
Buhari said that he would tackle the cash crisis afflicting Nigerians within seven days, in accordance with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy of replacing some outdated naira notes with new notes.
UPDATE: Banks To Start Over-The-Counter Payment Of New Notes
He said, “I will revert to the CBN and the Minting Company. There will be a decision one way or the other in the remaining seven days of the 10-day extension.”
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