The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has expressed concern about the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s request that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, not reconsider the deadline for the extension of the new naira notes.
Yerima Shettima, National President of the AYCF, said Atiku is alone in his demand that the CBN not reconsider its deadline for extending the new naira note swap.
Following the policy’s backlash, Atiku asked the CBN not to cave to pressure by extending the deadline for the naira swap.
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In response, Shettima stated that it would be suicidal for the CBN to take Atiku’s advise not to extend the deadline.
In a statement, Shettima said for the CBN’s policy to succeed, it needs to have a human face.
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to viral news in which PDP presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar turned against the calls for CBN to extend the deadline for its cash swap policy. We feel duty-bound to call the former VP to order on his politically-motivated stance.
“Former VP Atiku’s call was out of place because it is coming on the heels of growing complaints about the kind of sabotage that is causing untold hardship to Nigerians over this policy. Atiku stands alone in his call on the CBN not to review the deadline.
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“The AYCF wishes to state that it will be suicidal for this nation to consider Atiku’s advice against a review of the CBN cash-swap deadline, because for any policy to succeed, it must have a human face and we believe CBN Governor, Emefiele won’t turn against the overwhelming public interest, like Atiku has just done.
“The AYCF is therefore warning the ex-VP not to turn this policy into a weapon of political manipulation or political attention-seeking opportunity.”
AYCF tasked the PDP flagbearer with focusing on what he has done to earn Nigerians’ votes rather than playing politics with the country’s economic policy.
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