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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
The North Central Youth Stakeholders Discussion board, has known as on Nigerians to organize to embark on a mass “Carry Again Our Previous Notes” protest, ought to the naira shortage persist past February 5, 2023.
The group made the decision on Saturday, in an announcement signed by its Chairman, Mohammed Mohammed, in response to an enchantment made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, Atiku Abubakar, to the Central Financial institution of Nigeria to not lengthen the naira swap deadline past February 10, 2023.
Atiku’s assertion got here after the CBN on Sunday, January 29, had prolonged the deadline till February 10. He stated there ought to be no additional extension of the deadline as a result of “vote riggers are looking for to push the CBN to increase until after the election, after they would have achieved their evil plots.”
Nevertheless, describing Atiku’s assertion as “callous, reckless and insensitive to the plight of the plenty,” NYCSF known as on Nigerians to watch the scenario earlier than staging the protest.
The group additionally added that over 80 per cent of native governments within the North Central and throughout the nation had no banks or ATMs.
“We name on all Nigerians to stay vigilant to the course the nation is heading within the current circumstances, and to organize to embark on a mass ‘Carry Again Our Previous Notes’ protest, within the occasion the insufficiency of the brand new notes persists past the fifth of February.
“Over 80 per cent of native governments within the North Central, and certainly your complete nation don’t have any banks. The NCYSF needs to remind most of the people that their enemies usually are not hidden as could be seen from the latest assertion of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.”
NYCSF additionally known as on affected households and communities to carry the previous vp, CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, and different collaborators liable for their sufferings, whereas additionally calling for the instant resignation of Emefiele from his place on the CBN.
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