News
Naira Swap: How Tinubu Abeokuta Outburst Averted Crisis – Northern Group

Arewa For Asiwaju, a support group for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has stated that the candidate’s outburst in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital played a vital role in the extension of the deadline for the naira swap.
The group commended the APC flagbearer for speaking out against the “short” deadline.
AN24 reported that on Sunday, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension of the deadline for the swap from old Naira notes to new Naira notes by 10 days.
This is coming a few days after Tinubu suggested that the policy of the apex bank and some other government agencies is targeted at discrediting the party at the 2023 polls.
READ ALSO: Court Sets Aside Suit Seeking To Sack Buhari
Reacting, the group claimed Tinubu’s Abeokuta outburst made the Federal Government extend the deadline to 10th February, saying he saved the nation from going up in flames, as a consequence of the raging public anger that pervaded the atmosphere before the sudden 10 days extension.
The group’s North-Central Coordinator, Aliyu Musa Pass, in a statement, said it is the courageous attitude shown by Tinubu that saved the Nigerian commoner from suffering the pains of the initial timeline set by the Federal Government for the unpopular new currency swap.
The statement explained that Tinubu has proved himself a great statesman by taking the bold and necessary step of alerting on the dangers inherent in the new naira policy, its timing and deadline.
