Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the old and new Naira notes co-exist to ease the suffering of Nigerians.
Kaduna Stat governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who spoke to some journalists on Friday, said while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) mopped up over N2trillion of the old notes, it printed only N300 billion new notes, which he said is not enough.
El-Rufai, who was accompanied by his Kano State counterpart Abdullahi Ganduje, said even if the CBN had wanted to implement the cashless policy, it should have printed half of what it mopped up, for a start, which ought to be N1trillion.
He said they told the President that the masses are suffering and traders are losing their goods due to lack of patronage.
He referred to tomatoes seller that travelled to Lagos with their goods but got nothing because people had no money to buy.
The governor said they appealed to the President to reconsider his stances.
El-Rufai, however, said Buhari did not tell them yes or no.
He disclosed that Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Atiku Bagudu, has gone back to meet the President privately with the hope to convince him.
Others in attendance at the meeting included Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Hope Uzodimma (Imo); Bello Matawale (Zamfara); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Mai Bala-Buni (Yobe); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Abdul Rahman Abdulrazak (Kwara) and Sani Bello (Niger) and among others.