The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari amid the hardship posed by the Naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev Callistus Onaga, in October 2022, posted Fr Mbaka out of Adoration Ministry Catholic Chaplaincy to Monastery after the suspension of activities in the ministry in June.
But in a recent sermon, the vocal cleric said though the CBN may have good intentions for introducing the Naira redesign policy, “the timing is very wrong.” adding that “Nigerians are now suffering” as a result of the scarcity of the new notes.
“People (Nigerians) are suffering. People will suffer to take their money, and there is a country. And tomorrow you will say Father Mbaka said. Why do you force me to say something? I am giving both the President and the CBN Governor (Godwin Emefiele) a mandate from heaven if they don’t want to act immediately and stop this self-imposed wicked suffering on the people, they will suffer.
“People are now selling money, not dollars. It is easy to get dollar now than to get Naira. Parents cannot get money to buy foodstuff for their children.
“I don’t know how many will be alive by the time the so-called new currency will come out. The new currency is not even good. The design is very poor. The colour separation is rubbish, and everybody is thinking about election. Will people not be alive to do the election?
“If the leaders know that this policy (Naira redesign) won’t work, why can’t they change it immediately? It’s the government of the people. It is not your (referring to the APC-led administration) government,” he said.
