President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
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Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he has failed the nation in the.last eight years.
The governor said, Buhari was out to destroy the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC that brought him to power.
His outburst was at the backdrop of the Central Bank of Nigeria naira swap policy.
Speaking in Hausa on a televised discussion on Thursday, the governor recalled how he failed presidential election for three consecutive times, before the merger of political parties brought him to power in 2015.
Ganduje said: “In the first term, nothing of great importance can point out as his achievement, same as in his second term”, wondering why he’s bringing out the policy at the twilight of his administration.
“How could care for Nigerians and then propose such a policy as the naira redesign? Why not seven years ago or after the election?
“This shows he is not a good leader; if he is, he would not remain calm seeing people setting properties on fire out of frustration,” the Kano governor added.
“This is why we went to the court and stand against them because we know that their motive is to prevent free and fair elections.
“By God’s grace, all of their efforts will be in vain because we will reverse all these policies as soon as we win the election.”
The APC stalwart also mentioned that he would adhere to orders of the Supreme Court that recognised continuous usage of old naira notes, even as the presidency and the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) are asking the banks to stop accepting the notes because they had ceased to be legal tender in Nigeria.
“People’s businesses are suffering, and you are asking for more time. I’ve ordered the closure of any supermarket that rejects old naira notes. Supreme Court recognizes the notes, and you are asking banks not to accept the notes. Who is more powerful between the Court and them?” Mr Ganduje, an ally of the president, said.
A spokesman for the president did not return a request seeking comments about the Kano governor’s comments.
The attack came as other members of the president’s party were intensifying their pushback again the decision to delist N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes across the country.
The politicians, mostly governors of the ruling party, said Mr Buhari’s action was designed to plunge the nation into chaos. Governor Nasir El-Rufai said the Buhari administration was working towards a military coup in Nigeria, saying an army general had already been pegged down to lead an interim government when Mr Buhari’s tenure ends on May 31.
The president has denied any nefarious motives behind the policy, saying it was designed to curb money laundering and vote buying during the upcoming general elections.
