Pastor Peters Osawaru Omoragbon, former governorship candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in Edo State, has called for the immediate sack of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
He said: “I would advocate that the CBN Governor, Mr Emefilele, be sacked with immediate effect for his shoddy handling of the entire exercise.”
Omoragbon, who was speaking in a chat with the media in Lagos on.Thursday, stated that Emefiele was the worst CBN Governor in the history of Nigeria
He therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack him over the shoddy manner he handled the issue of new naira notes.
He said the claim that the policy was targeted against the politicians could not fly because the politicians were not suffering the effect of the naira swap rather it was the already impoverished masses bearing the brunt.
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“Today, how many of the elite, ncluding the politicians, are suffering from the effect of this anti-people policy? None! It is the masses that are going about naked and mentally traumatised that are suffering today,”.Omoragbon said.
He also noted that by the poor handling of the new naira notes, Emefiele brought untold hardship to the people of Nigeria and a bad image not only to Muhammadu Buhari, but also the entire ruling class.
He submikted: “For his shoddy handling of the entire exercise he has brought untoward embarrassment to President Buhari and his team and untoward hardship to the citizens of Nigeria.”
The Edo-born politician said that as good as the intentions of the currency policy might appear, the timing was and is very bad.
“Let me express my disappointment in the wisdom and timing behind the currency swap by the government.
“As good as the intentions might appear, the timing was and is very bad. You do not execute a policy with a predetermined subjective mind-set in the garb of fighting corruption, whereas, it is achieving the exact opposite,” Omoragbon stated.
