The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has accused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, of inflicting hardship on the masses.
He made the remark on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, February 1.
According to the statement, the monarch stated that the CBN’s current policy of issuing new naira notes has harmed the economy and caused chaos among the populace.
He contended that such policies were supposed to be implemented with forethought in order to mitigate damage.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, Oluwo stated that the CBN should apologize to Nigerians for causing such hardship.
He reiterated that the lack of proper measures in policy implementation has left the country in a major economic mess.
Oluwo said:
“The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele owe Nigerians apology for inducing such a hardship. I’m yet to be convinced on the introduction of new naira note without proper measure to provide adequate/enough inflow of new notes in circulation. It’s gross gross insensitivity to human feelings.”
He urged the CBN boss to address the situation promptly before it becomes an incurable crisis across the federation.
The monarch also implored the related stakeholders to brainstorm and further review the policy in a bid to douse the tension in the country, especially in the lead-up to the general elections, as it will also affect INEC’s logistics in deploying materials to polling centres.