The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that the scarcity of naira notes is part of a plot to disrupt the elections in order to ensure an interim government takes over.
In a state broadcast on Thursday, El-Rufai said the current cash scarcity is part of efforts to ensure that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, loses the election.
He said, “It is important for the people of Kaduna State, and indeed Nigeria, to know that contrary to the public pronouncements and apparent good intentions, this policy was conceived and sold to the President by officials who completely lost out in the Gubernatorial and Presidential Primaries of the APC in June 2022.
“Once Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged as the candidate in June 2022, and subsequently did not pick one of them as his running mate, this currency redesign policy was conceived to ensure that the APC presidential candidate is deprived of what they alleged is a…
