PDP charges Buhari to accept responsibility for printing of currency, sack finance minister

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, as controversy over the alleged printing of N60 billion by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rages.

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, had claimed earlier this week that the CBN printed between N50 billion and N60 billion shared to the states as allocation from the Federation Account in March.

But the minister dismissed the claim in a statement, saying the funds shared to the states were generated by the government’s…