“You Brought The Cash Withdrawal Policy because of Politicians” Fintiri Tells Emefiele

Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa state governor has  said that Godwin Emefiele,Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had introduced the cash withdrawal policy because of the political class.

The planned policy of the CBN to limit daily cash withdrawal for individuals to N20,000 daily and N100,000 and N500,000 per week for individuals and corporate bodies respectively has continued to generate reactions.

It was during a campaign outing in Kala’a Hong Local Government Area of the state that governor had said that it was obvious that the cash withdrawal policy that Emefiele had brought was because of the political class.

Fintiri added having lost out in his bid to join the political class, Emefiele chose to hunt politicians.

A group had once purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) N100 million for the CBN governor, but he later distanced himself from the race.

Fintiri said, “What is breeding poverty? Economic policies. Look at the one that is about to be implemented by the Central Bank which would further throw the country into poverty. Nobody is saying the economy shouldn’t be cashless. Take time and do it systematically. We shouldn’t do it as if some people wanted to be politicians and they were denied the opportunity, then they use their office to punish the politicians.

“If we are talking about governors diverting funds, we expect the government to correct the anomaly by sponsoring amendment to the Nigerian constitution to separate the office of the accountant general of the federation from the accountant general of the federal government so that funds belonging to local government and the state would not also be converted by the federal government, because what the governors are being accused of, the Federal Government can equally be accused of doing same ten times over.”