By Kamsi Anayo
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has said that the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the nemesis of vote buyers.
Diri said that the current policy “brought the Holy Ghost fire” on political merchants preparing large sum of money to buy votes
The Bayelsa Governor made the comment on Monday at the campaign flag-off for the candidate for Kaduna South Senatorial District, Hon. Sunday Katung, at Zonkwa, the headquarters of Zangon Kataf local government area.
Diri said that the new policy will lead to reorientation for Nigerian leaders even though he doesn’t support the hardship being experienced by Nigerians.
The Governor called on the CBN to address the issue of the suffering of the people by making the new notes available to them.
“We have to reset this country. The way the country is going is not about religion and ethnicity. It is about few people who have taken the wealth of this country to themselves.
“While we are not in support of the common man suffering as a result of the sudden CBN policy, but that policy will change, not only our currency but our attitude towards everything as leaders.
“While we plead with the CBN to ensure that our people do not suffer, on the other side, those of them who have bullion vans, who are prepared to make bullion vans and buy over the presidency, we say the Holy Ghost fire will go onto them.
“The CBN policy is Holy Ghost fire on them. That is why they are shouting. Why are they shouting as if it affects them more than us?
“All that CBN is saying is that nobody who does not earn money should have money in bullion vans to go and buy over our voters.
“That’s all the CBN has said and we support that policy. However, make the money available to those who have earned this money through their farms, tradings and their professional business.
“That’s all we are saying. That’s our concern. For us in PDP, we believe that Nigeria is going down and it must be rescued and recovered.”
