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The past few weeks have been a challenging one for Nigerians especially our SME's, poor and vulnerablemassesandthosewhosevery survival depend on daily cash transactions.Theyhavefeltthebruntof the combined problems of scarcity of fuelandnewNairanotes.

We feel the pains of our market women and artisans who have experienced low sales because customers do not have cash to make purchases. We hear the loud cries of farmers in rural areas and hinterlandswhohavebeenforcedtosell their produce at much lower prices so they don't lose out completely We hear every Nigerian dealing with the consequencesoftheroll-outofthecash swapprogramme. While the scarcity arising from the supplylimitationsofthenewnairanotes isstillwithus,weareencouragedabout reports that the fuel queues across the country are easing out as a result of bettersupplytofuelstations.Wearenow confronted with how to bring quick, sustainable solution, and relief to Nigerians on the challenges still posed by the non availability of new Naira notes, so that social and economic activities can move on unimpeded and normalcycanimmediatelyreturntoour financial services sector and overall productivityofournation.

In seeking a quick resolution, the NationalCouncilofStatemetonFriday, February 10, 2022 and advised the government and Central Bank in particular,topushmorenewNairanotes intocirculationandalsoallowfortheold notes to remain a legal tender by ensuring supply gaps relative to infrastructurallimitationsarebridgedby recirculating it to ameliorate the pains caused by the scarcity of new ones. We agreewiththewisdomoftheCouncilof States as a necessary starting point to begin redressing the unintended consequences of what would have otherwise been a good policy that required mainstream adoption. For the records,Iandmyrunningmate,Senator Kashim Shettima and our campaign councildonothaveanythingagainstthe CBNNairaredesignandcashlesspolicy in principle We are,however, only concerned about its disruptive implementation and the hardship it has brought on the generality of our people who currently can't access their hardearned money to meet obligations and the attendant consequences on the informalsector,wheremajorityoperate.

Despite the challenges and current difficulties,weareacountryofresilient, bold and courageous people who don't succumbtohardtimes.Wehavealways overcome our most difficult times and comeoutbetterasapeopleandanation. This time will not be different. We will make lemonade out of our current lemons.

Tobringimmediaterelieftoourpeople, weurgetheCentralBanktoconsiderthe following:

1.FollowingtheadviceoftheCouncilof States, the CBN should announce that the old and new Naira notes (especially thenon-withdrawnnotesandcoins)will co-exist as legal tender for the next 12 monthstofollowexamplesofcountries that have successfully implemented similar monetary policy This will immediatelyremovegrowingtensionin thecountry,eliminatepanicreactionsby the populace and allow time to scale up infrastructural gaps around alternative paymentoptionstocash.

2. We advise the immediate suspension of associated charges on online transactions and bank transfers and paymentsviaPOSuntilthecurrentcrisis is fully resolved. This cost should be considered a roll-out expense by the CBNtoincentivisetheenvisagedshiftto alternative transaction channels; for both the financial services consuming public and those in charge of implementingthescale-upprogramme.

3. Mobilise all Money Deposit Banks, Payment platforms to show clear commitment and timelines on expanding their infrastructure and supportservices.

4 Bring in Fintech companies with capabilities into currency swap programme for the next 90 days to help decongestbankinghallsandATMpoints wherepeoplelineupforhours.

5. The Central Bank and other relevant MDA's should form an Inter-Agency Action Committee for immediate oversightoverthecashsupplygapsfrom the Nigerian Security and Minting Company and deal with issues around capabilitiesandturnaroundtimetomeet the needs of the informal sector and unbankedpeople.

6 The CBN, National Orientation Agency and Ministry of Information, StateandLocalGovernmentswiththeir

The Presidency of Nigeriain2023.

- Abdulazeez

Zamfara Labour Party (LP) Deputy governorship candidate, three senatorial candidates and seven candidates for House of Representatives have joinedtheAllProgressives Congress(APC).

The Younger Brother of Former President of Nigeria, Shehu MusaYar’adua.

relevant organs in both the public and private sectors should commence a major public enlightenment and sensitisation campaign to further educateandempowerourpeopleonthe new naira and cashless policy for better understanding and mainstream adoption.

As leaders, our commitment to our country everyday must be on how to make life better for our people and we are called upon not to waste the opportunitythemomentpresentstousto rampupcapacityandcapabilitytoserve 200 million Nigerians, leaving no one behindandultimatelyimprovetheliving conditionsofeverysingleNigerian.Our tasknowistorestorehopeinthecountry byimplementingthesestepstoenergise ourpeoplethatwecandobigthingsfora better future and shared prosperity We can build upon this citizen-focused policy challenge to offer a template on how governance should work for the people. God bless you and God bless Nigeria. Weareovercomers.

AsiwajuBolaAhmedTinubu

AllProgressivesCongress

PresidentialCandidate

Countdownto25February2023: AsiwajuBolaAhmedTinubu,AManWhoseTimeHasCome.

mercilessly Thevotes of other contestants put together, couldn't even match what he eventuallygarnered.

As i t w a s during the presidential primary election of theAPC,soshallitbe on Saturday, 25 February 2023, when Nigerians shall go to the polls to elect the successortoPresident Muhammadu Buhari, whose tenure expires on29May2023.

Of all the contenders for this exalted position, Asiwaju

Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands out among the rest in antecedents, capacity, competence, capability, and vision. He has traversed the length and breadth of the country, and still travelling like no others, taking his message of Renewed Hope to the cities, towns, and villages. He has held countless

Town Hall Meetings, interacting with the low and mighty, the royalsandthemasses, andwhereverhegoes, the acceptance has beenverywelcoming, veryimpressive.

Just as it was in the presidential primary ofhisparty,scheming andplottinghavebeen u n i m a g i n a b l y treacherous, yet when the results were out, he not only beat other contestants, he c r u s h e d t h e m

In the 25 February 2023 presidential e l e c t i o n , h i s opponents are in for similar crushing and massive defeat, with s o m e o f t h e m potentially losing their deposits. Asiwaju is set to win handsomely and will satisfy the two major constitutional requirements at the first ballot, scoring 25%ormoreinatleast 29 states of the countryandhavingan overall majority of all the votes cast in the election.

Thereisnowayanyof the other contestants can beat Asiwaju. Impossible.

He will clearly and c o n v i n c i n g l y dominate in the S o u t h w e s t , Northwest,Northeast, and come in first or s e c o n d i n N o r t h c e n t r a l , Southsouth and even Southeast.

The reality of Asiwaju's presidency willberevealedbythe time the results are announced on 27 February 2023. Nobody can stop the man whose time has come, as every man has his hour and every hour has its man.

In Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the hour and the man haveclearlymet.

All hail Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 17th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!