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Naira redesign: Governor Badaru Raise Alarm As Business Cripple In Jigawa
As people continue to spend hours on cues to get new Naira Note in Jigawa state, governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has expressed his concern over the scarcity of the new notes which crippled economic activities in the state.
The governor made the remarks while reacting to the scarcity of the new notes which thrown people into untold hardship in the state.
Governor Badaru who spoke through his commissioner of finance Hon Babangida Umar added that, the CBN policy has field to take cognisant of the local communities in the implementation of this policy.
” The inadequate supply of the new note to Jigawa state is seriously affecting our state economic activities, therefore I am appealing to CBN to without any further delay take all necessary measures to supply enough new note to the commercial banks in the state” Badaru state.
However going round Dutse capital, long cues were observed at all ATM points while POS operators have closed as they have no cash to transact.
A civil servant with Jigawa state Government Mustapha Salisu, Sa’id, he spent over 12 hours on ATM cues to withdraw money for feedings his family after receiving the salary alart.
Hajiya Talat Sani a food vendors also expressed her worried over the low patronage as a result of scarcity of the new notes while the e-transfer is not effective and friendly to rural communities in the state.
Saifullahi Ibrahim of Kudai town Dutse local government who was found standing at ATM cue very exhausted and furious as he spent more than 12 hours without getting the new note to feed his children”
” This CBN policy is very disgusted unfriendly and unfair to us rural communities ”
” The new Naira note is not even available, I don’t have it , for three days now I cantt feed my children talkless of paying their daily transportation fair to school , please Baba Buhari we beg you in the name of God to reconsider the extension of the deadline for old Note” Saifullahi stated
It was observed that only ten local government out of 27 in the state have functional Banks in the state, the rural communities are grown in to untold hardship as they lack access to any financial institution for exchanging their old note with new ones.
Another explosion occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa area of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday.
This incident follows a similar explosion that shook the Trans Niger Pipeline, operated by Shell, in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area just hours earlier.
The latest explosion reportedly took place at a manifold connected to a federal pipeline deep within the forest, which transports crude oil to Brass in Bayelsa State.
While the explosion has not yet been officially confirmed, community sources reported seeing massive flames and thick smoke rising from the oil installation in the forest.
Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, stated that she would investigate the incident but had not provided a response at the time of this report.
A video obtained by our correspondent displays a large fire burning in a remote location.
In a separate development, Ijaw youths blocked the Ahoada section of the East-West Road leading to Bayelsa State on Tuesday in protest.
The demonstrators, numbering over 100, carried placards in solidarity with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara amid his political dispute with the state House of Assembly. Some of the placards read: “We demand Wike’s dismissal as FCT Minister” and “Martin Amaewhule and 26 lawmakers have defected and lost their seats.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in October 2024 by President Bola Tinubu.
Recall that the House had on Thursday last week, considered and approved the report of the House Committee on Finance which made some recommendations, particularly in controversial areas such as the Value Added Tax and inheritance tax.
While awaiting the Senate to similarly pass the bills, the proposed reforms are expected to be transmitted to the President for his assent in the days ahead.
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Two members of the house of representatives have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, announced the defections in a letter read on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on Tuesday.
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