Naira Scarcity: Buhari Meets Emefiele, NGF Leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Nigeria Governors Forum and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, at the State House, Abuja.

The president had earlier scheduled to meet with all members of the Governors’ Forum before the cancellation of the engagement.

Also, Aminu Tambuwal, Governor Atiku Bagudu, Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum, and the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, aside the NGF chairman were at the meeting.

The president had on Friday met behind closed doors with governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress where he asked Nigerians to give him seven days to resolve the crisis associated with the naira redesign policy introduced by the apex bank.

According to NAN, the cancellation of the meeting between the president and the 36 governors was as a result of the court case instituted against the Federal Government and the CBN by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara state governors.

The affected states are seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy which they believe has resulted in cash crunch across the country.