According to Rev Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), the Federal Government’s Naira Redesign/Cashless Policy is aimed at combating corruption and insecurity in the country.
Pam told reporters in Abuja on Monday that the policy was not intended to harm individuals or cause hardship for Nigerians.
Pam stated that all Nigerians should rally behind President Muhammadu Buhari as he fights for a Nigeria free of insecurity and corruption, as he promised during his campaigns.
“This is the moment we need to rally around the President; we need to encourage him. Everybody has witnessed in the past few weeks how he has stood his ground on the new naira note to tackle corruption, especially among the elite. We should encourage him.
“Knowing that we are passing through a transition period where power will move from one government to another, the current administration must have witnessed a lot and want to deliver solutions to so many challenges, especially insecurity, and corruption, that have been bedeviling the country,’’ he said.
The executive secretary called on Nigerians to be patient with the challenges accompanying the policy, saying that the CBN was doing everything possible to cushion the pains.
According to him, there is no new policy that will not come with its challenges.
“The challenges are to be expected. We must endure some of these challenges to prepare for a better future.”
Pam charged religious and traditional leaders to engage citizens in their jurisdiction on the gains of the policy to prevent them from being misled by mischief makers.
