Senator Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider the seven-day deadline he set to address the country’s cash shortage.
According to the senator, seven days is insufficient time to address the situation that has put many citizens in financial hardship.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that Buhari stated on Friday that he requires seven days to address the challenges brought about by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s implementation of the naira redesign policy.
Adeyemi told the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in response to Buhari’s declaration that not all Nigerians would be able to survive for seven days.
The senator compared the situation to that of a woman. In labor, she maintained that not all women could withstand seven days in the labor room.
Adeyemi said:
There is no room for anybody to want to run Nigeria into trouble. We are gradually getting over the problem of PMS scarcity, but this currency affects most of us. People need access to money. Do you know how people are suffering?
Mr President, thanks for your concern, but seven days is a long time. It’s like a woman in a labour room, and you said she should continue labour for seven days.
Mr President, not all women in the labour room will survive seven days. This problem is like a woman in the labour room, Mr President. This is how the situation is. Nigerians are suffering. The majority who are poor are languishing. Mr President, you have done your best whether anybody likes it or not. Apart from the insecurity that has blundered other achievements, Buhari, you have done your best.