Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has alleged that the current naira and fuel scarcity was a plot to foist an interim government on the country.Information Guide Nigeria

RIPPLES NIGERIA  reports that the governor stated this in a statewide broadcast in Kaduna.

The governor said that the naira scarcity was orchestrated by enemies of the country to cause the defeat the ruling, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.

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El-Rufai, who spoke on a Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, said: “It is important for the people of Kaduna State, and indeed Nigeria, to know that contrary to the public pronouncements and apparent good intentions, this policy was conceived and sold to the President by officials who completely lost out in the Gubernatorial and Presidential Primaries of the APC in June 2022.NYSC portal

“Once Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged as the candidate in June 2022, and subsequently did not pick one of them as his running mate, this currency redesign policy was conceived to ensure that the APC presidential candidate is deprived of what they alleged is a humongous war chest.

“They also sought to achieve any one or more of the following objectives: Create a nationwide shortage of cash so that citizens are incited to vote against APC candidates across the board resulting in massive losses for the Party in all the elections.

“Ensure that the cash crunch is so serious, along with the contrived and enduring fuel shortage existing since September 2022, that the 2023 elections do not hold at all, leading to an interim national government to be led by a retired army general.“JAMB Result