According to the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Tinubu has no influence in the decision.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, did not ask state governors to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s orders on the redesigned banknotes, his party said on Friday.
The party called out Peoples Gazette for publishing the story which it described as fake.
“Our attention has been drawn to the fake viral news, claiming that Tinubu has asked APC governors to ignore President Buhari’s broadcast and enforce the Supreme Court ruling on the re-circulation of old naira notes,” Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement.
“The publication by the Peoples Gazette is fake; Tinubu never issued such an order. Mr Dele Alake, the APC-PCC Adviser on Media and Communications never issued such advisory on behalf of Tinubu.”
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He added that the message quoted by the platform was being randomly shared on WhatsApp, stressing that Alake was not the author.
He stated also that since the naira note re-design crisis started, Tinubu had been calling for calm as the authorities tried to find out a solution to the crisis.
“He has offered a six-point suggestion to lessen the anguish our people are facing in trying to get money from the banks.
“He has also held several meetings with President Buhari, his leader, over the matter.
“It is thus inconceivable and unthinkable that he would instruct APC governors to disregard President Buhari’s order on the currency matter.
“Governors who have so far declared this line of action said clearly that they were acting on the ruling of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land,’’ Onanuga stressed.
According to the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Tinubu has no influence in the decision.