Peter Obi, a foremost presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to jail any serving government official spending dollars in Nigeria, should he become president in 2023.
The former Anambra governor disclosed this during a radio programme, The Discourse, on Classic FM, which was monitored by Quest Times on Monday.
He condemned the debasement and neglect of Nigeria’s currency in preference for foreign currencies, especially the U.S dollar, by Nigerian politicians.
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“I am not desperate to be the president of Nigeria. I’m rather desperate to see the country progress. Manufacturers, business people and others don’t have dollars for critical goods. And our politicians are spending and sharing dollars.
“One of the critical measures of a country’s economic stability is its currency. It’s a taboo that somebody serving in government is spending another country’s currency in his country.
“If I am president today, no serving government official will spend dollars, they will go to jail. We have our currency. It’s our country. We should be proud of it”, Obi said.