I need N70m in hard Copy for this election _ Rep Doguwa outburst over naira scarcity
A few days before the 2023 general elections, Ado Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives said he needs N70 million in “hard copy” to prosecute the polls.
Doguwa lamented that the naira scarcity caused by the new policy would affect the electioneering expenses of politicians.
The lawmaker expressed his reservation over the new naira policy after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, on Thursday.
He lamented that the new policy is affecting the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Making reference to Section 88(4) of the Electoral Act, Doguwa stressed that all politicians, irrespective of political affiliations, would be affected by the new policy.
Following the outcry that greeted the redesign of some denominations of the naira, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the recirculation of N200 notes.
