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Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations on Good Governance (CCSGG), Thursday, blasted critics of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele.
The CSOs in a statement jointly signed by its president, Etuk Bassey Williams, and Abubakar Ibrahim, secretary of the group, said the persons who are oozing out lies against Emefiele are those whose evil deeds of corruption are being exposed and strangled by the recent Naira Design and Withdrawal policy.
The statement reads in part, “It is very important for us at this point to voice out over the lies and conspiracy against the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele.
“The false allegations by a Member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa State, Hon Gudaji Kazaure, of the alleged N89 trillion stamp duty is a lie from the pit of hell.
“The Presidency recently defused him on this allegation of N89 trillion Stamp Duty. This conspiracy is very clear and it is not far-fetched, which is because of the policies implemented by the Emefiele-led CBN.
“You can imagine the stolen and hidden monies in water tanks, underground, huge sacks, and bank accounts they have kept at the detriment of Nigerians and the economy is now become useless. Their fraud allegations against the wise and foresight strategist Mr President have placed at the CBN are all tissues of lies, baseless and unfounded.
“These people are not speaking in the interest of Nigerians but for their selfish and evil aims that do not hold water.
“They are angry because they were taken unawares and surprised. We want to tell them that as credible Civil Society Organizations are solidly behind the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, and we are ready to go at any length to unearth these unscrupulous elements who are have stolen this country dry via their dirty ventures. We will not take these clandestine moves to win the sympathy or support of unsuspecting and innocent Nigerians they want to sway to themselves against a workaholic and patriotic Nigerian in the person of Godwin Emefiele.
“They cannot intimidate the CBN Governor who have put in his very best to stabilize the economy, and have worked hard to rescue the economy from recessions. His monetary policies have helped to sustain the Naira from being killed by these evil minded persons tarnishing the image of the CBN Governor.
“Our farmers have received a better deal under the CBN Governor, and also a lot of businesses have received boost to continue bin business and also ensured that economic activities are moving unhindered.
“His reforms have kept the economy afloat as non-oil exports have experienced tremendous growth and development, and more investors are coming into the country for business. Also we can see that there is stabilisation of the currency and that has been sustained for long.”
The CSOs, also called on Nigerians not to be carried away by the false allegations leveled against the CBN boss.
