Efio-Ita Nyok|4 October 2016
Yesterday, 3 October a Christian preacher renowned for his acerbic criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Aribisala, narrated his experience with a foreigner in respect of the failing Naira. He narrated his experience on his Facebook account titling it: 'The Naira Has Gone Bananas'. Except:
THE NAIRA HAS GONE BANANAS
'I walked into Dream Plaza, a supermarket in Victoria Island, Lagos recently and a Lebanese man handling the pharmacy beckoned to me. He wanted to know what is going on in Nigeria. I was puzzled because the man lives in Nigeria. Why is he asking me? What do I know that he does not?
'He went further. “Do you know,” he asked, “that this morning the naira exchange-rate for the dollar is now 492?” I did not know and was shocked to hear this. “What are you going to do about it?” he asked. What can I do? I thought. He went on: “Why are Nigerians not saying anything?” “Why is there no reaction?” “Why is everybody keeping quiet?”
'I did not know what to tell him. Neither did I know what to do. But I knew the situation is already untenable. How low, in fact, is the naira going to fall? Are we just going to keep watching until Nigeria becomes another Zimbabwe or another Venezuela? This situation has gone far beyond partisan politics. It is abundantly clea that those currently charged with the handling of the Nigerian economy are currently out of their depths.
'Now is the time for all good men to stand up in defense of Nigeria. This is the time for a government of national unity. We cannot just keep silent and allow Nigeria to go to the dogs', Aribisala concluded.
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger & the Editor of NegroidHaven.org
