Ooni of Ife has advised the FG to clamp down on Nigerians who engage in hoarding dollars. He gave this advise on Saturday during the graduation of 150 women tricycle riders which held with adire exhibition by the makers of Adire in south west. He urged Nigerians to patronize locally made fabrics instead of foreign ones in order to strengthen the naira. Ooni said Nigerians must work on their cravings for imported goods to save the Naira while calling on the FG to go after hoarders of dollar notes. This call is ccoming amid the continued depreciation of the Naira in the foreign exchange market. He Said ”Honestly we are the problem of ourselves in this country. Why do we need dollars? We dont need dollars. Our legal tender is Naira. We buy things with naira, so why the pressure on the dollar?

I implore the government to be very strict. They should go after people keeping dollars, even in their local banks. It doesnt make any sense because that is not the legal tender of our nation. If we patronize our own products in this country. there wont be pressure on the dollar. The exhibition of our local fabrics, we are very happy about it. We implore the government to be involved in this kind of initiative from time to time.

Government should promote initiatives like this adire. These are home made goods, 100% made with Naira. Our leaders should do more. They should wear Nigeria, they should talk Nigeria, they should reason Nigeria.”

credits: Daily Post