Print more naira notes to tackle coronavirus— Tinubu urges FG

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has asked the Federal Government to print more naira notes in order to save the econ...

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has asked the Federal Government to print more naira notes in order to save the economy from collapse even as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to bite harder.

Tinubu issued the statement in his speech he delivered in commemoration of his 68th birthday.

Asiwaju said the United States Federal Reserve had printed more dollars in order to boost the economy.

He said Nigeria could also do the same.

Tinubu added, “Already, the price of oil has fallen to less than 30 dollars a barrel. This will bring a dollar shortfall. This does not, however, necessitate a corresponding shortfall in public sector naira expenditures.

“The US controls dollar issuance. We control naira issuance as is our sovereign right. Just as America has used its sovereign right to issue its currency to stave economic disaster, so too may Nigeria issue naira for the same purpose.”