Members of the House of Representatives have stuck to their opposition to the new cash policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila meeting President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday to discuss the newly introduced cash withdrawal limits as well as the rising cases of violent attacks at political rallies.
The Speaker, who disclosed this to State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting in the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described the session as routine and meant to deliberate on key national issues.
He, however, did not reveal the outcome of the discussion.
Gbajabiamila also said that the House of Representatives was not involved in the ongoing controversy stirred by its member representing Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi Constituency of Jigawa State, Hon. Gudaji Kazaure, over the alleged missing N89 trillion accruing from Stamp Duty.
The Speaker said: “It’s the regular routine discussions on state matters and of national interest. I hadn’t seen the president in a little while. He’s been away. He just got back. Of course, it was also his birthday. But more importantly, we had to discuss issues surrounding state matters.”
On the state matters, he added: “Things have come up in the last few weeks. And in the last few days, some things have come up. And I just wanted to get his perspective on them and give him mine and that of the National Assembly’s perspective and position on those matters. And we had a fruitful discussion.”