Popular monarch, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government to to clamp down on Nigerians who engage in hoarding Dollars.
The traditional leader also appeal to Nigerian leaders to patronize locally made products.
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi gave the advice on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 during the graduation of 150 women tricycle riders and the exhibition of ‘adire’ by South-West adire makers.
Ooni said; “Honestly, we are the problem of ourselves in this country. Why do we need dollars? We don’t 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 doesn’t make any sense because that is not the legal tender of our nation.”
“If we patronise our own products in this country, there won’t 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 adire. These are home-made goods, 100 per cent made with naira. Our leaders should do more. They should wear Nigeria, they should talk Nigeria, they should reason Nigeria.”
