Tinubu, Buhari meet in Aso rock as naira crisis festers

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update

This is the second meeting between Buhari and Tinubu in less than one week.

President Muhammadu Buhari, again, has met with the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to senior presidency sources, the meeting, which was held at Buhari’s official residence, explains his 40-minute delay before arriving at the Council Chambers to chair this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting.

Though the reason for the meeting could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, it was believed to be in connection with issues of campaigns, Naira scarcity, and other prevailing national issues.

VOICE AIR MEDIA reports that protests erupted in several parts of the country on Wednesday as frustrated Nigerians trooped to the streets to expressed their grievances over the CBN directive that commercial banks should stop accepting the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes.

Reports say one person was shot dead in Edo State by security operatives who were trying to prevent protesters from breaking into a CBN office.

Also, protesters in Delta State destroyed several Automated Teller Machine (ATM) galleries and set fire to a branch of Access Bank while expressing anger over the cash crunch.