Relocation Of CBN, FAAN To Lagos: Don’t Allow Selfish Individuals Hinder Unity, Growth Of Nigeria – Yoruba Youth
By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The Association of Arewa Yoruba Youth (AYY), has called on Nigerians to support the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government’s decision in relocating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos being the hub of commercial business in Nigeria.
In a statement on Friday, its National President, Lawal Hussein Taiye said that for the country to grow in its commercial activities, relocating the two federal government’s agencies to Lagos being the most commercial banks’ headquarters are situated as well as FAAN, an agency of Aviation Ministry, to Lagos, where it was located before former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, moved it to Abuja, would enhance the business and growth of the country’s economy.
According to him, the movement of the Department of Banking Supervision of the CBN to Lagos should not trigger any discord within the polity, stressing that the department concerned deals with commercial banks, almost all of which have their headquarters in Lagos.
He lamented that all those pushing the campaign of falsehood and misinformation know they are merely playing politics, which is not good for the unity and the growth of the country but are trying to pit the North against the South for their selfish interests.
He explained, “We as Nigerians must begin to do away with potitics of religion, tribalism and sectionalism, and squarely face the reality of life for the overall interest of all Nigerians irrespective of where one reside. Our national interest should be the driving force of anything we want to do as a nation so that together we will grow and survive.”
He added, “Politics has done a lot of damages to Nigeria by those who used religion and tribe to achieve their selfish interests to the detriment of the general good of Nigerians. We should begin to reason and do things in a way that we will grow as a nation and stop dwelling on issues that are not relevant to our progress.”
He explained that during former President Buhari, the headquarters of National Inland Waterways Authority( NIWA) is in Lokoja, while that of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), was commissioned by former President Muhammadu Buhari is in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, stressing that all is meant for the interest of Nigerians and where they are best suited.
He pointed out that these decisions are purely administrative that should not be politicized by people of goodwill and those who wish the country well, saying that Nigerians should support the laudable and courageous steps taken by the present administration to ensure a better standard of living through the generation more revenue to the country.
Lawal noted that Nigerians desired nothing but good governance that positively impacts their lives, lamenting that rumour-mongering is what he called “a pernicious disservice to this ultimate expectation of our people” and enjoined Nigerians to thinking beyond such in order to move the country forward.
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