{"id":101032,"date":"2022-11-05T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101032"},"modified":"2022-11-05T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:12:21","slug":"obasanjos-image-should-be-on-redesigned-naira-note-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/obasanjos-image-should-be-on-redesigned-naira-note-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo\u2019s image should be on redesigned naira note \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar says one of the three naira notes about to be redesigned should have the image of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, in a series of tweets on Saturday also praised the 85-year-old elder statesman and African Union\u2019s mediator for leading peace talks between the Ethiopian Government and Tigrayan rebels after two years of devastating conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and left millions needing aid in Africa\u2019s second-most populous country.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, &#8220;I celebrate the extraordinary prowess of His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in bringing peace to Ethiopia. I am not surprised. I know my boss. He did the same thing in Liberia and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe during our time in office.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government and Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) had in a statement this week agreed to \u201cpermanently silence the guns\u201d and end the two years of conflict in northern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict erupted on November 4, 2020, when Nobel peace laureate Abiy sent troops into Tigray after accusing the TPLF, the regional ruling party, of attacking federal army camps.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, on Saturday, celebrated the \u201cextraordinary prowess\u201d of Obasanjo in bringing peace to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Atiku was Nigeria\u2019s Vice-President between May 1999 and May 2007 when Obasanjo was a democratically elected President. Obasanjo and Atiku\u2019s second term in office was not smooth but the two would later resolve their differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf for nothing else, he is most deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize, and I will nominate him when entries are open for nominations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is blessed to have a statesman of such impeccable democratic credentials as Chief Obasanjo. A man whose image ought to be in the redesigned Naira note to inspire future generations of Nigerians to sacrifice for their nation and continent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele said the apex bank will issue redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022, while the new and existing currencies will remain legal tender and circulate together until January 31, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Recall Atiku and other presidential candidates like Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) have visited Obasanjo at his Abeokuta residence in the last couple of months. 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