A well known Islamic scholar from the Northern part of Nigeria, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, took to his Facebook page in the early hours of today to share his thoughts regarding the alteration of naira currencies as reportedly planned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi said, for those talking about starving kidnappers of Naira, they will start using dollars (and other hard currencies) if the naira is changed (by the CBN).
The prominent Nigerian cleric said if kidnappers start using dollars, it will further make the rotten situation badder than imagined.
He thereby suggested that the only way kidnapping can be stopped is if there are robust policing, social justice for all, and equitable wealth distribution.
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi is also of the opinion that changing the naira is a good plan but it is coming at the wrong time.
In his words, many good ideas are marred by wrong timing and the issue of changing the naira is likely to be another one. This kind of program is not for a government that is in the throes of its demise.
Lastly, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi cited an instance of the time motorcycles were banned in some banditry-infested states saying, we all saw that banning motorcycles or cutting off telephone communication did not help to curb the menace in those states but rather made the populace suffer the more.
