Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, blamed saboteurs for the current hardship brought on by the weak currency and fuel shortage.
Gbajabiamila stated this at the introduction of the second phase of the “Gbaja Ride” transportation program, which was created to help his Surulere constituency in Lagos.
He claimed that some individuals had deliberately planned the ongoing shortage of naira notes and the fuel crisis in order to undermine the accomplishments of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
He claimed that the House of Representatives was making a valiant effort to free Nigerians from their current plight.
Gbajabiamila said, “As your representative and Speaker, I’ve a good understanding of the current hardships and discomfort being faced by many Nigerians, without exception to my constituents.
“The lower legislative chamber under my leadership has been on the side of the people, working tirelessly to rescue them from these difficulties.
“I’m glad that the judiciary has also confirmed our position on the implementation of the policy of naira redesign.”
Gbajabiamila alleged that some elements had created a crisis around the policy of the naira redesign just to stop Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, from winning this year’s presidential election.
According to the Speaker, the plot seemed to be failing as Nigerians were still keeping faith with the ruling party and Tinubu despite what they were going through.
“Nobody can convince me that it’s not a plot to stop Asiwaju [Tinubu] from becoming the president of this country.
“But I’m glad that our God is a wonderful being, as the plot these people sat together to hatch, He has intervened,” he said.