Sowore Questions Buhari, Emefiele’s Failed Digital Currency Project, E-Naira Amid Criticism Of Nigerian Govt Officials As Scammers
This digital currency was introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow, has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to challenge Nigeria’s leadership, specifically questioning the legacy and current status of the e-Naira.
This digital currency was introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Sowore’s tweet also jokingly asks if the e-Naira has been replaced by “T-Pain’s T-NAIRA”.
“T-Pain” is being used as a nickname for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, with critics using it to express dissatisfaction with his economic policies.
This nickname is derived from the American rapper T-Pain, known for his hit songs like “Rappa Ternt Sanga” and “Bartender”.
T-Pain, the nickname, popularised on social media, symbolises the growing discontent with the Nigerian government’s performance under President Tinubu.
The nickname for President Tinubu came from a satirical remix of T-Pain’s track ‘Buy U A Drank’ by Nigerian satirist Bello Galadanci, best known by his stage name Dan Bello.
‘Buy U A Drank’ was released in 2007 by the American singer and songwriter, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm.
But unlike the original version, Dan Bello’s remix titled ‘Nigerians, I Go Make You Poor,’ is about the economic hardship caused by the policies of President Tinubu’s administration, including fuel subsidy removal and flotation of the exchange rate.
“Where is @Mbuhari and @GodwinIEmefiele’s E-Naira? Has it been replaced with T-Pain’s T-NAIRA?” Sowore wrote on his X account, attaching a picture in which the ruling All Progressives Congress was described as a terrorist organisation.
“Government of Scammers!”
The digital currency was introduced with two applications – eNaira speed wallet and eNaira merchant wallet.
The two apps were rolled out on Google Playstore and Apple store.
Emefiele announced plans to launch Nigeria’s digital currency after Buhari’s government barred banks and financial institutions from dealing in or facilitating transactions in cryptocurrencies.
He said it would make Nigeria “one of the first countries in Africa, and indeed the globe, to adopt the digitisation of its national currency.”
