Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser, stated that naira scarcity and the cashless policy will affect military personnel deployed in remote areas, gistpeople reports.
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Monguno made the remarks during a House of Representatives ad hoc committee hearing on currency redesign and naira swap policy on Thursday.
The NSA, represented by A.A. Mustapha, a director in the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, stated that an ongoing effort is being made to address the issue.
“Globally, military operations, even in First World countries, such policies will affect some of our soldiers in places where they cannot actually access digital means of paying for their daily subsistence,” he explained.
Earlier in his speech, the chairman of the committee, Ado Doguwa, said: “It is the belief of this committee that the policy would have, in one way or the other, certain implications [for] the security apparatus or security architecture of the country, especially when we are facing elections.
