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CRYPTOCURRENCY BAN:REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT ATIKU SAID.


Cryptocurrency ban: Reduce unemployment pressure on Youths, don’t add to it, Atiku warns Buhari


The former Vice president made this known in a tweet thread on his Twitter handle on Saturday.

Atiku laments that unemployment is one major factor affecting the Nigerian economy and also a major cause of insecurity in the country.

Recall Vanguard reported how the CBN placed a ban on crypto accountsin the Nigerian Banks, warning that “breaches of this directive will attract severe regulatory sanctions.”

But the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku noted that there is immense pressure on the youths because of the rate of unemployment, saying it is a wrong timing to ban cryptocurrency in the country and advised for a revisit of the policy.

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