Parts of the statement read: “The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, should rally Nigerians to stem the obvious fiscal slide facing our country. “Rather than play the ostrich, we urge the government to take urgent steps to end the current monetary rascality, so as to prevent the prevailing economic challenge from degenerating further. But the minister denied this claim, stating that the Federal Government did not print N60 billion in March. She said there is no need to worry over the country’s rising debt profile because it is still within sustainable limits. Reacting on the issue, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, described the move by the Buhari administration as primitive.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 16, 2021 06:56 UTC