{"id":259138,"date":"2023-03-30T18:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=259138"},"modified":"2023-03-30T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:16:20","slug":"new-naira-policy-cost-me-re-election-bid-matawalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/30\/new-naira-policy-cost-me-re-election-bid-matawalle\/","title":{"rendered":"New naira policy cost me re-election bid \u2013 Matawalle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, in Zamfara, said his opposition to the Central Bank\u2019s new naira policy cost him his reelection bid at the March 18 Governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>He also said Zamfara saw more military personnel deployed during the election than when the State Government requested military assistance to route out insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the security situation would have been better than it is today had the military been deployed earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s being said is that we went to the court over new naira notes redesign. They said myself, Ganduje, and El Rufai would be punished accordingly,\u201d Matawalle said in an interview with DW Hausa.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/23\/zamfara-gov-matawalle-reacts-to-loss-of-governorship-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matawalle<\/a> who ran in the All Progressives Congress ticket, who polled 311,976 votes, lost to Dauda Lawal-Dare of the Peoples Democratic Party who garnered 377,726 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Matawalle emerged governor in 2019 on the PDP ticket after a court of appeal judgment nullified the APC primary elections which made Muktar Idris the candidate and winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on DW Hausa, the governor argued that \u201cWe have had security challenges in Zamfara state, and we\u2019ve been asking them to send soldiers to us, but they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut three days to the (governorship) election, they sent over 300 vehicles conveying soldiers into Zamfara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a high number of soldiers. If they could send them to us to fight insecurity, it would be better. But they only sent them during elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He accused the Buhari government of bullying the Zamfara electorate into voting the opposing PDP through heavy military presence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were over 50 soldiers in our polling unit in Zamfara. They were even straight about it that those voting for APC would not be allowed to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw that (the heavy deployment of soldiers), I knew they were up to something. That was why it didn\u2019t bother me because I received an intelligence report on what they were going to do against me. Not only myself but other governors that did something that is considered wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were harassed and beaten because they wanted to vote for APC. We all have this evidence on video. When we called soldiers to come to our aid, they didn\u2019t come. But I have left everything to God,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>However, Matawalle said despite his loss, the presidential victory of the APC\u2019s Bola Tinubu is enough consolation for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect, we delivered Zamfara State to the APC during the presidential election. But we lost the governorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevertheless, we are happy about his emergence. If he didn\u2019t win it would have been more painful for us. But I am not worried at all,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>As of this report, the President\u2019s Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, respectively, could not be reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, in Zamfara, said his opposition to the Central Bank\u2019s new naira policy cost him his reelection bid at the March 18 Governorship election. 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