Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says the naira redesign policy of the Federal Government has adversely affected the rating of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the voters ahead of the general elections.

Mr Akeredolu spoke in Akure on Wednesday while receiving the youth wing of the APC led by Seyi Tinubu, a son of the APC presidential candidate.

The governor urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to reverse the controversial policy immediately.

He said both new and old naira notes should be allowed to co-exist, lamenting that despite an existing order of the Supreme Court, the old notes seem to have ceased to be legal tender in ...