Businessman and Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce has advised the Federal Government against the proposed ban on the use of Nigerian debit cards abroad.
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Using the hashtag #PunishPoliticiansNotNigerians on Twitter, Senator Murray-Bruce said the policy does not augur well for the common man.
See a few of his tweets below:
1-If we must ban ATM card use abroad, why not ban it for politically exposed people like me instead of ordinary Nigerians that depend on it?
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
2-With BVN, the CBN has the account details of all elected and appointed politicians in Nigeria. Dont punish Nigerians for our wrongs!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
3-A lot of the Small and Medium scale enterprises that employ the majority of Nigerians, depend on their ATM cards to do business abroad.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
4-What do Nigerians in foreign hospitals for life threatening illness do if they cant access funds via ATM? #PunishpoliticiansnotNigerians
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
5-What do Nigerian students schooling abroad and who depend on their parents to fund them via Naira ATM do? #PunishpoliticiansnotNigerians
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
6-How do bloggers pay for hosting if ATMs wont work on foreign sites? Is this SocialMediaBill via backdoor? #PunishpoliticiansnotNigerians
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
7-What do thousands of young Nigerians who promote their businesses to the world via Facebook/Twitter Ads do? #PunishpoliticiansnotNigerians
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) December 26, 2015
