By Udesinanna Stephen
Former Senate Representative of Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has called for a single currency in the West Africa region saying that Nigeria and others should discard their individual currency.
The Senator said this via his Twitter handle @ShehuSani.
This is coming few days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu became the Head, Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS.
Sani said, “It is time for West Africa to have a single currency. I still wonder why it is so difficult to achieve this.
“Nigeria should discard the Naira. Ghana should discard the Cedi. Gambia should discard the Dalasi. Sierra Leone should discard the Leone. All the French Speaking West Africa should discard the CFA.
“If Germany, Italy, Greece and France can sacrifice their strong and historical currencies for the collective good of their continent. We have no reason not to sacrifice our territorial bank notes for our common economic prosperity.”