Senator Ben Murray-Bruce says the proposed ban on the use of Nigerian ATM cards abroad, will adversely affect average Nigerians, who have come to depend on it for various modes of foreign transactions.
Murray-Bruce, advised the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government that ‘politically exposed people’ like himself should be stopped from using ATMs abroad, not regular folks who need it to get bye.
The Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency said Nigerian students schooling abroad, bloggers and owners of small scale businesses will be negatively impacted by the ban, if it becomes a reality.
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
