FEBRUARY 16, 2023 ABUJA, NIGERIA FEBRUARY 16, 2023 SOURCE: NIGERIA PRESIDENCY INTERVIEWEES: 1. MUHAMMADU BUHARI 2. MUHAMMADU BUHARI 3. MUHAMMADU BUHARI 4. MUHAMMADU BUHARI 5. MUHAMMADU BUHARI SHOTLIST IMAGES: (02:55) 1. Wide shot of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari seated while giving a nationwide address to citizens 2. Mid shot of President Muhammadu Buhari seated while addressing the nation 3. Close-up shot of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari seated and giving an address to the nation 4. Mid shot of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari seated and giving an address to the nation 5. SOUNDBITE 1, Muhammadu Buhari (Man) President Of Nigeria (English, 28, Sec) Saying”, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to identify with you and express my sympathy, over the difficulties being experienced as we continue the implementation of new monetary policies, aimed at boosting our economy and tightening of the loopholes associated with money laundering. 6. SOUNDBITE 2, Muhammadu Buhari (Man) President Of Nigeria (English, 42, Sec) Saying”, To further ease the supply pressures, particularly to our citizens, I have given approval to the CBN that the old N200 bank notes be released back into circulation and that it should also be allowed to circulate as legal tender with the new N200, N500, and N1000 banknotes for 60 days from February 10, 2023, to April 10, 2023, when the old N200 notes cease to be legal tender. 7 SOUNDBITE 3, Muhammadu Buhari (Man) President Of Nigeria (English, 23, Sec) Saying”, I have been reliably informed that since the commencement of this program, about N2.1 trillion out of the banknotes previously held outside the banking system, had been successfully retrieved. This represents about 80% of such funds. 8 SOUNDBITE 4,.Muhammadu Buhari (Man) President Of Nigeria (English, 23, Sec) Saying”, I have similarly directed that the CBN should intensify collaboration with anti-corruption agencies, so as to ensure that any institution or person(s) found to have impeded or sabotaged the implementation should be made to bear the full weight of the law. 9 SOUNDBITE 5,Muhammadu Buhari (Man) President Of Nigeria (English, 24, Sec) Saying”, Fellow citizens, on the 25th of February, 2023 the nation would be electing a new President and National Assembly members. I am aware that this new monetary policy has also contributed immensely to the minimization of the influence of money in politics