THE Presidency, on Monday, rejected allegations by Muslim Right Concern (MURIC) that the Federal Government has replaced the Arabic sign on Nigerian currency with Jewish Star of David in the new commemorative N100 note.
It also denied that the Presidential Villa security was populated by Israelis operatives, just as it said it was completely untrue for the Islamic group to claim that President Goodluck Jonathan was anti-Muslim.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, regretted the allegations made in a statement signed by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the director of the group.“The symbol his statement is referring to is the Star of David. There is no where on that proposed note as indicated in the specimen that has been widely publicised where there is any Jewish or Zionist symbol or the Star of David.
“The Star of David is a hexagram which is two triangles of equal lines superimposed on each other. The hexagram is a very popular symbol, but it is not on that naira note.
“The symbol that he is referring to is not a Jewish symbol. It is what they call spark security feature. It is an optical magnetic feature which enables the public to authenticate a currency note whether it is genuine or counterfeit. That is the function of that particular design,” the statement said.
It also denied that the Presidential Villa security was populated by Israelis operatives, just as it said it was completely untrue for the Islamic group to claim that President Goodluck Jonathan was anti-Muslim.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, regretted the allegations made in a statement signed by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the director of the group.“The symbol his statement is referring to is the Star of David. There is no where on that proposed note as indicated in the specimen that has been widely publicised where there is any Jewish or Zionist symbol or the Star of David.
“The Star of David is a hexagram which is two triangles of equal lines superimposed on each other. The hexagram is a very popular symbol, but it is not on that naira note.
“The symbol that he is referring to is not a Jewish symbol. It is what they call spark security feature. It is an optical magnetic feature which enables the public to authenticate a currency note whether it is genuine or counterfeit. That is the function of that particular design,” the statement said.
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