He said that the need to change the name of the country and its currency was divinely revealed to the leadership of the party, adding the changes were important if Nigeria must make progress.
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The call followed a motion by Hon. Iboro Ekanem at the plenary on Thursday on the need to regularise the importation of sugar, while boosting domestic production and economic growth.
At the Bureaux De Change window, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar while the Pound Sterling and Euro closed at N484 and N420, respectively.
Okoroafor spoke at the Capital Chapter Congress/Dinner of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, FCT chapter, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Nigerian currency lost one point to exchange at N363, weaker than N362 posted on Thursday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N496 and N429, respectively.
The acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, in a statement in Abuja, said the CBN allocated 100 million dollars to dealers in the wholesale sector.
The Nigerian currency traded at N360, stronger than N362.3 posted on Monday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed N497 and N428.
The Nigerian currency lost one point to exchange at N361.7, weaker than N361.6 on Friday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N502 and N430, respectively.
The Nigerian currency gained 9 kobo to exchange at N360.42, slightly stronger than 360.51 posted on Wednesday, while it closed at N305.65 at the CBN window.
The Nigerian currency gained 54kobo to exchange at N360, stronger than N360.54 traded on Monday, while it was sold at N305.7 to the dollar at the CBN window.
At the parallel market, the Naira exchanged at N362 to a dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N515 and N445.
Trading at the parallel market saw the naira closed at N362 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N514 and N445, respectively.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigerian currency lost 20 kobo from N361 earlier traded before the Easter break.
At the parallel market, the naira traded at N360.20 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N502 and N404, respectively.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the figure has been stable in the past two weeks.
The Naira also closed against the euro at N481 at same market in Lagos.
Prof. Uche Uwaleke, the Head of Banking and Finance Department, Nasarawa State University Keffi, expressed the view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.
The Company said the scholarship has become an annual event meant to contribute to the educational development of the people and the area and position them in right place in the scheme of things in Ogun state and Nigeria in general.
However, it was sold at N363 to the dollar at the parallel market, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N505 and N442 respectively.
Data received from the CBN on Friday revealed that the sum was in favour of the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors.