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Old Naira Notes: ‘Extend Deadline’ — Kano Govt, Islamic Clerics Urge CBN

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  • Ganduje has urged the government to extend the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

  • The call is coming following a meeting by the state governor Ganduje, top government officials, and Islamic clerics at the Government House on Thursday.

  • Ganduje noted that economic activities had been paralysed in Kano due to hardship caused by the shortage of the new naira notes.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kano State Government and Islamic clerics from Tijjaniyya, Qadiriyya, and Izala sects in the state have called on the Federal Government to extend the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, to stop accepting old naira notes.

The call is coming following a resolution at a meeting by the state governor Ganduje, top government officials, and Islamic clerics at the Government House on Thursday.

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A statement by Hassan Musa Fagge, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, on Friday, noted that economic activities had been paralysed in Kano due to hardship caused by the shortage of the new naira notes.

“The meeting, therefore, urged President Muhammadu Buhari that out of his magnanimity to consider the suffering caused to people of the State due to the shortage of the new naira notes and extend the deadline set by the CBN,” the statement read in part.

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The statement added that the meeting was also attended by the Deputy Governor and APC governorship candidate, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna; his running-mate Murtala Sule Garo; APC chairman, Abdullahi Abbas; and the Islamic clerics.

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