Old Naira: ‘You Have No Right To Oppose Buhari’– Ohaneze Slams Governors

• Ohanaeze has slammed state governors for Buhari’s old note policy.

• Buhari previously announced that old N500 and 1000 notes are no more legal tenders.

• Over 10 state governors kicked against the policy following a Supreme court order.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has berated state governors against the naira redesigned policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

This online media platform gathered that some state governors against the policy have instructed residents in their states to keep collecting the old notes, with the governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, specifically saying that the policy will be cancelled if the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, wins the February 25th election.

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Reacting to the development, the national vice president of Ohanaeze, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene opined that the governors have no right to challenge the President’s order on the withdrawal of the old N500 and N1000 notes from circulation

Acknowledging the economic hardship caused by the policy, the apex Igbo group maintained that challenging the president in the manner the governors were doing amounted to a treasonable felony.

He said: “We have only one Commander-in-Chief and he has made a nationwide broadcast stating the way he wants the matter to be resolved and these governors should abide by the president’s directive.

”If they don’t like what the president has done, they should approach the court, but not to incite Nigerians against the government. We don’t want our democracy to be derailed.

“What they are doing is treasonable offence and so we condemn their action because the situation in the country does not require further tension being created by these governors.”

The group urged Nigerians to be ready to make sacrifices for the good of the country while pleading with the Federal Govern and CBN to make good on their promise of recirculating the old N200 notes.

”It is unacceptable to subject people to queue endlessly in the banks to get their money. The idea of a naira swap is okay, but not making it available is not good,” he said.

He observed that Nigerians were eager to participate in the forthcoming election, reminding them that what is happening in some states might be a ploy to disrupt the election.

FURTHER READING 

• Failure Of Naira Redesign Policy On Display As Unrest Erupts In Parts Of Lagos; Epe, Ojota, Others

• Confusion As CBN Denies Directing Banks To Accept Old N500, N1000 Notes

• Supreme Court Order On Validity Of Old Naira Notes Remains In Place – Lagos AG

“Let the people endure because I believe that the situation will normalize after the election. For instance, fuel scarcity has started easing and so they should know that the problem of naira availability will soon become a thing of the past.”

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