Malam Zailani Bappa, Matawalle’s Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, revealed this.
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Diri stated this Monday at Yenagoa, the capital city during an interactive meeting with leadership of various unions and associations of transporters, traders and petroleum marketers in the state.
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at the meeting in Akure, said that the cash crunch had affected the economic lives of people in Ondo State.
Its acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, made the declaration in reaction to a newspaper report entitled: “Emefiele launches fresh plot against president-elect, Tinubu.’’
On Saturday, an official of the CBN told The Nation that the communications department has not been informed of any new developments on the Supreme Court judgement.
He noted that by the decision, the apex court has once again proved that it is the highest court of justice in the land.
Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the PCC, said this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
Justice Inyang Okoro, who led the seven-member panel of justices, fixed the date after taking arguments from parties involved in the suits.
The Court had on February 8, 2023 restrained the CBN from giving effect to the deadline on the use of old Naira notes.
The coalition, comprising of no fewer than 38 CSOs included; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Say no Campaign, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Connected Development Budget; among others made the call at a news conference on the state of the nation in Abuja.
The operators, in an interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Abuja, said while the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was a good development, its timing was taking a toll on businesses.
The resolution was made known to newsmen by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu on Sunday.
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman, said the appeal was part of resolution reached at an emergency meeting between the party’s governors and members of its National Working Committee (NWC) on Sunday in Abuja.
The state Chairman of MURIC, Aliyu Abdullahi (SAN), made the call at the maiden general meeting of the group on Sunday in Lokoja.
Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled their businesses.
Recall that Buhari had last Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the re-circulation of the old N200 notes into the economy.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and Central Bank of Nigeria are Defendants.
The group’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
According to Oladele who is also a human rights lawyer, by throwing himself in the political arena, Emefiele has mucky the waters for himself and tainted the policy with political implications and complications. Oladele wondered whether it was legally permissible and not a misconduct for a CBN Governor to be a card carrying member of a political party and ran a political campaign for President while still in office without implicating Section 1 (3) of the CBN Act which provides that “in order to facilitate the achievement of its mandate under this Act and the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act, and in line with the objective of promoting stability and continuity in economic management, the Bank shall be an independent body in the discharge of its functions”.
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