Naira redesign: Tinubu, Adamu, APC govs meet, call on Buhari, AGF, CBN to respect the supreme court order

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, members of the Progressives Governors Forum and the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the lawful order of the Supreme Court halting the the currency swap policy of the federal government.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Senator Adamu said that the programme is a causing a lot of hardship to Nigerians hence their call on the Attorney General of the Federation and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria to respect the supreme court order on the cash policy.

He said, “I’m sure you are quite aware of the fact that a meeting comprising of APC governors was held today and the leadership of the NWC of our great party was summon for this afternoon and we had discussion and at the end of the discussion, we have resolved as follows and this resolution is without prejudice or whatsoever to the case that is lying at the supreme court at this point in time. This has to do with the issue of currency redesign.

“We note very seriously that the programme and its implementation is causing tremendous difficulties to the people of Nigeria and to the national economy.

“That we urge the Attorney General of the Federation and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria to respect the supreme court order of Interim injunction which is still subsisting

“That the meeting is urging his Excellency, Mr President to intervene in resolving issues that are causing this great difficulties to the economy.”

The National Chairman who refused to give explanation on the presence of the presidential candidate of the party, Tinubu at the meeting, however said that the governors and the party are on the same page.

Also speaking, the chairman of the Progressives Governors, Abubarkar Badaru on the outcome of the meeting said, “Once the chairman spoke, the governors and the party are one and the same. And I am very proud about the conduct of our campaign by our presidential candidate

“Director General of the campaign and indeed, governors and the candidate across the country have been doing a tremendous job of mobilizing the Nigerian populace and we are very, very impressed with the support of the majority of Nigeria.

Twelve APC governors and two deputies were present at the meeting. Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) are among the governors at the meeting.

The APC national chairman, had summoned the meeting to discuss issues related to the campaign, naira crisis and next Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

Our correspondent reports that security was beefed up in and around the secretariat as the closed-door meeting is in on-going.

In his welcome speech during the opening session, Adamu said, “I am happy with the response so far. And it is my understanding that more of the governors are on their way coming. You will recall the recent development that has necessitated the need for this invitation.

“We do not want to seat in judgement of anybody or bodies with regards to what is going on today in the country as it affects our great party.

“I thought the best to do is to get all those who are holding forth in the critical positions in the party to get together and have some interactions so that we can have a better interpretation and appreciation of the situation that we are in. That is the essence of this invitation.”

Some APC governors had filed a suit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy.

The Supreme Court ordered the CBN not to implement the deadline but Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said there was no need to shift the deadline.

Buhari had partially complied with the court as he ordered an extension of the deadline of N200 notes and declared that old N500 and N1000 notes were no longer legal tender.

This had triggered a nationwide outrage. Governors of the ruling party joined those who criticised Buhari over the issue.

While Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State had alleged that the naira redesign policy was aimed at truncating Nigeria’s democracy, his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, asked residents to disregard Buhari’s directive.

Governors Dapo Abidoun (Ogun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa) were among those who declared that old N500 and N1000 notes were still legal tender in their states.

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