As reactions continue to trail the restraining order by the supreme court of Nigeria asking the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the implementation of the February 10 deadline for the use of N200, N500, and N1000 old Naira notes, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has hailed the governors of the 36 states for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) new naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to hardships
According to Thisdays, Asiwaju made this known in a Tinubu in a statement issued by the Director of Media, and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Bayo Onanuga. He commended the governors, especially the APC governors, who instituted the suit against the CBN and federal government at the Supreme Court, saying they acted well on behalf of the helpless Nigerians who have been made to bear the brunt of the naira redesign policy that has been poorly implemented
The presidential candidate of the ruling party, APC therefore, admonished the federal government and relevant stakeholders to sit down and work out a better framework on how to proceed with the new policy without causing any social and economic disruption and inconvenience to our people.
Meanwhile, as reported earlier, the Supreme Court, Wednesday, restrained the Federal Government from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of N200, N500, and N1000 old Naira notes. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel, halted the full implementation of the demonetization policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).