Just in: S’Court serves judgement on Malami, expects CBN to act on Monday
The endless anguish over cash crunch being suffered by Nigerians may end early next week as the Supreme Court has served its ruling on naira redesign to Abubakar Malami Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria.
What this implies is that there is no excuse for not complying with the ruling or continue to keep mute while Nigerians suffer and die scrambling for naira notes.
A document seen by BusinessDay contains Drawn-up Orders of the Supreme Court in the currency redesign case with proof of service of the orders on the Attorney-General of the Federation.
Paragraphs 9 and 10 on the final page of the document stated that the old version of N200, N500 and N1,000 naira notes shall continue to be legal tender alongside with the new or redesigned version until December, 31, 2023, and that the reception of old N200, N500 and N1, 000 naira notes and the swapping of same with new naira notes shall continue till December, 31, 2023.
The paragraphs particularly leave no more excuses to the President, AG Federation and Governor CBN for not complying with the orders, an analyst told BusinessDay.
According to a source, the documents were served Friday.
“I expect the CBN to issue Guidelines to banks stating that the 500 and 1000 notes will be released and telling them to put them back into circulation. Not later than Monday. It’s straightforward. Let’s see what they do,” the source said.
*Additional reports from BusinessDay
