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- Governors issue a Tuesday deadline for Malami and Emefiele to obey the Supreme Court
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, have been given until Tuesday to abide by the Supreme Court's ruling on the naira redesign policy after the State Governments sued the Federal Government over the policy.
The state governments warned the two top officials on Tuesday that if they disobeyed the apex court's ruling that the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes should be in circulation alongside the new notes until December 31, 2023, they would be charged with contempt.
The AGF and the CBN have not commented on the ruling for more than a week after the court issued its decision. Nigerians and businesses have been emboldened by their silence to refuse the old notes as lawful tender.
On Friday, it was reported that the enrolled order and certified true copy of the Supreme Court decision ordering the use of old notes as legal tender for 10 months had been delivered to the Federal Government.
Malami received notice of the judgment's enrolled order and CTC on Friday afternoon, according to Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN), the lawyer for Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states, who brought the Federal Government before the Supreme Court regarding the matter. Mustapha added that he expected immediate compliance with the judgment as the non-service of the documents had given the government and the CBN an escape route.
Mustapha said, “The Attorney-General of the Federation has been served now and we will take it up from there; if there is no compliance now, we will commence committal proceedings against the attorney-general and the CBN governor.”
But giving an update on the move to enforce compliance with the order of the apex court on Sunday, the Zamfara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Junaidu Aminu, revealed that since the Federal Government had refused to implement the judgment, the plaintiffs in the suit would approach the court again to ensure compliance with the court’s order.
Pristine Network
- 2023-03-13 07:33:09
