OLD NAIRA NOTES: FG ASKS SUPREME COURT TO DISMISS SUIT CHALLENGING FEB. 10 DEADLINE

The Federal Government on Wednesday, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three states challenging the February 10 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to end the use of old naira notes. The FG’s suit was in reaction to an earlier ruling made on Wednesday, by the Supreme Court, restraining the federal government from implementing the February 10 deadline for the use of the old naira notes. In a preliminary objection filed on Wednesday through his lawyers, Mahmud Magaji and Tijanni Gazali, the Attorney-General…

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