Old naira notes remain legal tender – Supreme Court

Eric Ikhilae, Abuja
February 15, 2023

The Supreme Court has said its February 8 order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes still subsist.

The court made the clarification on Wednesday following complaint by lawyer to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN) that the Fed Govt and its agencies have failed to comply with the order and have allegedly directed the rejection of the old notes.

*Mustapha said the plaintiff filed a notice of none-compliance with the order of the court order made on February 8. And demanded that the court take action against the respondent to protect the dignity of the court*.

He added: “That order has been flouted by the government. We are talking of executive lawlessness here. We have filed an affidavit to that effect…We want the court to renew the order for parties to be properly guided.”

Justice John Okoro, who presided over a seven-member panel of the court, asked Mustapha to filed a proper application to put forward his complaints and to enable the respondent respond appropriately.

Justice Okoro said there was no need for a renewal of the court’s order.
He noted that, since the order made by the court on February 8 was made pending the determination of the motion for injunctions filed by the plaintiff, the order still subsists since the motion was not yet heard.
The court had, in the February 8 ruling, said: “after a careful consideration of this ex-parte application, and the grounds in support of same, this court finds that there is real urgency for this court to intervene by the grant of this application.

“Accordingly, this application is hereby granted as prayed.
*“That is to say, an order of interim injunction restraining the Federal Government of Nigeria, either by itself or acting through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and/or the commercial banks, its agents; agencies, corporations, ministries, parastatals, organizations or through any person or persons (natural and artificial) howsoever, from suspending or determining or ending on the 10th of February 2023 the timeframe within which the now older versions of the 200, 500 and 1000 denominations of the naira may no longer be legal tender, pending the hearing and determination of the plaintiffs/applicants’ motion on notice for interlocutory injunction*.”

The Supreme Court has however fixed February 22 for hearing of the suit filed Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states challenging the propriety the naira swap policy of the Federal Government.

The court chose the date after joining the Attorneys General of Katsina Lagos, CR, Ondo, Ogun, Ekiti and Sokoto states as co-plaintiffs in the earlier suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states.
The court also joined the Attorneys General of Edo and Bayelsa states as co-respondents. Both states elected to side with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) originally listed as the sole respondent.

The court ordered that the suits filed by separately by Nasarawa, Rivers and Kano states on the same issue be consolidated with the one filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states.
The court ordered parties to file all necessary documents before the hearing set for next Wednesday.

*Justice Okoro, before adjourning, told lawyer to the AGF, Kanu Agabi (SAN) to advise his client to ensure the availability of currency for the people*.

*“Tell your client to let people have money. If they go to the ATM and the plaintiffs will come and withdraw the case. Make money available to the poor masses*.
*“We hear of ATMs being attacked; bank staff jumping fence…You should know that a hungry man is an angry man. I say no more,” he said*.

Responding, Agabi said Nigerians were only blaming the government for their poverty.
“Many people don’t have money. They blame it on the Fed Govt and the AGF. I don’t have money too.
“Things have been bad for long. It is not today that the problems started,” Agabi said.

Governors Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello of Kaduna and Kogi states were in court to witness proceedings.
Speaking after the court proceedings, Bello said the states were not at war with the Fed Govt over its cashless policy, but are only concerned about its negative impact on the citizens, who are now denied access to their funds.
Bello added: “Myself and my elder brother, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna are here today to witness the proceedings of the court.
We trust the judiciary system and erudite jurists.
“We are in court because Nigerians are suffering as a result of this CBN muddled-up cashless versus currency redesign policy.
“From the understanding we have from the court, the order made by these honourable Justices (of the Supreme Court) still subsists until Wednesday when the matter will be heard.
“We want to urge all Nigerians, yes we are all suffering but let’s maintain peace, law and order. It is just a temporary set back for us in this country.
“We are not condemning this particular policy of President Muhammadu Buhari. It is going to be the way to go, but its implementation is what we are questioning, to ensure that Nigerians have life.
“Nobody should compel anyone to open an account if you don’t want. You may choose to keep your wealth the way you want it.”

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REVEALED: How Aso Rock Cabal Misled Buhari Into Fuel, Naira Crises Over Plot To Make Atiku President



By Alhassan Bello

As Nigerians suffer on the crises caused by the fuel scarcity and naira swap, it has been revealed that the Aso Rock cabal led by Mallam Mamman Daura is behind the problem that is making Nigerians to suffer.

Credible sources disclosed in Abuja, Katsina, Adamawa and Sokoto states that those who lost the primaries of APC tried to convince Daura to change President Muhammadu Buhari's mind in his support for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. No particular person among the losers was mentioned in the plot, but reports suggest that the plotters sold a dummy to Daura that Tinubu will not respect Buhari after getting power.

According to the sources, Daura first snubbed the promoters of the idea. It was learnt that Daura later agreed to join the plot when Atiku Abubakar, who is very close to him, convinced him that Buhari would be making a terrible mistake to allow power move to the South where northern interests may be jeopardised. Atiku told Daura several fabricated stories by a team of blackmailers he set up in PDP to argue his point.

It was learnt that to achieve the plot, Atiku and some  PDP leaders set up a blackmail group led by Nduka Obaigbena to paint a frightening picture of Fulani suffering under a southern President.  According to the sources, in this group are Dino Melaye, Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Sule Lamido and Raymond Dokpesi.

The sources explained that Melaye and members of his group are playing on Daura's mindset in his pro-Fulani sentiment to always place Fulani interest above any other interest in Nigerian politics.

They convinced Daura that his kinsman, Atiku Abubakar, will protect Fulani interest in the coming administration while they had discovered an alleged grand plan by Tinubu and some Eastern leaders to work against Fulani interest after taking power down South.

Convinced by the presentation of  Obaigbena, Atiku was again invited by Daura, who promised Atiku that situations would be created that would make him enjoy support across the country. By this time, Atiku himself was in the dark about what the plan would be. He was asked to come back again.

Before he came back, Daura had perfected his plan. He lied to Buhari, relying on the stories by Obaigbena-led blackmail group. To implement the plot,  Daura asked Atiku to raise N85 billion to start organising his campaign. Atiku said he could not raise the money because he was broke and was yet to recover from the last presidential primaries and election expenses after losing to Buhari.

Daura therefore hatched a plan to convince Buhari to reimburse PDP states that implemented Federal projects so that he could be seen as a national leader who does not discriminate. Buhari agreed. Daura, who is widely known for his rabid pro-Fulani disposition, thereafter tutored Atiku to worm himself to the hearts of PDP governors that will benefit from the windfall. Buhari was convinced by his nephew and paid the money to the states. Some of these governors include Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. But the plan failed to work as Wike began a political war with Atiku and so could not release Rivers money to Atiku. Obaseki also refused to surrender his state money, but Okowa released huge sums of money to Atiku for their joint campaign.

When details of how Okowa surrendered Delta money to Atiku leaked, civil servants and pensioners protested on the streets and asked Okowa to explain how he spent their money. The South East governors that benefited from Buhari's windfall also refused to surrender their money.

With Atiku facing imminent failure, Daura called in Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and NNPC Managing Director, Alhaji Kyari, a Fulani, to join in the plot to blackmail APC into failure and set Nigerians against the party. Emefiele was not difficult to convince to join the plot because he and Okowa are cousins from Agbor, Delta State. Daura worked on Emefiele to convince Buhari about the international honour he will get if he organises credible election devoid of votes buying. Emefiele therefore bypassed Finance Minister, his supervisory authority, to convince Buhari to change Nigeria currency to purportedly prevent votes buying.

The ignorant Buhari who always wants to be seen as upright, bought into the idea. Even the Federal Ministry of Finance fumed over the plan because without its input, Daura convinced Buhari that naira change was the best option for Buhari to organise a clean election. While Daura had hoped that PDP governors would surrender the reimbursements by Buhari to finance Atiku's election, reality dawned on him when these governors, except Okowa, refused to surrender their money.

Kyari also quickly joined the plot that has potential to keep him in office after Atiku's victory, hence the crisis in fuel distribution system that has crippled the nation's economy, resulting in sufferings all over Nigeria in which APC government is held responsible, not knowing that PDP is at work in collaboration with Buhari's nephew.

In the last few days, Dino Melaye has been visiting Emefiele's house during dark hours along with some CBN senior officials of Fulani stock,  according to another credible source in Abuja.

And so with failure imminent in Atiku's camp, the  option of blackmailing APC as a bad party is better, by setting Nigerians against the party by twin plots of petrol scarcity and printing of small quantities of naira notes while setting a short timeline  to effect a change of naira to create scarcity, a method that can't work even in a country of 30 million people. By these plots, Nigerians will naturally campaign against APC as a bad party amid widespread suffering that will create opportunity for Atiku to win.

But all the plots collapsed as northern governors led by Nasir El-Rufai and Atiku Bagudu got wind of the plot. They spoke with Buhari about the problem, reminding him about the sacrifices the Southern politicians made to give victory to Buhari. Surprisingly, Bauchi Governor was reported to buy into El-Rufai's group argument. Therefore, within a short period, the cabal held several meetings while El-Rufai group also held their meetings.

In one of the meetings, Buhari was reminded about his place in history and that he should remember that he could not spend his youth to keep Nigeria one during the civil war but now spend his adult life to divide Nigeria. He was told clearly that the West will naturally join the East to end the union called Nigeria if Buhari sticks to the Daura plot to retain power in the North.

According to sources, Buhari had to bend from his hard line stance when young elements of his Fulani stock told him the truth about the impending danger if Northern politicians break the agreement with their Southern counterparts, more so that the last Constutional Conference recommended power rotation between North  and South, which political parties in Nigeria, including PDP and APC, adopted in their zoning arrangement in their constitutions.

The fallout of the initiatives of the young elements in Northern establishment led to the meeting with Buhari on Friday where Buhari was told about the dangers of failing to follow the agreement on power rotation.

For now, PDP's plot with Daura, who wants a Fulani man to succeed Buhari at all costs, may fail as Buhari may not be able to control the anger and rebellion that will follow the failure to take power back to the South.


(I am Dr Alhassan Bello, a patriotic Nigerian writing from Abuja FCT)

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DANGOTE OIL REFINERY

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2. Dangote announced he would want to build a refinery in 2013, at that time, it would cost $9 billion. It was not untill 2016 construction started.
3. The Refinery was originally meant to be built in the oil producing state of Ondo but due to lack of political will from the Ondo State Government, Dangote moved the project to Lagos state.
4. The Refinery along with the Petrochemical plant is expected to generate $20 billion yearly for Nigeria.
5. The Refinery will reposition Nigeria as an energy hub globally.
6. The Refinery has the longest subsea gas pipeline in the world with a length of 1100km.
7. The Refinery will generate electricity of up to 12,000MegaWatts.
8. The Refinery is a $25 billion investment, the largest single investment carried out on the African continent by an individual and the most expensive industrial complex in Africa and perhaps the world.
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Documented Views Of Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo About Atiku Abubakar

2003 "I regret picking Atiku Abubakar as my vice".
2004 " I can no longer work with Atiku, his integrity is in question ".
2005 " Atiku cannot be trusted ".
2006 " Atiku cannot escape justice over corruption cases "
2007 "Do not vote Atiku he is corrupt".
2008 " Atiku is a corrupt leader".
2009 "Nigerians can never forgive Atiku".
2010 " Atiku is not an option to leadership in Nigeria ".
2011 " I have never seen a leader as greedy as Atiku ".
2012 " Nigerians should pray for leaders imbued with integrity not Atiku ".
2013 "Atiku should apologize to Nigerians over his political sins".
2014 No political party with the aspiration to assume leadership should think of Atiku".
2015 "Nigeria has grown beyond a corrupt leader like Atiku".
2016 " I will never reconcile with Atiku ".
2017 " I never knew Atiku was this corrupt " "I can never be on the same page with Atiku. God forbid!".
2018 January to August " God will not forgive me if I support Atiku ".

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PMB, A FULANI IS ABOUT COMPLETING 8 YEARS
ANOTHER FULANI IS ASKING US TO VOTE HIM INTO OFFICE

KO POSSIBLE, KO LE WORK
FA FA FA . . . FAO

PDP CHIEFTAIN TACKLES ATIKU

As a vice president under the PDP umbrella, you took a presidential candidate ticket in another party to contest against your boss Obasanjo and the party did not expel you.

As a pdp chieftain your gave a sitting president a matching order to drop his second term ambition for you or you will move seven governors from the pdp to apc. You did and your ensured Jonathan was kicked out.

Now Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is reminding you of your evil activities and pay you back with the same coins you use for others and your men are crying fowl.

Atiku Abubakar you will surly reap what you sow, and the time to rip it is now.

You hate the Southern people with passion and still you want to deprive them again of becoming president.

You must cry again.

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THE INCOMING, THE PRESIDENTIAL

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Honestly, The Jagaban is exceptional

Qualities that makes TINUBU Exceptional:

(1) TINUBU was first to start "Economic Summit" to proffer solutions for economic prosperity.

(2) TINUBU was first to start "Treasury Single Account (TSA)" in Lagos State to promote good governance, transparency and accountability.

(3) TINUBU was first to start "Independent Power Project" (Eron) to boost Power Supply, industrialisation and Employment Opportunities.

(4) TINUBU was first to promote "Digital Economy" by the digitalisation of Lagos Tax Administration to improve revenue collections for developments.

(5) TINUBU was first Governor to "Create 37 Local Govt. Council Development Areas (LCDAs)" to bring governance and development closer to the grassroots.

(6) TINUBU was first to offer Free Education and to appoint Pupils who Excelled Academically as acting Governor of Lagos to encourage youth productivity in Education.

(7) TINUBU was first Detribalized Executive to engage Nigerians from other states to work (shop) with Lagos state government to promote unity.

( TINUBU was first to go every length, legally possible to reclaim SouthWest states (and beyond) Governorship election stolen mandates as attested to by VP Osinbajo.

(9) TINUBU was first and last Governor who governed his state for years without federal allocation (FAAC) as OBJ government wickedly withheld Lagos state N4.8 billion allocations.

(10) TINUBU was first to bring Telecommunications (Econet) to Nigeria for easy communication and business.

(11) TINUBU fought for Enthronement of Democratic order in Nigeria and associated benefits of democracy we enjoys today.

(12) TINUBU is full of Vision, great Ideas, Policies, Strategies, Plans and unusual Wisdom.

(13 TINUBU is that Detribalized Nigerian who on different occasions supported these Fulani men: ATIKU, RIBADU and BUHARI...all for the Presidency.

(14) TINUBU is a Religion Tolerant Leader; a devoted Muslim husband of a devoted Christian wife and father to biological Christian children.

(15) TINUBU carved out a Blueprint for Lagos State
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RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS
Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics(CONUA) held an emergency meeting today 4th October, 2022 at the uniben sports complex car park between 3 and 4.30pm and unanimously resolved that:
1. Members should resume work unfailingly tomorrow Wednesday 5th October, 2022.
2. Any attack, physical or verbal by any member(s) of the striking ASUU should be promptly reported to the university management.
3. Members should commence teaching and project supervision immediately.
4. Members were briefed and assured that march, April and May salaries will be paid along October salary while June, July, August and September salaries will be paid with November salary.
5. Members were further informed that the IPPIS payment platform has been modified to accommodate all academic earned allowances.
6. Members expressed appreciation to the federal government for the recognition and registration of our great, dynamic and responsible union.
Signed
Prof v.o igbineweka
Chairman, CONUA uniben chapter

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