₦airaland Forum

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disagreed with his counterpart, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, over his recent comment for faulting President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the old N200 be recirculated until April 10, 2023, while the old N500 and N1,000 cease to be legal tender.
Fashola, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), at the weekend, argued that the directive of the president was not a direct affront to Supreme Court that had momentarily stopped the move to ban the old currencies by February 10, 2023.

Former Lagos state governor, while speaking on TVC, on Sunday, maintained that the president only took the step to help assuage the hardships of Nigerians who were bearing the brunt of the policy.
Keyamo, who is a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, had in an interview on Channels Television, said the president was wrongly advised to make the pronouncement in a nationwide broadcast.

According to Keyamo, although Buhari had good intentions for the naira redesign policy, he was wrongly advised.

APP PCC spokesperson also said he would have advised the president to comply with the Supreme Court order, which was to recirculate all the old notes until they decide on the matter.

“My view is that the president acted honestly, without intention to slight the Supreme Court, but he may have acted on wrong advice. I did not give that advice, it’s not my responsibility. I do not know who gave that advice.

“Now, if I were to advise him, I would have advised differently. I would have advised him to comply with the terms of the order of the Supreme Court. All the notes should circulate for now, all the notes. All the old notes should circulate side by side with the new notes for now, because that is the order of the Supreme Court,” Keyamo said.

However, Fashola, reacting to Keyamo’s statement said the recent nationwide broadcast by Buhari on the ongoing naira redesign policy was not a contempt of the Supreme Court.

He stated that although the naira swap policy needed to be reviewed, the president took the decision because he had seen the suffering many Nigerians were facing and not to spite the apex court.

Fashola explained, “Let me say that in a democracy where there is a right to speak freely, there’s bound to be divergence of views, as you have had. But I think that the principle about respecting and awaiting the outcome of a court decision sometimes has been stretched, if I may use that word.

“There is also a lot of jurisprudence and scholarship about the boundaries of contempt in actions done and in things said. If I shut the door on your finger, and you went to court to say that the court should direct me to remove or open the door, do I say let’s wait for the outcome of court decision when you are in pain, and people are in pain?

“The question to ask is if I attempt to open that door, would you, the person in pain, say I was acting in contempt or would you gladly have me open the door and then go back to the court and say the matter we have resolved it?

“And that is another angle to look at this thing because I think that whatever interventions the president sought to make were interventions in response to the very palpable pain and I think he said that much in his speech about the unintended consequences of the policy.”

handsomeyinka:
Yoi right..
I just believe the central bank are not doing enough to protect the account holders.

handsomeyinka:
The account officers of most banks are thieves.

They give out links of accounts to most fraudsters.

I think the government should rather encourage the citizens that banks will be held responsible for fraudulent activities and moreso they should create a portal to report such activities to the central bank of Nigeria.

If the bank fails to pay back the money stolen from an account holder, then the CBN should automatically pay the account holder and charge the corresponding bank with higher interest for such negligence.

Just My Own Little idea to protect ourselves.

JoeNL22:
Yea.
We saw it in kastina 2019. Apc was decamping to PDP like crazy. At the end of the day, Buhari had over 1 million votes and Atiku had less than 100k votes. That's why I don't trust all these their rubbish deflections and decamping. Until I see Inec results. My mind go calm down.

Moh247:
You are newbie in electioneering

Party agent pay you for vote buying after you thumb print and show them from one corner or take a pics

Parachoko:
The policy is a good one, the cashless policy is a policy that has been existing in Nigeria for over 10 years.

I wander why Emefiele is in a rush now

Is not possible to change a Country currency in less than 3 month.

The cashless policy is for helping the Nigerian Economy not to fight corrupt politicians.

fergie001:
See, the Tribunal Chairman based his evidence on the BVAS report which is a secomdary evidence rather than the primary evidence, the machine itself.

What about the voter's register.... Useless to Justice Kume.

One of two things will happen at the Appeal Court, either it is upturned or a retrial will be ordered but since there is no time, it should be upturned.

It is funny....just take a look at the majority judgement and tell me you wouldn't laugh.

Kingzeez10:
You don't know how true but you post it here. Lol

1stGenAmerican:
Sell all of his properties and use the cash to buy new properties instead of reimbursing the person that paid for his burial expenses?
Think about properties without being concerned about how and where her beloved husband’s body will be laid to rest?
Get a lawyer but neglect to sue the hospital that failed to contact his wife and eventually released his body to someone other than his next of kin for a huge amount of money?

Tumbuleke:
Hello House,

How do I encourage her at this time and also the impending battle with her late husband’s family

maasoap:
Mr didn't know before that this is part of why you need to seek permission before you use personal life story of others to make money. Shocking!


Somebody is trying too hard to be logic . Logic doesn't suit you, just quit being logic,.


No wonder! You didn't even an idea about this incident!


Please stop, your analogy and logic is absurd to say the least. Who associates with criminals?


It is their story to tell, their story to trade if they are willing to.

maasoap:
Dumb people everywhere. Story must be told without contacting family members for permission and if given, to obtain credible information for the movie?

DonBenny77:
You no get sense sha, and una type plenty for this country na why person like Buhari fit be president.
The population of idiots in this country is too much, my only fear for Peter Obi

Agbegbaorogboye:
Don't be silly.

Grupo:
What do you mean by story must be told.
If the people involved don't want you to tell their story, respect that and back off.

Chenult:
I was issued a query today at my workplace. Reason below

What do I do pls?

BimbolaCodes:
Please does anyone knows how I can pay for my university admission application fee. I don't have a domiciliary account and chipper customer care said they are not offering payment to sweeden at the moment. Please help a brother

Unyimekelvin:
Good morning..

Eversince i stopped gambling ND masturbation ..i have been doing fine nd living a comfortable life with they little i have.

A very big shout out to those who adviced me ND also prayed for me...i appreciate you all I'm a free Man now...

But these particular one set in... imagine,i have been drinking peak milk (tin) every day by day; ...
Please what is the side effects of consuming too much milk everyday...

O boy, that same thing started happening to me recently, maybe because it hadn't Sen it in store for a long time. But for the past five days I stopped, I hid my card to check the urge. But I drank the last remaining yesterday and it was a mixture of evaporated milk, ordinary mk and condensed milk. I am fighting the urge from today.
..

LAXconfidential:
Na this same party without agents make you never sleep by this time. You're scared, and you're right to be. Tinubu will lose.