OYEBANJI URGES EKITI RESIDENTS TO ACCEPT OLD NAIRA NOTES

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has appealed to residents of the state to continue to accept the old and new naira notes as means of transactions in line with the ruling of the Supreme Court which extended the validity date of the old naira notes till December 23, 2023.

The Supreme Court had, in its March 3rd ruling, extended the validity date for the old naira notes in a case instituted by some states within the federation including Ekiti State.

Governor Oyebanji who noted complaints by residents that many business concerns in the state refused to accept the old naira notes as means of transaction, said it becomes unlawful for any business owner or service provider to reject the old notes.

The Governor, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, and made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, urged Ekiti people to accept the old naira notes till the December deadline and stay clear of actions that could create hardship for one another.

The Governor appealed to the market women, artisans, transporters, filling stations, supermarket owners, school proprietors and service providers to remain law abiding and accept the old naira notes. He also urged the commercial banks and CBN to make the old and new currencies available in their branches and at their automated teller machines (ATM) points in order to ease the stress residents go through to get money for their daily and commercial needs.

“This is an appeal to all residents of Ekiti State to abide by the ruling of the Supreme Court which provides a reprieve for the people by extending the validity date of the old naira notes till December 31st.

“The State Government had joined other states to seek the intervention of the Supreme Court in reversing the new naira policy which the states averred had inflicted excruciating pain and hardship on the people in addition to crippling economic activities.

“As honourable people, what is expected of us is to abide by the ruling of the apex court and continue to accept the old naira notes as means of transactions and not to inflict further hardship on one another by rejecting it.

“This is a special appeal to all the banks to make the naira notes available in all their branches and pay points and to all traders, business owners, service providers, okada riders, drivers, filling stations, gas plants, supermarkets, schools, hospitals, POS operators, to start accepting the old notes forthwith. To do otherwise would amount to defying the ruling of the highest court in the country and thwarting government efforts at reducing the hardship of the people.

“Our Government will continue to explore avenues to make life more meaningful for our people, as we continue to build a more prosperous state.

“In same vein, Government will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute business owners found rejecting the old naira notes”, the statement added.

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He should focus on banks in his state to accept it

Once banks dey accept am.. Everything go clear

Everyone dey vex

I wonder when all these state Governors turned to CBN Governor. Until CBN issues a statement clearly stating to citizens to accept the old money if you like go and collect the old money, body go tell you. .. that's how bank paid me 5k old money.. and transporters refused to collect it till this moment.

The fact the Governors are persuading to accept the old money shows its not in your interest but their interests cos some of them has the old money stacked in cash and they are trying to inject it back into the economy else they lose it all.

Nigerian Politician's and greed.

If you accept you are on your own

Not until cbn make official statement do not accept

Yeah the supreme court is powerful but do not rule out the power of the executive

Executive get power sha

Na cbn just hold us for blockos like this


My mind dey tell me say this presidential election fight is just getting started

We don't even see the old notes self talk less of new one

They won use am buy vote on Saturday

Will Banks accept it back, if the people accept it?? because that's where the problem lies.

They shown me shege last week after paying me ₦20k of the old notes, went round the whole of Awka, but no one was willing to accept the old notes from me, as a means of payment, I quickly went back to the bank to deposit the old notes but was told a different story; that I should bring CBN's printout from their portal before I can deposit it. I could've made a thread off this.

So obidients who are hailing emefiele.how far

Nigerians lack cooperation among themselves, otherwise emefailure and bubu should be render useless.

Tell banks to dey Collect am too

Abeg accept

Holluwhakemmy:
We don't even see the old notes self talk less of new one

Those politicians statched it in their houses. The will use it buy vote on Saturday

Spot on!
# print adequate NEW or recirculate OLD

No lifeless animal in human skin and cohorts are above the laws of the land!
Buhari is Nigeria's WORST BLUNDER

Emola12:
Tell banks to dey Collect am too

Those and emefiele go soon collect when time reach

...this thing is getting serious oo

Okay.

SouthWest Governors speaking in one voice

Suffer head people
Sha na una go vote the disastrous APC?
Na hunger go kee una one by one
Shagu banzai ye !

Oyebanji should go to Buhari and tell him to make a categorical statement on the usage of the old currency, he should stop disturbing us

Buhari and Emefiele has the final say...

AdamuKD:

Suffer head people
Sha na una go vote the disastrous APC?
Na hunger go kee una one by one
Shagu banzai ye !

They and their children will know no peace

If you can't handover your daughter or sister for Marriage to a sick old man with dementia not physically and mentally fit and he is not aware of his environment with parkinson disease but you want this same man to head over 220 million Nigerians then may you and your family know no peace

This news won't reach 10k views, and most viewers would likely come from Ekiti people.

Triangles1:
Nigerians lack cooperation among themselves, otherwise emefailure and bubu should be render useless.

Apc and tinubu should not have seen a single vote from south west

If you can't handover your daughter or sister for Marriage to a sick old man with dementia not physically and mentally fit and he is not aware of his environment with parkinson disease but you want this same man to head over 220 million Nigerians then may you and your family know no peace