Cashless Policy: Having A Bank Account Is Not By Force – Yahaya Bello to Nigerians
The Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello says opening a bank account in Nigeria is not mandatory and hence nobody should coerce Nigerians into doing what they don’t want to do or even how to spend their money.
The governor spoke on Wednesday in Abuja as the supreme court ruled that the old naira notes should continue to be legal tender until the adjourned sitting on February 22nd, 2023
Bello with his Kaduna and Zamfara state counterparts had prayed to the court to stop the CBN from going ahead with the February 10th deadline for the old naira swap
The court gave an interim order and shifted the case to Wednesday 15th to determine if the order will be vacated or not, but the apex court further adjourned the case till 22nd of February to enable eight other states, Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Ogun, Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Cross River and Rivers state to join Kaduna, Zamfara, and Kogi as applicants in the suit seeking to stop the CBN redesign policy.
Two states, Bayelsa and Edo were also allowed to join the federal government as respondents in the new naira policy.
Both the plaintiff and Defendant spoke to SignatureTV after the case was adjourned
Nigerians are still battling with fuel scarcity, scarcity of both the new and old naira note even as the nation is set to head to the polls on 25th of February, 3 days after the new adjournment date set aside by the supreme court to determine if the old naira will still be a legal tender or not.
