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Niger State Government Orders Arrest Of Those Refusing Old Naira Notes.

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February 14, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

Niger State Government Orders Arrest Of Those Refusing Old Naira Notes.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has directed Security Agencies to arrest those rejecting the old naira notes immediately.

The directive is contained in a statement issued to Newsmen in Minna by Secretary to the State Government Ahmed Ibrahim Matane.

He said the old naira notes of one thousand, five hundred, and two hundred nairas are still valid, and anyone who refuses to accept the old currency should be dealt with according to the dictate of the law.

Sani Bello Laments

According to him, it has come to the government’s notice that some people and traders were rejecting the old naira notes from the citizens. This development is not healthy, thereby inflicting untold hardship on the people of the State”.

Ahmed Ibrahim Matane warned that the old naira notes are still valid and anybody found rejecting them shall be arrested and prosecuted; while calling on the people to go about with their legitimate businesses and report any person who refused to accept the old Naira notes to Security Agencies for necessary action.

The Governor has instructed the arrest of those negating old naira notes

It would be recalled that the State Government had earlier filed a suit against the Federal Government on the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.

Niger State Government Orders Arrest Of Those Refusing Old Naira Notes.

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