By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has halted the Federal Government from continuing with the full implementation of the demonitisation policy.
The plaintiffs which are the three northern states, namely, Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara, had in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3rd, asked the apex court to halt the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) naira redesign policy.
In the decision made by a 7-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro, in a unanimous ruling, granted an interim injunction restraining the FG, CBN, commercial banks etc from implementing the February 10, deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes to stop being a legal tender.
The court further held that the FG, CBN, commercial banks etc must not continue with the deadline pending the determination of a motion on notice in respect of the issue on February 15.
By the ruling, the old Naira notes continue to be legal tenders in Nigeria.
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