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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has directed Security Agencies in the state to immediately arrest those rejecting the old naira notes.
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 on thousand five hundred and two hundred naira are still valid and anyone who refuses to accept the old currency should be dealt with according to the dictate of the law.
According to him him it has come to the notice of g overnment that some people and traders were rejecting the old naira notes from the citizens, a development that is not healthy thereby inflicting untold hardship to the people of the State”.
Ahmed Ibrahim Matane however 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.
It would be recalled that the State Government has earlier filed a suit against the Federal Government on the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
ALIYU LAWAL.
