‘Don’t Rush Into Taking Your Old Naira Notes To The Bank’ – El-Rufai Reveals Tinubu’s Plans To Nigerians

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has urged Nigerians not to be too bothered about the deadline for the swap of the old naira notes with the new notes.

According to El-Rufai, Nigerians can continue spending the old notes and receive them as well in order to carry on with their day-to-day business activities.

He also hinted that if elected as President in the 2023 election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu would extend the time frame for the naira swap policy or reverse the policy.

The Governor dropped the hint in Kaduna State on Tuesday at a meeting with traders in the state.

According to El-Rufai; “Stop changing your money and tell everyone to stop taking money to banks. If you sell anything, accept the old note if it’s given to you.

“Stop saying it’s only the new notes that you will accept because your market will stop and that is what they want.

“Tell everyone in Kaduna who has the old notes to spend it and buy items. Tell every trader to accept the old notes.

“Continue running your businesses and daily activities with whatever notes (old or new) you have. Don’t rush yourself into taking old naira notes to the bank, and wasting your time in the unnecessary queues at the bank. Nobody can stop you (people) from using the notes. When we come to power, if Bola Tinubu becomes the president, we’ll give people more time to get rid of the old naira notes.”

“Nasir el-Rufai, Uba Sani, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu promise you that if we (APC) are elected, this policy will be changed and everyone will be given sufficient time to change their money.

“Stop taking your money to banks, keep them with you. Nobody can make your money to become worthless. It is the law; nobody can do it.

“It’s just a matter of time; be patient. We have 18 days to the elections. Once the elections are over, you should expect what Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would say, which is the change of this policy.

“You should help us pass this message to relatives. Everyone should stop taking money to banks; continue trading with the old notes.”

Naija News recalls the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had fixed February 10 as the deadline for the old version of the N200, N500, and N1000 notes to cease from being legal tender.

However, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped the CBN from enforcing the deadline and ruled that the notes should temporarily remain in circulation until the matter before the apex court is settled.