Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has commended the supreme
court over its ruling which temporarily restrained the federal government from
banning the use of the old naira notes from February 10.
Wike spoke on Wednesday at the Rivers Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) campaign held at County State School, Emilaghan in Abua/Odual LGA
of the state.
Recall that a seven-member panel of the apex court led by
John Okoro gave the ruling on Wednesday in an ex parte application brought by
Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states.
The three states prayed the court to grant an interim
injunction stopping the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from ending the timeframe
within which the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will cease to be legal tender.
“I want to on behalf of the Rivers state government commend
the Nigerian supreme court for what they have done today to save the masses of
this country and to save democracy,” Wike said.
“Today, the supreme court has stopped the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) from embarking on stopping the old Nigerian Naira notes from
circulating.
“And let me commend my brother states — Kogi, Kaduna, and
Zamfara — who took it upon themselves to go and challenge the federal
government at the Supreme Court.
“I also want to say
that the Rivers state government will join them in that suit to challenge what
the CBN is doing. We will not support anything that will go against the masses,
anything that makes the masses suffer.
“I have said before, this democracy can only survive with the support of INEC, security agencies, and the judiciary. With what happened today, the supreme court has shown that the hope of the common man lies in the judiciary.”
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