The Federal Government has been requested to extend the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop accepting old naira notes by the Kano State Government and Islamic clerics from the Tijjaniyya, Qadiriyya, and Izala sects in the state.
The call followed the decision of a meeting held on Thursday at the Government House by the state governor Ganduje, senior government officials, and Islamic clerics.
The meeting highlighted that economic activity had been halted in Kano due to hardship brought on by the lack of the new naira notes, according to a statement released on Friday by Hassan Musa Fagge, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor.
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“The meeting, therefore, urged President Muhammadu Buhari that out of his magnanimity to consider the suffering caused to people of the State due to the shortage of the new naira notes and extend the deadline set by the CBN,” the statement read in part.
The statement added that the meeting was also attended by the Deputy Governor and APC governorship candidate, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna; his running-mate Murtala Sule Garo; APC chairman, Abdullahi Abbas; and the Islamic clerics.
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