Today is the D-Day that the Supreme Court of Nigeria will make a final attempt to muscle out the deadline of the use of old Naira notes from The Central Bank of Nigeria.

Whether anything will change, Nigerians who still have the old notes with them are waiting.

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On Thursday, as proceedings commence at the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Naira Swap Policy, Governors of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai and Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, walked into the Supreme Court.

Also Read: Old Naira Notes No More Legal Tender – CBN

Also present at the Court is a retinue of Senior Advocates of Nigeria and other lawyers

At the last hearing, the Court had temporarily banned the implementation of the February 10 deadline of the CBN from making the old ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1,000 notes legal tender.

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Three northern states of Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna had instituted the suit against the Federal Government and the CBN.

Other states, namely Niger, Kano, Ondo, Ekiti, have also applied to be joined in the naira swap suit against the CBN and the Federal Government.

Details to come shortly

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