APC- SMEs Dies Hunger Strikes in Enugu as Buhari & CBN Refuses To Obey Court Order. Report from Foxxymobile agent Francis Obinna at New Artisan Market Enugu Port-Hacourt Express Road near NNPC Mega Station Naria Triangle.

Despite the Supreme Court order against CBN directives regarding N500 and N1,000 notes, Ndi Enugu Residence are still sceptical about accepting them.

On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court reversed the CBN order suspending the circulation of N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender in Nigeria.

Traders, transporters, and others wary of old notes as apex court extended the shelf lives of the two highest denominations to December 31, 2023.

The traders say they are waiting for a directive from either President Muhammadu Buhari or CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele regarding the Supreme Court order.

Mohammed, a trader a meat butcher in New Artisan market, told Foxxymobile Agent who came to make enquiry why he refuse to sale cow and goat meat to residents in Enugu recall that he is terrified of accepting the old naira notes because of the silence of Buhari and CBN.

He said the last the Supreme Court issued the directive, CBN did not say a word, leading to banks rejecting the bigger notes.

Investigations reveal that transporters across the Enugu metropolis reject the old naira notes because the banks might not accept them.

Some commuters who tried to pay their fares with the old notes were told to alight from buses as they did not have the new notes.

A bus driver who identified himself as D1 professor Ekwlekwu told Foxxymobile agent that he would not accept the old notes irrespective of the Supreme Court ruling.

Speaking in Igbo Language, D1 aka Professor Ekwulekwu said CBN did not ask people to trade with the old notes.

As CBN keeps mum over Supreme Court ruling Enugu Residents have been waiting for the apex bank’s statement regarding the Supreme Court ruling.

Foxxymobile agent noted that vote-buying might be on the high side with the availability of old Naira notes against what was experienced during the Presidential elections, adding that the EFCC must sustain its commendable efforts in curbing vote-buying tactics by politicians to disrupt the integrity of the electoral process.

Similarly, Foxxymibile agents noted that the anti-graft agency and other law enforcement agencies should also intensify their efforts against vote-buying ahead and during the gubernatorial elections on March 11, but the Buhari led Government should obey the Supreme Court Order immediately after the election.

Investigative Journalism takes a lot of time, effort and Resources. Written by Foxxymobile agent Francis Obinna at New Artisan Market along Enugu - Port-Harcourt express road, near NNPC Mega Station Naria Triangle.

It affect the whole of Nigeria.. here in Ogun we're waiting for the Directive of the President and CBN Governor

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It affect the whole of Nigeria.. here in Ogun we're waiting for the Directive of the President and CBN Governor

No no according to obedient it affects TINUBU only