Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says he and his
colleagues took the federal government to the court over the naira redesign
policy to save the country.
Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states had filed a suit against
the federal government at the Supreme Court seeking a restraining order to stop
the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the February 10 deadline
for the naira swap.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court temporarily restrained the
CBN from implementing the deadline.
In a statement by Zailani Bappa, Matawalle’s spokesperson,
the governor described those against their action and triumph at the court as
“misguided”.
“Following the
uncouth comments trailing the decision of the apex court to listen to and act
on the demand of the triumvirate governors on naira swap, Matawalle carpeted
the attacks as mere political vendetta,” the statement reads.
“I am fully convinced that those against our action and
victory at the Supreme Court are either misguided or blinded by political
chauvinism.
“I and my Kaduna and Kogi states counterparts found it
necessary to approach the Supreme Court in order to save the economy of Nigeria
from being plunged into more crises.
“And to relieve the
pains that ordinary Nigerians are experiencing in the face of scarcity of both
the old and new naira notes.”
He said it is common sense to say that the CBN and
commercial banks must make the new naira notes available for day-to-day
business transactions before the old naira notes were declared illegal.
The governor expressed dismay at comments from his
opposition, noting that political parties challenging the decision of the court
do not have the country’s interest at heart.
“The decision of our wise and revered Supreme Court judges
on this matter is the best way to address the current problem and its impending
consequences at the moment,” he said.
“At this critical time of our transition, it is only
patriotic for all of us to put political considerations aside and address the
challenges at hand so that together, we can cross the bridge ahead of us.”
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