Uyai-Abasi Etido
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately comply with the Supreme Court judgement in validating the federal government policy.
Recall that the Supreme Court had also, in the judgement ignored by the government, extended the legal tender status of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes until 31 December.
Following the continued disobedience of the court’s judgement by both Mr Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the NBA has stated that Nigerians can no longer tolerate any form of dictatorship in a democratic government.
“Rather than comply with the directives of the Supreme Court, the Federal government stuck to its position despite clear findings that the actions were illegal and unlawful,” the NBA president said in the statement released early Monday.”
Citing several paragraphs of the Supreme Court verdict which criticized Mr Buhari for flagrantly disregarding the orders, Mr Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said, “It is sad and disheartening that the Federal Government and its agency, the CBN, will remain so adamant about the plight of Nigerians.”