President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to “disclose details of the measures your government is taking to immediately and effectively comply with the Supreme Court decision extending the validity of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, and directing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue to receive the notes from Nigerians.”
He should “publicly advise the CBN to swiftly and effectively enforce the Supreme Court judgement demanding an end to the cash withdrawal limits imposed by banks because such restrictions violate Citizens’ Right to Free Use of Their Property,” SERAP urged.
Furthermore requesting that he “disclose the steps your government is taking to require the CBN to quickly re-circulate the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, as mandated by the Supreme Court,” SERAP wrote to him.
“There is an overriding public interest in disclosing the details of the measures your government and the CBN are taking to effectively and satisfactorily obey the Supreme Court decision,” the organization claimed in a letter dated March 4th, 2023 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare.
SERAP claims that by disclosing the steps your administration and the CBN are taking to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling, Nigerians will be able to track and examine the degree of compliance.