The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately comply with the Supreme Court’s judgement invalidating the federal government’s demonetisation policy.
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.
Disturbed by the continued disobedience to the court’s judgement by both Mr Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the NBA has said Nigerians can no longer tolerate any form of dictatorship in a democratic government.
“We cannot under any guise or pretence accept or tolerate any appearance of autocracy or dictatorship. Our system of democratic governance has come to stay, it must not only be respected by all and sundry but must also be jealously guarded and protected,” the NBA said in a statement signed by its president, Yakubu Maikyau, on Monday.
It added, “This is the greatest test or challenge to our…
