El-Rufai dares FG, says N1,000, N500 remain legal tender in Kaduna

Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday said the N1,000 and N500 notes will remain legal tender in Kaduna State in line with the Supreme Court order.

He urged residents to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that only the old N200 will be in use until April 10.

In a state broadcast, El-Rufai, whose state was among those who filed a suit at the Supreme Court and secured an injunction against the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), assured the people that no one would lose their old N1,000 and N500 notes.

The governor blamed those who lost out in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for being behind the policy, which he emphasised has brought untold hardship on the people.

El-Rufai also accused the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar

Malami (SAN), of misleading the President.

The governor said: “My dear of people of Kaduna State, with the foregoing revelations, it is clear that our peaceful coexistence as a state, and a nation, is being placed under deliberate danger using the intentional combination of fuel and cash supply disruptions.

“These evil people using the instrumentality of the Federal Government and the President as convenient covers are willing to truncate our democracy because they have personally lost out.

“They are massively deploying resources and tools to defeat the political party that gave us the platform to serve the country just because they could not impose the candidates of their choice. Let us not help them

“Let us stay calm and peaceful, and support the lawful means being utilised to solve our problems. Nation