Former National Legal Adviser for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Muiz Banire, has urged voters inclined to sell their votes to shun the old notes.
Banire, also a former Commissioner in Lagos State gave this advice via his Linkedin page where he said politicians rooting for the continuous use of old naira notes contrary to the stance of the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, are out to serve their own ends.
His remarks: “The secret is simply that they are out to deceive the unwary potential voters into accepting the already stocked old notes in their custody for the purpose of buying voters conscience,” adding, “My counsel is that potential voters who must take money should either insist on the real legal tender as pronounced by the apex bank or any other currency acceptable to them.”
The CBN last announced that the old versions of the N1,000 and N500 notes have ceased to be legal leaving out the old N200 note to coexist with the new notes to ease the burden of Nigerians trying to get access to the new note.
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