The Supreme Court will hear the merit of the main application brought by the applicant (Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kogi) against the federal government today, February 15 regarding the naira policy.
Last week, the Supreme Court granted an interim order restraining the apex bank not to end the use of old naira notes on February 10.
It would decide today whether or not to vacate the interlocutory injunction it had earlier granted against the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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Meanwhile, the president of the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), Olu Omotayo, called on the Supreme Court to be firm in taking a decision that will benefit the whole country.
Omotayo, a legal luminary, asked the Court to seize the opportunity to condemn the disobedience to its order of stay on the use of old currency in Nigeria which was flagrantly disobeyed by the Central Bank.
He said:
”Our expectation tomorrow is that the Supreme Court will rise to the occasion by condemning the disobedience to its order of stay on the use of old currency in Nigeria which the Central Bank flagrantly disobeyed.
”The argument of the Learned Attorney General that the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction and therefore the suit should be struck out is misconceived because under Section 19(1) & (2) of the Supreme Court Act, it stated that in cases between States and the Federal government or State against State, the Supreme Court may order any course or matter which is before it to be transferred to a High Court or Magistrates’ Court having ordinary jurisdiction in the place where the cause of action arose and has power to grant the relief sought for hearing and determining or to be otherwise disposed of by such court.
”The implication is that even if the Supreme Court agrees that it does not have original jurisdiction in this case, it is still empowered to transfer the suit to the appropriate court having jurisdiction. We hope that the Supreme Court will be firm in taking a definite decision that will benefit the whole country.”
