A coalition of all Nigerian civil society organizations has rejected the Supreme Court's exparte ruling from Wednesday barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and President Muhammadu Buhari from discontinuing the use of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 bank notes on February 10.
As the supreme court's ruling did not limit the president's authority to exercise his constitutional powers, the organizations asked President Buhari to think about adopting executive orders immediately to implement the policy's terminal date.
The CSCCC's national coordinator, Obed Okwukwe, made this announcement during a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
The council stated that the decree violated electoral integrity, which is why it was rejected.
In order to prevent election riggers from having access to illicit funding to taint the outcomes of the vote, it requested the Supreme Court to uphold its stance.
Additionally, the CSCCC pleaded with the apex court to quickly overturn the judgment since it would allow dishonest politicians to buy votes in forthcoming elections.
It claimed that it was capable of truncating our most valued democracy and derailing the credibility of the 2023 general election.
In the meantime, the African Center for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), a civil society organization, has cautioned that, if the exparte order from the Supreme Court temporarily halting the federal government's plan to outlaw the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023, is not overturned, the February election's credibility may suffer.
The group stated its fear in a statement provided in Abuja on Wednesday by Comrade Abubakar Isa, its strategic communication consultant.
The statement bemoaned the fact that, despite President Buhari's commitment to legitimate elections and a smooth transition, certain special interests and opportunistic politicians are hellbent on preventing this from happening.
The group demanded that the CBN submit an urgent preliminary objection on the basis of jurisdiction so that the supreme court might reverse this decision.
The CSCCC stated that the Supreme Court must promptly restore its reputation and demonstrate to Nigerians that it is not purposefully opposed to free, fair, and credible elections in light of recent questionable behaviours of the Supreme Court Justices and several highly contentious rulings and judgements of the court in recent history.
