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The Kaduna State Government has insisted on the use of old Naira notes in the State, directing all agencies of the State Government to accept payments in old and new notes.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the State Governor on Media and Communication made this known in a statement on Sunday.
The statement reads: “In line with the subsisting order of the Supreme Court, the Kaduna State Government has directed its ministries, departments and agencies to ensure that their collection agents continue to accept payments made in all denominations of the naira, old and new.
“The laws of Kaduna State do not allow personnel of government agencies to be involved in cash collection of revenues. The collection agents authorised by state government agencies do offer citizens a route for cash payment, and are expected to comply with the subsisting court order”.
Govt warns against breakdown of law and order
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government says it has received credible intelligence reports of plans by various groups to deliberately disrupt public peace, by organizing street protests.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Samuel Aruwan, the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs.
The government in the statement reminded citizens in the State that protests remain strictly prohibited.
“Citizens are strongly advised to avoid all actions remotely capable of inciting a breakdown of law and order,” it reads.
The government empathized with citizens who have been placed in untold distress as a result of the CBN cash swap policy.
“Residents must shun the baitings of mischievous groups hoping to ride on these hardships and incite violence.
“The Government of Kaduna State, and other concerned state governments, are deploying the full instrumentality of the law to attain a proper resolution, and thus bring relief to citizens.
“Government is also studying options for addressing challenges being faced by citizens with regard to transport to their places of work.
“Any resort to unruly or violent conduct is illegal and against the public interest which values law and order. Security agencies have been placed on high alert and have been directed by the Government to decisively uphold law and order.
“Citizens are therefore urged to maintain calm, and to remain peaceful and law-abiding as they prepare to exercise their civic franchise in an atmosphere free of all forms of threat,” the statement reads.