Naira Redesign: APC National Chairman, governors in closed-door meeting with Malami
By David Oluwaseun
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, alongside three aggrieved governors of the party who sued the APC led Federal government at the Supreme Court met with the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on Monday in Abuja
The governors were Nasir El Rufai(Kaduna), Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara).
The closed door meeting came twenty four hours after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party and the governors elected on the platform of the party under the aegis “Progressive Governors Forum”called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to respect the verdict of the Supreme Court on the naira redesign policy.
The three governors had filed a suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the CBN.
But the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing until February 22 when seven sevenother states applied to be joined in the suit.
The states the apex court allowed to come into the case to challenge FG’s decision, were; Lagos, Cross River, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo and Sokoto states.
Similarly, President Muhammadu Buhari’shome state, Katsina, also persuaded the court to allow it to file legal processes to nullify the new monetary policy.
On the other hand, Edo and Bayelsa state threw their weight behind FG and the CBN.
The meeting with Malami started at about 1.35 pm and lasted for over an hour.
However, efforts to know what transpired at the meeting proved abortive as none of them spoke to newsmen.
