New Naira Notes: ’13 political parties’ threaten to pull out of elections if deadline extended
Thirteen opposition political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of Coalition for Political Parties have threatened to pull out from the forthcoming general elections if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extends the deadline for the naira swap
Penpushing reports that the coalition made this known at a press conference held on Monday in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the leader of one of the parties, who is the National Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), Kenneth Udeze, but did not list the remaining 12 parties that he said were part of their coalition.
“We hereby announce that at least 13 out of the 18 political parties in Nigeria will not be interested in the 2023 general elections and indeed we shall withdraw our participation from the electoral process if these currency policies are suspended or cancelled or if the deadline is further shifted’, Udeze declared.
Penpushing further reports that, he, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the redesigning of the N200, N500 and N1, 000 banknotes, while it is also recalled that the President had on Friday met with some Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during which he asked for seven days to make a major decision on the issue.
Meanwhile, the Presidential and National Assembly election holds on 25 February while the Governorship and state assembly elections will be conducted two weeks later on 11 March, with 18 registered political parties in the country participating in the elections.
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