• Supermarket apologises, promises to accept old naira notes
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has shut down a popular supermarket, Wellcare Alliance Limited, situated along Hadejia Road, Kano for rejecting old naira notes.
The Acting Chairman, Consumer Protection Council, Baffa Babba DanAgundi said it shut down the supermarket on Sunday, following order by the Governor Ganduje.
According to DanAgundi, “The Governor gave order that any shop found rejecting the old note should be shut down in the state.
“The order is line with the Supreme Court order that halted ban on use of old note, so they violated the directive of the apex court.
“We have written to them on their offence and we are awaiting their response before the next line of action,” DanAgundi said.
Meanwhile, the management of Wellcare Alliance Limited has forwarded an apology letter to Governor Ganduje, seeking his immediate intervention to re-open the supermarket.
The apology letter was titled, “A plea for an immediate intervention to re-open Wellcare Alliance Limited and an apology letter.”
The letter reads in part, “Sir, Wellcare has always had an outstanding reputation in the market within the state and beyond, equally has abided by every rules and regulation which directly affects the company or a regulator without hesitation.
“Due to the Federal Government’s policy on the new naira notes, we gave wrong instructions to our staff members that from February 10, 2023, only the new notes are to be in circulation, and on an expansive investigation with our bankers, they declined to receive old naira notes.”
The supermarket management also pleaded with the Kano State government that “our business should be re-opened for deserving members of the public as we undertake to receive the old notes as valid tender to when the state issues any other directive.”
TheIdeal News recall that Kano State Government was among states that sued the Federal Government over the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
