2023 elections: 13 political parties threaten to withdraw if CBN shifts old naira deadline

About thirteen political parties out of the 18 parties in Nigeria on Monday threatened to withdraw from participating in the 2023 general elections slated for February 25 and March 11, if the Central Bank of Nigeria extends the deadline of February 10 for the naira swap.

According to the parties, they won’t be participating in the elections if the new deadline of February 10, 2023, is shifted again.

The chairmen of the political parties, who commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on the redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes, insisted that the policy must stand.

They also slammed the Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara state governments for heading to the Supreme Court to get a court injunction to extend the deadline for the validity of three old notes.

The National Chairman of the Action Alliance, Kenneth Udeze, who briefed pressmen, said, “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 this currency policy is suspended or canceled or if the deadline is further shifted”