The supermarket management pleaded with the Kano 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.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the closure of Wellcare Supermarket over its refusal to accept the old naira notes from customers despite his directives.
Kano State is among several states that dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court over the redesigned naira policy and the deadline for swapping old naira notes for new ones.
Chairman of the Kano State Consumer Protection Council, Baffa Dan’agundi, made the disclosure on Sunday shortly after shutting down the supermarket, stating that legal action would be taken against its management.
He warned other marketers in Kano to be aware that the state government has not banned the use of old naira notes as legal tender and therefore, any shop owner caught not receiving the old notes would be dealt with decisively according to the dictates of the law.
Meanwhile, the management of Wellcare Alliance Limited has forwarded an apology letter to Governor Ganduje, seeking his immediate intervention to re-open the supermarket.
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The letter was titled, “A plea for an immediate intervention to re-open Wellcare Alliance Limited and an apology letter.”
“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 letter partly read.
The supermarket management pleaded with the Kano 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.”
