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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele and some bank directors over their collective refusal to honour an invite by the green chamber over the scarcity of the newly designed naira notes. The House had summoned the CBN governor and bank directors over the 31 January 2023 deadline for the validity of old ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1,000 notes but the bank chiefs have not honoured the invite. Gbajabiamila, in a statement on Thursday, said the bank chiefs, by shunning the invitation, insulted the authority and prerogatives of the people’s parliament. “This is unacceptable,” he said. The United Kingdom will eliminate tariffs on more than 3,000 products it imports from Nigeria in a bid to boost trade with Africa’s largest economy. Nigerian exporters of cocoa, cotton, plantain, flowers, fertilisers, tomatoes, frozen shrimp and sesame seed are among those that will benefit from the new tariff regime outlined in the UK’s new developing economies trading scheme, which targets 65 countries. “Nigeria is one of the UK’s most important partners in Africa and the UK government is committed to working with Nigerian businesses and exporters ...
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