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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Nigerian Lawyer Drags CBN To Court, Demands Removal Of Arabic Words From Currency



A Nigerian Lawyer has filed a case against the Central Bank of Nigeria, demanding the removal of Arabic inscriptions in the local currency.

A Lagos court is due to hear the case filed by Malcolm Omirhobo, demanding the removal of Arabic words. 

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Omirhobo also wants the Nigerian army to remove the inscription from its military logo, saying it portrays Nigeria as an Islamic state, contrary to the country’s constitutional status of a secular state. 

The lawyer revealed that it would be better for the Arabic inscriptions to be replaced with either English or any of Nigeria’s three main local languages – Hausa, Yoruba, or Igbo.
However, the central bank of Nigeria has denied that the inscriptions were a symbol or mark of Islam. 

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According to CBN, some people, especially people in the north, speak Arabic. English though is the country’s main language.


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