President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor.
A statement released by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, says the suspension was due to an ongoing investigation into his office.
The statement reads
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect,
This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy.
“Mr Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of the investigation and the reforms.”the statement reads
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Submet: Tinubu just wants to deal with Emefiele and disgrace him out of office. It was going to happen but I smell a rat. This tinubu na bad guy.
Annoymy: Baba buhari come and rescue your boy Emefiele, jagaban never even spend one month for office e don dey deal with baba’s boys.
Dammyk: Emefiele we will never forget. You made life miserable for Nigerians. You and buhari. Imagine buying Naira in your own country. We will never forget.
Adiniti: I guess right. He finally disgraced out of office due to his stupidity. CBN governor lacks simple economic purpose to create wealth
Money-making: I can’t believe I’ll be saying this, but BAT might just turn out to be the President Nigeria needs
Omowale Bokinni: Finally!! Very good!.. Next person to be sacked should be minister of foreign affairs. He is a complete waste of space