President Bola Tinubu has accepted the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a time period of 5 (5) years on the first occasion, pending his affirmation by the Nigerian Senate. A press release launched by Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelali, says this directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests within the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the authority to nominate the Governor and Four (4) Deputy Governors for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), topic to affirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ajuri added that President Bola Tinubu has accepted the nomination of 4 new Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a time period of 5 (5) years on the first occasion, pending their affirmation by the Nigerian Senate. He gave the names of the nominated deputy governors as (1) Mrs. Emem Nnana Usoro (2) Mr. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo (3) Mr. Philip Ikeazor (4) Dr. Bala M. Bello He added that consistent with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda, the President expects the above-listed nominees to efficiently implement important reforms on the Central Bank of Nigeria, which is able to improve the arrogance of Nigerians and worldwide companions within the restructuring of the Nigerian economic system towards sustainable progress and prosperity for all. The submit President Tinubu nominates Cardoso as new CBN Governor appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
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