Governor, The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has debunked the news of launching a fresh plot against the President Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu as completely false and malicious
The Apex bank, in a statement signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, said the story published in the Monday March 13, 2023 edition of The Nation Newspaper alleging that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has made certain amount of money available to a candidate ahead of Saturday March 18, 2023 gubernatorial poll, a fresh plot against the President-elect is an attempt at dragging the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria into partisan politics.
“The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect”. The aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made a certain amount of money available to a candidate ahead of the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial poll.
We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the CBN
“Governor does not know and has never met or even spoken with Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, either in person or through a proxy,” the statement said.
The Apex Bank which reiterated the apolitical status of its governor in the present political situation, urged any member of the public with contrary opinions to prove the otherwise.
“We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in politics and therefore urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong by providing any facts,” the statement said.
The statement however appealed to the general public to allow the governor and his team at the apex Bank to concentrate on their assignments with the view to achieving the statutory mandate of the bank
“As such, the Governor and his team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving the statutory mandate of the Bank,” the statement said.
