CBN GOVERNOR: SENATE TO SCREEN YEMI CARDOSO TODAY
The Senate will today screen former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria, Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso for the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who will join forces with Cardoso to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.
In a statement from the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, the senate will screen all the nominees on resumption from its annual recess.
The statement adds that Senate has scheduled to screen the ministerial nominees – Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim and Mr. Ayodele Olawande, respectively designated as Minister of Youth and Minister of State for Youth on October 3, 2023.
On September 15, President Tinubu approved the nomination of Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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