The new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, will on Thursday unveil his agenda for the apex bank and the economy, following his assumption of duty on Tuesday as the bank’s 10th indigenous governor.
The bank, in a statement by Isaac Okoroafor, Assistant Director, Corporate Communications Department, said: “The new Governor arrived at the CBN headquarters at 7.30a.m. yesterday and was received by the four Deputy Governors at the bank and expectant staff, led by Dr. Sarah Alade, whose tenure as Acting Governor ended on Monday.
“At the brief handing over ceremony, the new governor thanked Dr. Alade, the other Deputy Governors and the media for gracing his formal assumption of office.
The new Governor is expected to have a maiden world press conference tomorrow, where he will unveil his “agenda for the Central Bank of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria.”
Emefiele, the immediate-past Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, brings along to his new position over 20 years of banking management experience.
A 1984 graduate of finance and and MBA in finance (1986), both from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Emefiele is also an alumnus of Executive Education at Stanford University, Harvard University (2004) and Wharton Graduate School of Business (2005).”
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