Why Buhari Should Stop Emefiele’s Study Leave Before May 29, Northern APC Gov Speaks
- The call for the arrest of the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, has again been revisited by an APC governor
- Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara state has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to grant an alleged study leave to the CBN boss
- Matawalle noted that Emefiele must give an account of all that transpired in his office and answer questions Bola Tinubu's administration has for him
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve any study leave for the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Matawalle appealed to the president to deny the CBN governor such a request, noting he must give an account of how he managed the country's financial and monetary systems, and what he put Nigerians through because of the Naira redesign policy.
Source: Twitter
Emefiele has questions to answer, Matawalle tells Buhari
The governor, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made this appeal in a post shared by Tinubu's spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday, May 15.
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Matawalle added that Emefiele must answer questions the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has for him.
The post shared on Twitter and sighted by Legit.ng on Tuesday, May 16, reads thus:
“CBN Governor Emefiele superintended over the management of the country's financial and monetary systems. He is the one who initiated and implemented the recent disastrous Naira swap policy, the Naira confiscation program, which put Nigerians through untold woes and trauma and set our economy backwards.
"Two of my brother-governors and I took the Federal Government to court over this ill-advised policy and fought resolutely until we got a respite for our people from Emefiele and company.
"This same Emefiele now wants to proceed on study leave when he has some 10 months left of his tenure apparently in a bid to evade rendering accounts. This is unacceptable. President Buhari should not countenance this. Emefiele must stay at his job to give full accounts of all that transpired under his watch to the incoming administration. He must answer all the questions the new regime may have for him particularly when he still has some months left of his tenure”—Gov. Bello Matawalle in an appeal to President Buhari .
Tinubu's spokesman sends message to DSS as CBN Gov Emefiele allegedly plans to flee Nigeria before May 29
In a similar development, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and Tinubu’s spokesman in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh, urged the country's secret police to keep an eye on the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Onoh charged the Department for State Security (DSS) to ensure that Godwin Emefiele does not leave Nigeria for any study leave abroad.
According to the APC chieftain, Emefiele has nothing to worry about, noting the incoming administration of Tinubu has made education a top priority.
Experts predict Tinubu may reverse CBN’s new naira notes policy in his first week in office
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that experts predicted Tinubu would reverse the new naira policy of the CBN in his first week in office primarily because he sees it as anti-people and anti-growth.
Financial expert and journalist with Anadolu Agency, Charles Ike, said Tinubu would not spend a day in Aso Rock before dismantling the policy.
Ike said Tinubu considered the policy as being designed to frustrate his presidential ambition and eventual emergence as Nigeria's next president.
Source: Legit.ng
