BREAKING: Ex-CBN Gov Sanusi in Closed-Door Meeting With President Tinubu
- President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, are holding a closed-door meeting
- According to reports, the former Emir of Kano arrived at the Presidential Villa on Thursday evening, June 15, and headed to the State House to meet the Nigerian leader
- The meeting is coming barely a week after Tinubu suspended the immediate past Governor of Nigeria’s apex bank, Godwin Emefiele
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The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is currently in a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), arrived at the Villa a few minutes before 05:00 pm, The Punch reported.
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Sanusi visited after Godwin Emefiele's suspension
His visit comes barely one week after President Tinubu suspended the immediate past Governor of Nigeria’s apex bank, Godwin Emefiele.
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Although the agenda of their engagement is not yet public, both men are meeting for the first time since Tinubu assumed the presidency on Monday, May 29, Channels TV report added.
Sanusi served as CBN chief from June 2009 to June 2014 when Emefiele took over from him.
On Friday, the President suspended Emefiele as the apex bank’s chief and directed that the bank’s Deputy Governor of Operations, Folashodun Shonubi, resume office in an acting capacity.
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Nigeria's President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commenced what is termed a cleansing of the previous officials of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
This is as Tinubu, within two weeks of assuming office as president, took a bold decision that has so far affected at least two top government officials calling the shots during the previous administration.
The president removed these top officials from office over what he termed abuse of office and a barrage of offences relating to their duties in office.
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