Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, handed over the apex bank’s control to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) since the latter assumed office.

She also alleged that the “ill-advised monetary policies” of the bank in the last seven years were “political”.

Ezekwesili’s allegations followed the reports that Emefiele picked the All Progressives Congress N100m presidential nomination and expression of interest form. He reportedly picked up the form on Friday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The former minister in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Friday said the wrong monetary policies since Buhari assumed office in 2015 were testament that the bank had handed over its independence to the President.

She alleged that the hidden politics behind the wrong monetary policies and alleged control of the CBN by Buhari led to Emefiele’s open partisan politics.

She wrote, “If you did not know all along that Nigeria’s serial wrong and ill-advised Monetary Policies of the last 7 years were political because the @cenbank long handed its independence to the Villa @NGRPresident @MBuhari , at least now you know. They’ve outed themselves. Finally.”

Ezekwesili, however, asked the CBN governor to resign from his position and pursue his “ill-fated political career”.

She tweeted, “The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria @cenbank must now immediately tender his resignation to stop further destroying whatever little remains of the country’s monetary policy reputation. Mr Emefele should leave immediately- tonight- to pursue his ill-fated political career.”

Aside from Ezekwesili, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, also asked Emefiele to resign from his position immediately following his intent to engage in partisan politics and contest the 2023 presidential election.

Akeredolu, in a statement he personally signed on Friday, described the CBN governor’s move as “a joke taken too far”, and asked the President to fire Emefiele if he refused to voluntarily resign.

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Very true.


Hadley Chase available

Terrible
Economy harakiri

Buhari, Emefiele and Oby should all go and sit down!

Arrrrrrrh

Bubu Min. of finance abi na CBN?

Naija my contiri, anything goes.

Madam Oby is right.

Emefiele did not just handed CBN controls to Buhari alone but to the northern cabals

I wouldn't be surprised if INEC chairman declares and purchase APC presidential ticket

Nothing surprises me in this evil government anymore....

So Ezekwesili can be this stupid?

Kriss216:
Buhari, Emefiele and Oby should all go and sit down!

No, they should do a threessome since the three of them are MAD

No difference between the governor and the islamic terrorist in aso rock, so no matter how controls the cbn we'll always have bad monetary policies.

Why was he not bold enough like Sanusi and screamed to maintain his reputation if he is not benefiting.

Why do you think they retrained him after PDP left? He's in pact with the so called cabal.

That's why the first Lady was handling forex trades like it was a family business. Who remembers the whistle-blower who exposed shady currency deals where individuals were being sold dollars for as low 80kobo. Both the whistle-blower and the reports disappeared without trace till date

They have finished using Emefiele to loot the Central Bank dry. Now that they're about to leave office and can't stand him completing his term which runs deep into the next administration, they will use the promises of a fake presidential run to commit him into a series of occupational blunders that will ultimately force him to resign or be fired and then be replaced with someone with his maternal home in Niger republic..

This used and dumped.
All these people that deceived some foolish Nigerians in voting for Buhari. Posterity will never be kind to them