Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to resign and stop embarrassing Nigeria. Mrs Ezekwesili’s reaction followed reports that Mr Emefiele picked the All Progressives Congress N100 million presidential nomination and expression of interest form on Friday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Stop.”The former minister also alleged that Mr Emefiele handed over the apex bank’s control to the president since he assumed office. On Friday, many Nigerians called on the CBN governor to resign or be sacked by the president. In a statement he personally signed on Friday, Mr Akeredolu asked the president to fire Emefiele if he refused to voluntarily resign.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2022 09:32 UTC