The presidency has clarified that Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has not been granted study leave by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, revealed this information in a Saturday interview with Daily Trust.
Shehu claimed that his stance remained unchanged from last Saturday’s revelation in another national newspaper.
He said;
If the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been granted study leave supposedly by President Muhammadu Buhari, this is unknown to us. It is also unknown to the President’s secretariat headed by the Chief of Staff.
An online news platform, SaharaReporters, had reported that President Buhari had allowed CBN Governor Emefiele to take study leave, enabling him to leave Nigeria before the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, scheduled for May 29.
The report was released amid accusations that Emefiele had funded terrorism and engaged in corruption.
The platform further claimed that the Department of State Services (DSS), which had previously attempted to apprehend and prosecute Emefiele in connection with similar accusations, was unhappy with the prospect of the CBN governor eluding prosecution.
The cashless policy and the redesigned Naira were introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in an effort to thwart Emefiele’s bid for the APC’s presidential nomination, according to Tinubu.
