Newly confirmed deputy governors and members of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were all on Wednesday instituted as they took necessary oaths of office.
Mrs Aisha Ahmad and Mr Edward Lametek Adamu, deputy governors and the trio of Professor Adeola Festus Adenikinju, Dr Robert Asogwa and Dr Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi, MPC members were all at the Head Office of the CBN to formally commence their respective tenures.
Welcoming the new Deputy Governors and members of the MPC to the Bank, the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, prior to their subscription to the relevant Oaths of Office, congratulated them on their respective appointments by the President and subsequent confirmation by the Senate.
Mr. Emefiele, flanked by Mr. Adebayo Adelabu and Dr. Joseph Okwu Nnanna, the Deputy Governors in charge of Operations and Financial System Stability (FSS), respectively, expressed gladness that the Bank now had a full complement of Deputy Governors to enable it to operate optimally as well as the required quorum to enable the MPC to hold its statutory meetings for formulating monetary and credit policy.
