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What Atiku Abubakar plans to do to CBN’s Godwin Emefiele

Nigeria’s main opposition candidate for the February presidential election, Mr Atiku Abubakar, said he will remove Godwin Emefiele CBN Governor if elected.

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Nigeria’s main opposition candidate for the highly-contested February presidential election, Mr Atiku Abubakar, said he will remove Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria if he wins the election.

The former Nigerian Vice President disclosed this during an interview with Bloomberg, during which he also revealed another major economic plan – to float the naira.

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According to the PDP presidential flag bearer, Mr Emefiele isn’t doing a good job managing the apex bank, hence the need to remove him once his first term in office comes to an end this coming June.

“I don’t think he’s pursued the right policies. We have to have the right people in there.” -Atiku Abubakar

Bloomberg reports that the Head of Corporate Communications at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Isaac Okorafor, declined to comment on this development.

What could Godwin Emefiele have done wrong to deserve this harsh criticism from Mr Abubakar?

Godwin Emefiele was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2014 by Mr Goodluck Jonathan, the country’s immediate past President. Jonathan belongs to the same political party as Atiku Abukar.

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This brings into focus the fact that Atiku’s decision to fire Emefiele is probably not motivated by politics. Instead, it is purely because the man has not done the job well so far, as Atiku had argued in the interview.

So, what has the CBN Governor done wrong? Let us look at two of his major policies:

Multiple exchange rates

First of all, the CBN under Godwin Emefiele has introduced multiple exchange rates, a move that has been criticised by some people, including some foreign investors.

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But despite the criticisms, the CBN has maintained that that the multiple exchange rates are the only way to ensure that forex liquidity is maintained, while simultaneously allowing investors to trade their own dollars at a more market-determined rate.

Banned imports

The CBN has a list of 41 items that are banned from being imported into the country. These items range from raw materials to consumer goods and especially grains, which the apex bank believes can be produced in Nigeria and by so doing, grow the economy.

While this is a good move, no doubt, some have criticised it; saying that it is ill-thought out and counter productive.

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It is also important to note that the country has struggled with rising inflation despite efforts by the CBN to control it. Take for instance, the CBN Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has consistently retained key rate at 14% percent since 2016.

As the inflation rate rose significantly in December to 11.44%, chances are the the MPC will retain the 14% key rate when it meets next.

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  1. Samson T.

    January 17, 2019 at 9:53 am

    This is very unreasonable, asides the other negative parts of this government, the CBN Governor has done a very good job in managing the country’s currency. Look at how bad other countries fared last year due to the rising dollar from the interest rate hike in the US. I completely disagree with Atiku on this

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  2. Abdul

    January 17, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    The biafrauds are yet to say anything on this.

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Appointments

Fidelity Bank appoints Chike-Obi as Board Chairman

This announcement was contained in a notice signed by the Company Secretary.

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Fidelity Bank has announced the appointment of Mustafa Chike-Obi as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The appointment has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria, and will take effect on August 14, 2020, after the expiration of the tenure of the current Chairman, Mr Ernest Ebi.

This announcement was contained in a notice signed by the Company Secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje, and sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

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Also in the notice, the bank announced the retirement of Mr Seni Adetu, who served as Independent Non-Executive Director on the board. He stepped down from the board after completing his tenure on June 30, 2020.

The board of directors and the management of the bank appreciated Ernest Ebi and Seni Adetu for their contributions to the progress of the bank during their tenures.

“Under the chairmanship of Mr Ernest Ebi, the bank recorded significant growth across key financial metrics, with both Messers Ebi and Adetu playing significant roles, complementing management efforts in the delivery of these milestones; in service of the long-term vision of the bank. The banks market share position has also been materially strengthened over the period,” the notice read.

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The appointment is in line with the bank’s high governance standards and best practices, and in compliance with internal succession policies; Mr Ebi will, over the next six weeks, ensure a successful transition and smooth handover to Chike-Obi.

Mustafa Chike-Obi has over 40 years’ experience in investment banking and the financial services sector, working with reputable global investment banking and asset Management firms. He is currently with the Alpha African Advisory, where he provides leadership and oversees the capital-raising division.

He was the inaugural CEO of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), from where he joined Alpha African Advisory.

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He was also founding president at Madison Advisors, a financial services advisory and consulting firm in New Jersey, where he specialised in hedge funds and private equity investment advice.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Lagos, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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Nigerian Content Intervention Fund increased to US$350 million

The fund expansion was one of the decisions taken at the board’s recent meeting.

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The governing council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCMB) announced on Sunday that it has approved a $150 million expansion of the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund, raising it from $200 million to $350 million.

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The fund expansion was one of the decisions taken at the board’s recent meeting on June 16, 2020, chaired by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva, who is also the Chairman of the Council.

The board said that $100 million from the additional fund would be used to boost five existing loan products, which include manufacturing in the oil and gas industry, asset acquisition of rigs, marine vessels, contract financing for Nigerian oil service providers, contract financing for oil and gas community contractors, and loan refinancing with Nigerian banks.

The council also announced that $20 million and $30 million would be used for 2 newly developed loan product types (the Intervention Fund for Women in Oil & Gas and PETAN Products) which include Working Capital loans and Capacity Building loans for PETAN member companies.

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Started in 2017, the Nigerian content Intervention fund was developed as a $200 Million fund managed by the Bank of Industry, to facilitate on-lending to qualified stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas industry on five loan product types.

The NCI Fund is a portion of the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF), aggregated from the one percent deduction from the value of contracts executed in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

According to the NCMB, “About 94 percent of the NCI Funds has been disbursed to 27 beneficiaries as at May 2020.”

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COVID-19 Update in Nigeria

On the 5th of July 2020, 544 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria bringing the total confirmed cases recorded in the country to 28,711.

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The spread of novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria touched a new milestone as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reveal Nigeria now has 28,711 confirmed cases.

On the 5th of July 2020, 544 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, having carried out a total daily test of 2,933 samples across the country.

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To date, 28,711 cases have been confirmed, 11,665 cases have been discharged and 645 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory. A total of 151,121 tests have been carried out as of July 5th, 2020 compared to 148,188 tests a day earlier.

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  • Total Number of Cases – 28,711
  • Total Number Discharged – 11,665
  • Total Deaths – 645
  • Total Tests Carried out – 151,121

According to the NCDC, the 544 new cases were reported from 19 states- Lagos (199), Ebonyi (65),Oyo (47), Ondo (46), Ogun (31), Edo (30), FCT (28), Katsina (25), Plateau (15), Bayelsa (11), Kaduna (10), Adamawa (10), Akwa Ibom (8), Gombe (7), Kano (4), Taraba (3), Rivers (2), Abia (2), Ekiti (1).

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 11,244, followed by Abuja (2,181), Oyo (1,513), Edo (1,383), Kano (1,268), Delta (1,227) Rivers (1,183), Ogun (1,005),  Kaduna (865), Katsina (604), Borno (528), Gombe (520), Bauchi (516), Ebonyi (503), Ondo (456), Plateau (436), Abia (385), Enugu (372), Imo (352), Jigawa (318).

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Kwara state has recorded 269 cases, Bayelsa (245), Nasarawa (225), Osun (165), Sokoto (153),  Niger (122), Akwa Ibom (112), Adamawa (99), Benue (97), Kebbi (84), Zamfara (76), Anambra (73), Yobe (61), Ekiti (44), Taraba (22), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases.

 

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Lock Down and Curfew

In a move to combat the spread of the pandemic disease, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days, which took effect from 11 pm on Monday, 30th March 2020.

The movement restriction, which was extended by another two-weeks period, has been partially put on hold with some businesses commencing operations from May 4. On April 27th, 2020, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari declared an overnight curfew from 8 pm to 6 am across the country, as part of new measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. This comes along with the phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos, and Ogun States, which took effect from Saturday, 2nd May 2020, at 9 am.

On Monday, 29th June 2020 the federal government extended the second phase of the eased lockdown by 4 weeks and approved interstate movement outside curfew hours with effect from July 1, 2020.

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