Senate To Screen CBN Governor, Deputies Today

The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday, disclosed that the Senate would today screen the former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria and acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso.

A statement by the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, further explained that the Senate would also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who would join forces with Cardoso to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.

He said the Senate would screen all the nominees following its resumption from its annual recess. Part of the statement read, “The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will resume plenary on Tuesday, September 26. We will consider the screening of Dr. Cardoso at the Committee of the whole.

“Dr. Cardoso will be screened alongside four deputy governors, namely Mrs. Emem Nnana Usoro, Mr Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, and Dr. Bala M. Bello. Besides, the Senate has scheduled to screen the ministerial nominees Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim and Mr. Ayodele Olawande, respectively, designated as Minister of Youth and Minister of State for Youth on October 3.