Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has condemned calls for the sacking of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, describing those behind the calls as “Facebook manipulators and palm wine drinkers.”
The governor explained that the people spearheading the agitation were people “who have been feeding fat on our common patrimony and manipulating the exchange rate, moving money across borders and taking advantage of electronic money transfer”.
Oshiomhole spoke with journalists on Wednesday evening in Abuja during a visit to the National Universities Commission to obtain license for the second newly established Edo State University, located in his village, Iyamho.
He advised proponents of the calls to stop wasting their time because President Muhammadu Buhari would not be deceived.
He added the hiring and firing of CBN governor might not be a political decision because institutions must be respected.
Oshiomhole said, “If a CBN governor is doing fine, the hiring and firing is not a matter that should be discussed by Facebook manipulators and by the time you unmasked the people behind it, they are palm wine drinkers.
“President Buhari is not going to be fooled by people who want to have a regime where government is just an onlooker and allow the naira to become worthless and people are making money from speculations; so, those guys are wasting their time.
“We have a new Federal Government that has won election on the basis on a mantra of change and there are all kinds of people who have made a lot of money from the economy without contributing anything by just playing on exchange rates.”
The governor explained there were many challenges in running the economy, especially when there is limited inflow of forex.
“And you do not want to trigger a process that will lead to endless devaluation that ultimately will reduce Nigerian naira to Zimbabwe dollar,” he added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Obvious the present CBN governor is a "YES" man who dances to the tune of whoever is the leader of the country instead of using his expertise and knowledge as a professional.No competent banker/human would allow the treasury looted the way he stood by with doors to the vaults flung open for PDP
ReplyDeleteVery true. They are palm wine drinkers. I see you can easily recognize you colleagues
ReplyDeleteAnd please monkey face, what is wrong with palm wine? Is it because its not the Crystal Champaigne your wife has tauggt yout how to drink? Next time use a better qualifier. Isi kom kom
ReplyDeleteOshiomole's head is not ok. When has drinking palm wine become synonymous with not reasoning well. Is palm wine worst than cocaine which he takes? If Oshiomole is not irrational, he wouldn't have generalized palm wine drinkers as stupid.
ReplyDeleteHahaha you look not only like palmwine drinker but taper. The truth is that your apc has failed Nigerians so far. It is not about noise making and propaganda. You were bad mouthing Okonjo Iweala but it now obvious that you lacked the wisdom and intellectual capability to understand the working of economy and economic principle in current Nigeria situation.You were at the forefront of the governors that force her to release the excess crude money for sharing.Look and tell me what you are seeing now? You need to apologize to Madam Iweala for ignorantly bad mouthing her.
ReplyDeleteOshiomole, are u sure u're not taking ogogoro? Just look at ur eyes in d mirror.
ReplyDeleteWhat a calamity that befall Nigeria....an Oshiomula.
ReplyDeleteThere's God oo
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ReplyDeleteMany of us drink palm wine; many of us are observant enough to know that Emefiele should step up the plate. Brilliant though he is, he should not allow non-professionals to manipulate him.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a palm wine drinker to know one.
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