The senate has confirmed four
non-executive directors for the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
President Muhammadu Buhari had
sent five names to the senate in April 2017 but only four were confirmed on
Thursday.
The nominees were confirmed after
Rafiu Ibrahim, chairman of the senate committee on banking, presented a report.
Ibrahim explained that the Abdu
Abubakar, the unconfirmed nominee, failed the committee’s integrity test.
“That four out of the five
nominees, professor Ummu Jalingo, Justitia Odinakachukwu Nnabuko, Mike Obadan
and Adeola Adetunji are very resourceful, diligent, articulate, competent and
have the needed value for the central bank and they answered questions satisfactorily,”
he said.
“The nominees have vast knowledge
of the CBN act. They have been cleared by CCB and relevant security agency.
“One of the nominees, Dr Abdu
Abubakar, failed the integrity test designed by the committee to assess, his
response to questions lacked transparency and not worthy to appointed into a
regulatory agency by the CBN.”
After Ibrahim finished presenting
his report, Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, said the issues
surrounding the non-confirmation of Abubakar should be revisited by the
committee.
Thereafter, Senate President
Bukola Saraki directed the committee to look into it and report back.
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