The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin
Emefiele, for the second time failed to appear before the House of Representatives
on Tuesday.
The House had summoned Emefiele to explain the latest policy
by the apex bank which, among others, sets limits to cash withdrawals at the
Deposit Money Banks and other financial institutions.
The House was to grill Emefiele over the policy on Thursday
last week but he failed to appear before the lawmakers.
The Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, CBN, Edward Adamu,
in a communication to the House, told the lawmakers that Emefiele was part of
the entourage of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on an
official trip to the United States.
Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Wase, who read out the
letter to members at the opening of plenary on Thursday, said the Speaker, Femi
Gbajabiamila, had rescheduled Emefiele’s appearance to Tuesday.
However, the CBN wrote the House again to say Emefiele was
still on official assignment.
Gbajabiamila said the lawmakers would want to know about the
official assignment that had lasted two weeks.
The Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, pointed out that should
the CBN governor decide not to appear before the House on Thursday, when the
lawmakers have scheduled to go on Christmas and New Year break, their
resolution on suspension of the policy still stands.
Details later…
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