Tinubu, Shettima attend valedictory plenary
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, attended the valedictory plenary of the ninth Senate on Saturday.
The duo were honoured with the first two seats on the front row often occupied by the leaders.
The ninth Senate is scheduled to wind up activities on June 11, 2023, having been inaugurated on June 12, 2019.
The valedictory session, which started at about 11 a.m., had most of the lawmakers present, the Vice President and First Lady, Kano State Governor Uba Sani, and the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Akon Eyakenyi, amongst others.
Emefiele Currently Not In Our Custody – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is not currently in its custody.
President Bola Tinubu had suspended Emefiele on Friday, directing him to immediately transfer control of his office’s affairs to Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate) of CBN.
Emefiele’s suspension: Shonubi Best Choice For Acting CBN Gov, Says Expert
A financial expert, Mr. Okechukwu Unegbu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his choice of Folashodun Shonubi as acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The erstwhile CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, whose suspension was announced on Friday, had been directed to hand over the affairs of his office to Shonubi, CBN’s Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate.
According to Unegbu, Shonubi is an experienced banker and a good public finance specialist who will competently hold the fort until the issues around Emefiele are resolved or a substantive governor is appointed for the apex bank.
He commended Tinubu for the economic decisions he had taken since he assumed office while urging him not to rush.
“The president is doing some good work, and he is taking actions that are sympathetic to the Nigerian public.
“But what I will suggest is for the president to take things easy. He should not be in a rush.
“Nigeria is such a complex country and a lot of things have gone wrong over the years. president wants to rush things, he might get into trouble,” he said.
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