Buhari Pours Cold Water on Emefiele’s Traducers, Welcomes CBN Gov Back from Leave *Says no nation can develop without peace Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari personally welcomed Governor of the Central Bank of Niger
President Muhammadu Buhari personally welcomed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from his annual leave during a function at the State House, Abuja, yesterday, ending speculations about a tense relationship between them. The rumours followed attempts by the Department of State Services to arrest the CBN governor on charges of terrorism financing, which many saw as a ploy to oust him.
The apex bank’s governor had on Monday resumed office after his annual leave. But while he was away, in December, the secret service agency approached an Abuja court to try to obtain an order to arrest Emefiele over charges bordering on terrorism financing. Many believed the charges were trumped up.After the meeting, Buhari, while bidding his guest goodbye, again turned to shake Emefiele’s hand, saying, “Governor, you are welcome back.
He stated, “This has been clearly demonstrated in our fight against the tyranny of terrorists that have spread across the entire West African sub-region, and beginning to emerge in our sister countries in some parts of East and Central Africa.” He said the key focus of his administration had been security, economy and anti-corruption, noting that the three are critical “towards achieving our overall development objective, not just as a country, but more importantly as a continent.”
The governor added, “As we now get grants for livestock farming, gum Arabic production, infrastructure, and I believe Nigeria will still have more opportunities from the Arab Bank for Economic Development.”
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