'The Committee of Governors ought to be the signatory to the ways and means account, but in the document we have here, the governor (Emefiele) signed billions of naira in about 13 places.'
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Mr Jibrin said a former Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, unilaterally signed billions of naira in the approval of different tranches of the loan without following due process. “The Committee of Governors ought to be the signatory to the ways and means account, but in the document we have here, the governor signed billions of naira in about 13 places.
“Your governor who took over from Emefiele should be able to stand for Emefiele because he took over from him, including his assets.
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