President Bola Tinubu has assigned Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as the acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, following the suspension of Godwin Emefiele.
Mr Folashodun was the Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate before the appointment.
Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to Tinubu disclosed this in a post via his Twitter handle on Friday.
He wrote, “Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi is the CBN acting governor. He has been since October 2018, the Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate. He was born on the 7th of March, 1962. He attended the University of Lagos from 1978 to 1983 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He also represents the CBN on the board of FIRS”.
It was reported that Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of investigation and the reforms.