By Damilare Adeleye
The Senate will screen the new Central Bank Governor, Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso on Tommorow,Tuesday 26th.
The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who will join forces with former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.
In a statement from the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, the senate will screen all the nominees on resumption from its annual recess.
The statement added that Senate has scheduled to screen the ministerial nominees – Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim and Mr. Ayodele Olawande, respectively designated as Minister of Youth and Minister of State for Youth on October 3, 2023.
It could be recalled that on September 15, President Tinubu approved the appointment of Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).