The Senate will on Tuesday screen the newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso.
The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who will join forces with Cardoso to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.
In a statement by the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central, the senate will screen all the nominees following its resumption from its annual recess.
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will resume plenary on Tuesday, September 26.
“Dr. Cardoso will be screened alongside four deputy governors namely Mrs. Emem Nnana Usoro, Mr. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, and Dr. Bala M. Bello.
“Besides, the Senate has scheduled to screen the ministerial nominees – Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim and Ayodele Olawande, respectively designated as Minister of Youth and Minister of State for Youth on October 3.”
CRUX NEWS reports President Bola Tinubu approved the nomination of Cardoso as the new CBN Governor on September 15.
