…Reveals The New Acting CBN Governor
Following the recent displacement of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), President Bola Tinubu has directed that his Deputy (Operations Directorate) Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, takes over his office with immediate effect.
President Bola Tinubu, gave the directive on Friday night and was announced in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey to the Press.
The statement reads that the suspension of Emefiele was based on an ongoing investigation as well as because of a planned reform of the financial sector.
The new acting CBN governor who was born on the 7th of March, 1962. He holds a double Master’s Degree respectively in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Lagos. He is a banker with over 30 year’s professional experience.
He was the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC from 2012-2018.
Prior to his appointment as Managing Director NIBSS PLC, Mr. Shonubi was Executive Director, Information Technology and Operations at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc; a member of the Board of Union Homes and Director, Information Technology and Corporate Services in Renaissance Securities Nigeria Limited, with responsibility for the Group’s IT infrastructure in Africa
Between 1999 and 2007, he worked in MBC International as Deputy General Manager and supervised their IT operational platforms, served in First City Monument Bank Limited as Vice President and in Ecobank Nigeria Limited as Executive Director.
Mr. Shonubi also had a stint with Citibank Nigeria Limited as its Head, Treasury Operations (1990-1993). He has served on a number of sub-committees of the Bankers’ Committee, including the Ethics and Professionalism sub-committee. He assumed the position of Operations Directorate in CBN, October 17, 2018.
Weldon Mr president and thanks to you reporter