Dr Yemi Cardoso, the newly-appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), promised Nigerians that the apex bank will not be hijacked under his watch.
Cardoso, while speaking during his screening by the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday, said he and his deputies would not allow any politician to distract them while performing their obligations for the country.
The Informant247 gathered that Senate President Godswill Akpabio had asked Cardoso whether he would be controlled, influenced and hijacked by politicians.
Cardoso, while responding to the question asked by the senate president before his confirmation, said, “It is important that we, who are considered for this position today, understand that this is a position of trust.
“With that comes a huge responsibility to meet up with that trust. I know that a lot of time and effort has gone into choosing the people who are standing here for nomination today.
“As far as I am concerned, under my leadership, we will not be hijacked by anybody. The idea is to ensure that we do what is right, when it is right, and how it is right. We’ve seen what the effect of not doing right has been, and we do not intend for that to be repeated.”
The Informant247 reports that the Senate confirmed Cardoso as the CBN governor on the floor of the country’s upper legislative arm.
Mrs. Emem Nnana Usoro, Mr. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, and Dr Bala M. Bello were also confirmed as the deputies of the CBN governor,
This is coming after their nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to occupy principal offices of the apex bank appeared before the Red Chamber on Tuesday.