CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday laughed off the anxiety associated with his presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying he is having fun.
Emefiele, who briefed journalists at the presidential villa after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari, said, “There is no news but there will be news.”
When journalists inquired to know his views about the anxiety created by his ambition, the apex bank governor said: “Let them have a heart attack. It is good to have a heart attack. I am having a lot of fun.”
Emefiele’s visit was not officially on the State House’s schedule.
Condemnations had trailed his move to contest in the 2023 presidential election on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform while presiding over the apex bank.
The CBN governor had on May 6 picked the APC ₦100m presidential nomination and expression of interest form.
Prior to him picking the form, he had in February reacted to the controversy around his interest in the much-coveted seat, saying he would leave his fate firmly in the hands of God.
Adamant about his presidential ambition, he approached the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
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His lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, filed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/610/2022 challenging the legality of Section 84(12) of the amended Electoral Act and preventing its application to him (a government appointee) in h Buhari has directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022.
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