Senate to screen Yemi Cardoso as CBN gov, 4 deputy governor nominees

The Senate will on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, screen the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Olayemi Cardoso, for confirmation.

He will be screened alongside four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, to oversee the affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.

The Senate has also scheduled the screening of two additional ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu for Tuesday, October 3, 2023, as the upper legislative chamber is just returning from its two-month annual vacation.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday evening, of September 25, 2023.

President Tinubu had approved the nomination of Cardoso as the new Governor of the CBN pending his confirmation by the Senate.

Cardoso had last week resumed as the CBN governor in an acting capacity pending his screening and expected confirmation by the Senate.

“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,” a statement by the Senate Leader office said.