President Bola Tinubu, on Friday night, appointed Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as the acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.
Shonubi’s appointment followed the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the CBN Governor on Friday.
The acting apex bank governor was until his appointment Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate.
Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post via his Twitter handle on Friday night.
He tweeted, “Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi is the CBN acting governor. He has been since October 2018, the Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate. He was born on the 7th of March, 1962. He attended the University of Lagos from 1978 to 1983 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He also represents the CBN on the board of FIRS”.
Earlier, Emefiele was directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of investigation and the reforms.