The Central Bank of Nigeria says it does not involve in party politics and has described a story published in the Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect” as fake news.
A statement signed by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Isa Abdulmumin noted that the aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023, governorship poll.
The statement reads: “We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the CBN Governor does not know and has never met or even spoken with Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, either in person or through a proxy”.
“We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in politics and therefore urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong by providing any facts”.
“As such, the Governor and his team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving the statutory mandate of the Bank”.
