by Mallam Sani Ahmed Ibrahim
If not for the commitment, resoluteness and expertise of Emefiele,
Nigerian Economy would have been in comatose today with the fall in
Nigeria's major source of revenue, the Oil.
Under Godwin Emefiele, Nigeria's Economy remains the best in Africa, and
one of the very few amongst OPEC's members who have stable economies.
I was approached to join the protest against Emefiele, I initially
agreed because I will do anything as a patriotic Nigeria to help save
Nigeria. But is Emefiele the problem of Nigeria?
Is Emefiele the reason why the price of Oil has fallen? Talk about Bank
Charges; which country will you live on the face of the earth and not
pay for financial services rendered by the Banks and Federal Reserve
responsible for managing its Currencies?
Emefiele is not a
Yoruba Man, does not mean he is weak or is not a professional. Under
the professional leadership of Emefiele, one of the strongest and most
reliable banks in Lagos and Nigeria, Zenith Bank got to its height, and
this successful achievement recommended him for the CBN job.
Everything
Emefiele had done, he did with requisite approvals from appropriate
authorities as a law-abiding pubic servant. When Goodluck Jonathan's
Administration requested for fund, after Due Process, to equip the Army
to curb the Boko Haram Insurgency, would Emefiele who saw how Boko Haram
was revenging Nigerian Economy in the North East say no? After the
release of fund was it the duty of Emefiele to follow the Presidency and
the Army to the market to buy arms and also follow the Army to Sambisa
to ensure that the arms were bought and used, no?
Emefiele
secretly employed children of the rich without advertising? We just
discovered the CBN needed specialist skills and got approval from the
Federal Character Commission NOT to advertise and instead to do targeted
head hunts. And this is very common in both public and private
institutions. Emefiele also got the Commission's Clearance Certificate
after the recruitment because they supervised and ensured the FCC
principles were followed.
Moreover the names of the Rich whose
children were employed were less in number compared to the names of
those also employed who are orphans and who are of common backgrounds.
If
I may ask, is the daughter of Atiku or Arase or others not Nigerians
who have right to employment in the CBN if found to be qualified.
What
is the meaning of EMEFIELE? So many people like to call this name
everywhere and in everything. EMEFIELE, is like the African Tortoise, no
story can be complete without the mention of the role of tortoise.
Those who make profit on genuine business will hail Emefiele, those
corrupt businessmen who have been buying dollars at N196 CBN price and
sell to Nigerians at N400, those who have been buying dollars for
payment of school fees abroad and those importating toothpicks with
cheap dollars from CBN have met a brick-wall, so they must lead and
sponsor protests against Emefiele.
If I were President Muhammadu
Buhari I will reappoint Dr Godwin Emefiele again, for humble, meek,
committed, dedicated, loyal and patriotic professionals like EMEFIELE
are rear and difficult to find.
May the Almighty God, the most gracious continue to use Emefiele to
articulate the economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari so that
we can begin to enjoy a stable economy and the CHANGE we voted for....
Mallam Sani Ahmed Ibrahim
Secretary, Christian Muslim Economic Forum
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