{"id":94897,"date":"2022-05-14T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94897"},"modified":"2022-05-14T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:44:11","slug":"blasts-emefiele-insists-he-cant-continue-as-cbn-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/blasts-emefiele-insists-he-cant-continue-as-cbn-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts Emefiele, Insists He Can\u2019t Continue as CBN Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1732805472795431175\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obiora Ifoh, Abuja<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, that he is \u201chaving a lot of fun\u201d in his actions which are in violation of the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba\u00a0 the party said, &#8220;This comment by Emefiele who also stated that Nigerians can go ahead and \u201chave heart attack\u201d over the widespread anxiety in the country arising from his involvement in partisan politics, is provocative and enough to trigger a nation-wide restiveness, pitch Nigerians against the CBN, shut down the economy and destabilize the polity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The PDP asserts that despite Mr. Emefiele\u2019s alleged withdrawal from the Presidential race due to the pressure by our Party, he still cannot continue as CBN Governor having become partisan as a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The CBN which keeps ALL sensitive materials for elections cannot be trusted with the custody of such materials with a biased Mr. Emefiele at the helm of affairs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It was despicable to watch Mr. Emefiele on Thursday May 12, 2022 at the Presidency, brazenly and derisively spit at the concerns of millions of Nigerians, the International Community and the Corporate World when he said of Nigerians, \u201clet them have heart attack. It\u2019s good to have heart attack. I am having a lot of fun.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Mr. Emefiele has crossed the red lines; he is provoking and daring Nigerians to do their worse especially in the face of huge allegations and revelations of massive looting, manipulations and doctoring of the books in the CBN under his watch as recently exposed in a leaked phone conversation and for which he ought to be behind bars.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;His unthinking and insensitive comment further establishes that he is not a fit and proper person to hold public office and continue the coordination of our national commonwealth as the CBN Governor, having exposed his lack of the required professionalism, code of conduct and regard for public concerns on issues that affect our economy and the electoral process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It also underpins the thoughtlessness and endemic corruption in the Buhari-led APC government and further shows the decadence in the CBN under Mr. Emefiele.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to decisively rebuke and sack Mr. Emefiele only confirms that impunity is an official policy of the APC administration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Emefiele should know that Nigerians will never have heart attack because of APC\u2019s impunity. Instead, they are now, more than ever before, ready and resolute to confront the situation and rescue our nation from the stranglehold of the APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Now that he has been confirmed to be a card-carrying member of the APC, Mr. Emefiele must forthwith steer clear of the CBN as he cannot continue as the Governor. Anything short of that amounts to testing the will of the people and the PDP will not hesitate to call out our members and teeming supporters across the country to, within the ambit of the law, defend and protect the integrity of the CBN and our electoral process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;For Mr. Emefiele, he should be ready for investigation, prosecution and possible conviction for the atrocities allegedly superintended by him as the CBN Governor.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obiora Ifoh, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, that he is \u201chaving a lot&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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