Tinubu Orders Probe of Operations of Nigeria’s Central Bank
- Investigation to also determine public wealth in private hands
- President suspended central bank head Emefiele on June 9
Bola Tinubu
Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, weeks after he suspended the nation’s central bank governor, appointed a special investigator to examine the monetary authority’s operations.
Tinubu reappointed Jim Obazee as chief executive officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and made him the special investigator, according to a letter signed by the president and dated July 28.