CBN speaks on alleged sack of Emefiele

<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Central Bank of Nigeria<&sol;a>&comma; CBN has debunked reports that its Governor&comma; Godwin Emefiele was sacked&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several online media platforms particularly blogs had reported that the CBN governor was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While some social media users believe the president may need to go through legislative processes before sacking the governor&comma; others have continued to spread rumours of his alleged sack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Head of Corporate Communications of the Central Bank&comma; Osita Nwanisiobi said the purported sack was not true&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;gunmen-invade-bishop-kukahs-church-abduct-priests&sol;">Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah&&num;8217&semi;s Church&comma; Kidnap Priests<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Denying the report&comma; Osita said&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I heard it just the way you got it too&period; As far as I am concerned&comma; it’s a rumour&comma; I’m not aware of any sack”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CBN Governor has been under pressure since he declared interest in running for president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some stakeholders had called for his sack over his involvement in partisan politics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;