President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday February 20th 2014 named the Managing Director of Zenith Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as the next Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.
The President Jonathan submitted Emefiele’s name to the Senate for confirmation after he announced the suspension of Sanusi Lamido as the CBN governor.
President Jonathan urged the senate to treat the nomination promptly and speedily, in a letter addressed to Senate President David Mark and read on the floor.
Emefiele will replace Sanusi whose tenure expires in June.
Emefiele is the Group Managing Director, Zenith Bank Plc, a position he has held since August 2010. Until then he was the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, having been appointed into that position in 2001. Emefiele has been on the bank’s management team since inception and has held various management positions in the bank, including serving as the Bank’s Executive Director in charge of Corporate Banking, Treasury, Financial Control and Strategic Planning.
