President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed doors with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday in Abuja.
According to reports, the agenda of the meeting between the president and Emefiele could not be determined at the time of reporting this report.
The CBN governor may have briefed the president on the current discussion regarding his resignation or prolonged stay in office.
Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and other political appointees with political aspirations were asked to resign by the president on Wednesday, according to a circular issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
Emefiele is one of the agency and extra-ministerial department leaders.
When accosted by State House correspondents to talk on the outcome of his meeting with the president and the speculation over his alleged resignation, the CBN governor simply said:
“I’m having fun at the scenario. Let them have heart attack. It’s good to have heart attack. I am having a lot of fun.’’
However, NAN reliably learnt that Emefiele might have informed the president of his intention to continue in office as CBN governor instead of vying for the All Progressives Congress’s presidential ticket in 2023 general elections.
The source, which preferred not to be named, told NAN that the CBN governor had finally decided to concentrate on his official job of safeguarding and transforming the nation’s economy.
Some farmers associations in the country had raised N100 million to purchase APC Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for Emefiele, ahead of the party’s primary on May 31.
