Nigeria: When God Wins With Emefiele

24 January 2018
opinion

I Need to disclose upfront that Godwin Emefiele the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was my boss while I was in the banking industry and he reluctantly released me to the public sector, when I was appointed commissioner in one of the south west states I was worried for him too, when the higher calling to serve humanity came to him in June 2014. The external reserve had already taken a hit at $38 billion and it was an election year with so much pressure from the politicians to spend. It was a pressure coupled with a surge in imports and with almost dollarisation of political expenditure. It was a double whammy for an economy that was losing oil output and confronted by a decline in oil price.

It is not easy to be camping in the rain. But I knew God would win with Godwin, knowing his capacity, his passion and an ability to make a difference. He was my boss and those of us that are his mentees have learned hard work from him. Behind that diminutive stature of his, is an enormous energy to whether storm especially under pressure. A thorough bred professional and truthful to his conscience always.

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