Muhammadu Buhari the President on Thursday, in Abuja, link up followed slam entrance with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The Easterner has it that the aim of the conclave between the president and Mr Emefiele could not be determined at the time of filing this report. Easterner, also, mustered that the CBN governor possibly have updated the president on the present debate about his departure or continuity in office.
The president, on Wednesday, through a discoid presented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha, Godwin Emefiele, ordered members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and other political delegates with political design to call it a day.
Mr Emefiele isn’t excluded among the heads of agency and extra-ministerial departments. When waylaid by State House correspondents to converse about the result of his meeting with the president and the speculation over his alleged stepdown, the CBN governor simply uttered,
“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, Easterner efficiently decoded that Mr Emefiele might have informed Mr president of his ambition to remain 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 mentioned, announced the CBN governor had alas decided to focus on his official job which is 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 Mr Emefiele, ahead of the party’s primary on May 31.
