The president-elect, Bola Tinubu’s spokesman in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh, has called on the Department for State Security (DSS) to ensure the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele does not leave Nigeria for any study leave abroad.
According to Onoh, “I’m telling the DSS that whether the study leave is true or not, it should ensure that Emefiele does not leave Nigeria.
“If Emefiele wants to get study leave, we have credible universities in Nigeria that are willing to grant him admission where he can do his study leave and these universities are ready to comply with CBN regulations regarding money transfers and payment modes to the institution of his choice in order for him to process his admission and they also accept the new redesigned naira notes as form of payment for admissions fees too.“
There are however, those believe that the President-elect will not bend the rules in favour of Emefiele if he is sworn in having introduced the currency redesign policy in an alleged bid to create obstacles for Tinubu during the presidential campaign.
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu denied knowledge of the study leave maintaining that since the presidency has made a statement denying knowledge of the international study, it would not make further comments on the discussion.