Senate confirms seven members of CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee
At the Wednesday plenary, Senate confirmed the nomination of seven members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions.
The report was presented by the chairman of the committee, Senator Uba Sani (APC-Kaduna).
President Muhammadu Buhari had in the letter to the Senate dated February 23, explained that the confirmation and membership renewal request was made pursuant to Section 12(4) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
Those confirmed by the Senate included Mohammed Adaya Salisu and Mo’Omamegbe, both of whom are newly appointed members.
The other five committee members for renewal are Michael Obadan, Festus Adeola Adenikinju, Aliyu Sanusi Rafindadi, Robert Asogwa and Aliyu Ahmed.
Mr Sani, in his presentation, said the nominees possessed the academic qualifications, technical knowledge and professional experience to be members of the monetary policy committee of the CBN.
The chairman said that the senate committee on banking did not receive any petition against their nominations.
He added that the nominees were cleared by the Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services (SSS) and possessed the Code of Conduct Bureau acknowledgement slip.
He added that one of the nominees, Mr Ahmed, the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, will serve as the ministry’s representative in the monetary policy committee.
(NAN)
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