BREAKING: Tinubu nominates Lamido Abubakar Yuguda CBN Deputy Governor

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Lamido Abubakar Yuguda arsenic Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, taxable to confirmation by the Senate.

The information was announced connected Wednesday successful a connection issued by the President’s Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

According to the statement, the assignment is successful enactment with Section 8(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which empowers the President to name the CBN politician and lawman governors, taxable to Senate confirmation.

Yuguda’s information follows the caller assignment of erstwhile Deputy Governor Bala Bello arsenic Special Adviser to the President connected Political Economy.

President Tinubu urged Yuguda to discharge his duties with dedication, professionalism, and committedness to strengthening Nigeria’s economical stableness and growth.

Before his nomination, Yuguda served arsenic Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2020 to 2024.

He is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, wherever helium obtained a Bachelor of Science grade successful Accountancy successful 1983. In 1991, helium ea...