Central Bank Governor Meets International
Investors In London
Qasim Akinreti, Lagos.
The
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
Lamido Sanusi is to meet with international
banks, lenders and rating agencies in London on
Friday to discuss a recent two point six billion
dollar bailout of five commercial banks.
He would also use the opportunity
to defend his latest actions on banking
reforms in Nigeria and give a boost to the
Nigerian financial system.
Moral Boost
In line with
his commitment to give moral boost to the
Nigerian banking sector, Sanusi would be
accompanied to London by the new management of
Afribank, Finbank, Intercontinental Bank,
Oceanic Bank and Union Bank.
According to a statement from the
CBN, Sansui’s presentation would to greater
extent, address recent developments in the
macroeconomic environment and banking sector in
Nigeria.
The CBN had injected four hundred
billion naira into the five banks on the
fourteenth of August and sacked their senior
management.
Taking Stock
Before his visit to The United
Kingdom, the Central bank Governor Sanusi
Lamido called on the EFCC boss , Mrs. Farida
Waziri , to take stock of the developments in
the banking sector ,more importantly the payment
of debts and final checks on debt figures.
Similarly, Mrs Waziri had held
talks with five new bank Chief of Executives
appointed by the apex bank after their
predecessors were fired.
Cecilia Ibru In Custody
Finally, the former Chief
Executive Of Oceanic Bank, Mrs Cecilia Ibru has
been interrogated and kept in the EFCC’s custody
over her role in granting loans to some
customers of the bank.
Mrs Ibru gave herself up at the
EFCC office in Lagos on Thursday for
interrogation after the anti graft body declared
her and the former Chief Executive of
Intercontinental bank , Erastus Akingbola
wanted.