{"id":14574,"date":"2023-07-30T19:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2023-07-30T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:36:47","slug":"tinubu-appoints-investigator-to-probe-cbn-govt-agencies-corrupt-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/tinubu-appoints-investigator-to-probe-cbn-govt-agencies-corrupt-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu appoints investigator to probe CBN, govt agencies, corrupt politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he suspended its governor, a copy of a letter from the president showed on Sunday, July 30, 2023.<\/p>\n
Tinubu on June 9\u00a0suspended<\/a>\u00a0Godwin Emefiele, who was then\u00a0detained<\/a> by state security agents for allegedly misappropriating funds and a “criminal breach of trust.”<\/p>\n Emefiele last week\u00a0appeared in court<\/a> to deny illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n In a letter dated July 28, Tinubu appointed the chief executive of Nigeria’s Financial Reporting Council as special investigator of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other government-owned entities.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0Tinubu suspends CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, orders probe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The letter said the investigator should make weekly reports to the president.<\/p>\n “You are to investigate the CBN and related entities using a suitably experienced, competent and capable team and work with relevant security and anti-corruption agencies to deliver on this assignment,” Tinubu said.<\/p>\n The investigator was to “provide a comprehensive report on public wealth currently in the hands of corrupt individuals and establishments.”<\/p>\n A presidency source<\/a> confirmed the authenticity of the letter.<\/p>\n Tinubu’s spokesperson Dele Alake did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n Tinubu has embarked on the country’s boldest reforms in decades, including removing a popular but costly fuel subsidy and lifting restrictions on foreign exchange trading, a gamble which he hopes will boost growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he suspended its governor, a copy of a letter from the president showed on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Tinubu […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[169,2741,41,1463],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-14574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-cbn","10":"tag-investigator","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-tinubu"},"yoast_head":"\n