Godwin Emefiele may resign this month to face Tinubu and Orji Kalu run for presidency

Except he changes his mind, the governor, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Godwin Emefiele may resign his appointment this January to aspire to be Nigeria’s president in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

The governor, it was learnt, has finalised arrangements to pursue political aspirations.

Osita Nwanisobi, the spokesperson for the apex bank refused to comment on the development as telephone calls, e-mail, text and WhatsApp messages to him were not answered when contacted.

The CBN governor also did not respond to telephone calls, texts and WhatsApp messages asking for his comments on the likely plan to contest for the presidency.

However, sources at the Apex bank confided said that Emefiele informed the four deputy-governors of the bank of his political ambition last December. He will run on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

“As of August 2021, we are 100 per cent sure that he will run for the position because of the overwhelming pressure from some prominent persons from the Northern part of the country who felt that he has performed well as a CBN governor”, stated another source outside the apex bank.

If the CBN Governor submitted his resignation letter to President Buhari this month as he told his lieutenants, he will be expected to leave office formally in April 2022 in line with the provision of the enabling act of the government banker.