Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu (Tony Elumelu), a Nigerian economist, and philanthropist, has dismissed a report by X (formerly Twitter) micro blogger, who claimed that President Bola Tinubu is considering him (Elumelu) to become the next substantive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The chairman of United Bank for Africa, Heirs Holdings, Transcorp and the founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, described the tweet as ‘false news’.
The micro blogger has tweeted thus, “According to a Source President Tinubu is also considering Tony O. Elumelu as CBN Governor”.
But Elumelu, through his verified X handle, replied:
“LOL. No, please. This is false news!”
Following the suspension of Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Tinubu appointed Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, as the Acting CBN Governor.
He served as the Deputy in charge of the Operations Directorate.
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