Author: The Eagle Online

Presenting the award to Emefiele at a dinner held at the Willard Intercontinental, Washington on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, the President of Forbes Customs Emerging Markets, Mark Furlong, said the award was in recognition of Emefiele’s courage and determination in using monetary policy to ensure financial stability in Nigeria. 

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While it is not clear if Fayemi is keen to do so having spoken about the unfinished business of the 2014 election in the state (in reference to the criminal role of security agencies in that election) and the determined effort of his party to seek judicial review of what has become popularly known as EkitiGate, there is a growing campaign on the part of some of his loyalists that regardless of the outcome of the judicial review, Ekiti State needs him to return to rescue her from years of ruin, pillage and pestilence. Even at that, opinion remains divided among political pundits between those who favour his return, as the most prominent and visible politician in APC who has been uncompromising in his opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party juggernaut in the state, and the one capable of rallying both local and national support to rout the incumbent, Governor Ayo Fayose, and those who believe he should stay above the fray and help to determine who gets the APC ticket in the state.

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