The apex bank gave the explanation in a statement on its official website by Osita Nwanisobi, Acting Director of Communications.
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Making the clarification in a statement on the CBN official website, Osita Nwanisobi, the bank’s Acting Director of Communications, said the directive was not new but only a reminder of a 2017 directive to the same effect.
The Bank said this in a statement by its Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, on Sunday.
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, ABCON’s President, made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.
Lukman, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the report which claimed that Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index was not correct.
The Director General of the association, Andy Ekwelem, stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday over the influx of smuggled rice into the country.
Dr. O.S. Nnaji, Director Trade and Exchange Department of CBN, said in a circular on Friday that the action contravened the apex bank’s directive that all remittances be paid to beneficiaries in dollars.
Sam Okojere, Director, Banking Services Department, who gave the advice in a circular posted on the CBN website, said it had become imperative for the Apex bank to enlighten stakeholders about the circular, which had been interpreted differently from the intended purpose.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, in a statement on Saturday.
There are obvious headwinds stirring turbulence in the economic horizon, but the good news is that Emefiele is not short of courage. He has managed the nation’s reserve bank at the most critical moments occasioned largely by global factors beyond the control of national cum regional economies.
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, ABCON President, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Making the disclosure over the weekend while visiting the completed model houses in Dei Dei in the Federal Capital Territory, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), affirmed it is indeed possible to deliver decent and affordable accommodation that will be within the reach of many Nigerians.
This is according to the Credit Condition Survey Report, released by the Statistics Department of the apex bank.
Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was for the country to boost agricultural production and for Nigeria to reverse its negative balance of payment on food.
The novel Coronavirus Disease bore its fangs across the world in 2020, so much that the World Health Organisation declared it a pandemic in March.
Ekweremadu made the pledge on Tuesday when members of Enugu State Amalgamated Farmers Cooperative Society, covering the 17 local government areas of the state, paid him a courtesy visit in Enugu.
“The economy was faced with positive but sluggish growth before the pandemic with real GDP growth averaging 1.94 per cent between Q2-2017 and Q1-2020, much below population growth rate of 2.6 per cent,” the LCCI said.
While urging the Nigerian Communications Commission to reconsider its stance on the registration issue, he said this was to prevent the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 in the country.
In the past few weeks, it costs between N4,200 and N4,500 to refill a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas, up from between N3,600 and N3,800.
A statement by Bashir Nuhu, the NDIC Director of Communication and Public Affairs, in Abuja on Monday, called on the depositors to visit their banks’ address locations for verification from December 21.