Ex-CBN Gov Sanusi in closed-door meeting with President Tinubu

The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is currently in a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. ⁣

Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), arrived at the Villa a few minutes before 05:00 pm, The Punch reported.

His visit comes barely one week after President Tinubu suspended the immediate past Governor of Nigeria’s apex bank, Godwin Emefiele. ⁣

Although the agenda of their engagement is not yet public, both men are meeting for the first time since Tinubu assumed the presidency on Monday, May 29, Channels TV report added.

Sanusi served as CBN chief from June 2009 to June 2014 when Emefiele took over from him.

On Friday, the President suspended Emefiele as the apex bank’s chief and directed that the bank’s Deputy Governor of Operations, Folashodun Shonubi, resume office in an acting capacity.