Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has joined the presidential race by paying N100 million for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential nomination and expression of interest forms.
Mr Emefiele picked his form at the office of the party’s organising secretary in Abuja on Friday, Daily Trust reports.
Asked for confirmation, leader of the Emefiele Mobilisation Team Attah Jacob told PUNCH: “Glory to God.”
The CBN governor has long been rumoured to be considering a presidential bid.
However, in March 2022, he said he was more interested in helping President Muhammadu Buhari finish strong.
“My focus at this time is a robust monetary policy and fighting inflation, which is now a global problem; building a strong financial system in an increasingly uncertain global economy, development finance and supporting farmers and manufacturers in our self-sufficiency and import substitution drive, raising N15 trillion for InfraCo infrastructure financing, building a world-class International Financial Centre in Lagos, as well as support the @MBuhari administration to finish strong,” Emefiele tweeted.
