Rumours making the rounds in the social circle has it that many people are already jostling to replace Mr. Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria when his tenure expires in May year.
Many in the corporate world are already jostling to replace the incumbent who was appointed five years ago by former President Goodluck Jonathan
Top on the long list of those whose names have been dropped and who are correctly lobbying to take over from the ex-Zenith international Bank Managing Director who was appointed as the apex bank governor on June 3 2014, is the Chairman of the Federal Inland revenue Services (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler.
Fowler is said to be toppling the list of potential successor to Emefiele, no thanks to his impressive achievements as FIRS chairman.
Most recent of which, is the record N5trillion plus the Federal Island Revenue Services (FIRS), declared that it has generated in the past one year and contributed to the federal coffers.
And this,they say will happen if President Buhari, who is well pleased with his achievement at the tax agency, wins next month’s election and if Emefiele’s tenure who was appointed by former President is not renewed.
Fowler apart from his impressive showing at FIRS where he was taken to after his time out at Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), is said to well suited for the job because he has a banking background. And if that happens, our sourced said ” that will show that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is in control of the country contrary to the view of some uninitiated people that thinks that he has lost out in the power game,”our source said. ” Asiwaju is the in thing now in Nigeria.
