Emefiele Is Not Cause Of Nigeria’s Fiscal Problem, Says Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, is not the cause of the fiscal challenges facing the country. Obi while speaking at the Chatham House in London on Monday asserted that the weakness of the country’s fiscal space is the cause of the country’s economic woes. He said, “The CBN governor will maintain his independence, he will be respected. Again, it is not the problem of the person there. Central Bank has a role of monetary policy. Then, you have the fiscal space. It’s like you go to a football match and the person who is supposed to be playing a particular wing is no longer there. You find people playing various wings. “The weakness of the fiscal space allowed the monetary space to take over... because of the weak governance structure, that is why we are able to do what we are doing. “Replacing Godwin (Emefiele) and put...
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