Why CBN has failed to grow Nigeria’s economy in the past 20 years- Olawepo Hashim
The Peoples Trust (PT) and third force presidential candidate, Mr Olawepo Hashim has set out the criteria to select a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor to restructure the economy for growth and indigenous technology should he emerge as President of Nigeria in 2019. The global business mogul stated that, the governor of central bank must be somebody who aligns with the vision to completely restructure the Nigerian economy, to make it a productive economy. ‘’You cannot be a central bank governor that is beholding to the interest of money lender almost in the past 20 years and the bankers and money lender have been controlling the central bank and the central bank has been ordered along their interests rather than along the mandate of building a solid productive economy and creating employment’’. He remarked on the current practice by CBN: ‘’They only see employment creation as CSR (corporate social responsibility) to demonstrate that they are intervening. You are not just ...