Senate screens Aisha Ahmad and other CBN nominees

In a tweet posted from its official Twitter handle, the Senate has screened CBN Deputy Governor nominees Aisha Ahmad and Lamtek Adamu. The upper chamber also screened 4 nominees to the Monetary Policy Committee.

…nomination of two Deputy Governors and four members of Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the SCR 107 National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) March 19, 2018

The MPC had been unable to meet this year due to an absence of a quorum. The Senate had prior to this refused to screen nominees due to a disagreement with the Presidency over the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).