Hard hit by climate change, farmers in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ face new foesINVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesBlood on UniformsHard hit by climate change, farmers in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ face new foesINVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesFormer CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele.
Mr Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are currently facing trial on a 26-count charge at the Lagos court. Whether you turn to Premium Times for daily updates, in-depth investigations into pressing national issues, or entertaining trending stories, we value your readership. The former CBN director said he collected money from contractors as gratification for awarding contracts to them based on the instruction of Mr Emefiele.
“One of the vendors had a contract with CBN, which involved the implementation of data storage and infrastructure. Asked if he indicated in his statement with the EFCC that the money was meant to influence award of contracts, the witness said some parts of his statement implied that.“The cash is for gratification to the governor for awarding the contracts. He asked for it. He won’t approve the contract without gratification,” the witness said.Asked if he was granted bail after his invitation, the witness responded in affirmation.
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