The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed 16 directors effective March 3.
The appointments were said to have been made to bolster the apex bank’s operations in a number of policy-driven, regulatory and supervisory capacities.
The directors are Jide-Samuel Avbasowamen, director of the information technology department; Abdullahi Hamisu, director of the banking services department; Ojumu Adenike, director of the medical services department; and Makinde Olanrewaju, head of the procurement and support services department.
In the financial department, CBN appointed Sike Ijeoma as director of the financial policy and regulation department; Isa-Olatinwo Aisha, director of consumer protection department; and Oboh Victor Ugbem, director of monetary policy department.
Also, Nakorji Musa will head the trade and exchange department; Yusuf Rakiya will lead the payments system supervision department; Vincent Modesola was appointed to oversee the strategy management and innovation department; Farouk Muhammad is to lead the reserve management department; and Akinwunmi Olubukola Akinniyi takes charge of the banking supervision department.
In addition, Solaja Mohammed-Jamiu will be in charge of the other financial institutions’ supervision department (OFISD); Hassan Umar will lead the development and finance institutions supervision department; and Adedeji Adetona will steer the currency operations and branch management department.
Also, Okpanachi Moses will serve as the head of the statistics department.