The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to a publication in the Nations newspaper saying that theApex  bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele has allegedly launched a fresh plot against President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a statement issued by the bank’s acting Corporate Communications Director, Abdulmumin, it described as false and untrue the publication, asking members of the public to disregard the publication.

Part of the statement reads” “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect”. The aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023 gubernatorial poll.

“We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the Governor does not know and has never met or even spoke with Mr Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour either in person or through proxy.” He said

He also said: “We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in Politics and therefore urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong should provide such facts.”

As such the Governor and team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving statutory mandates of the Bank.