Prof. Godwin Oyedokun, a professor of accounting and financial development at Lead City University in Ibadan, said it is difficult to combat fraud when fraud isn’t fighting back.
He believed that if President Muhammadu Buhari continues to be uncommitted on the issue, Emefiele may experience what happened to the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, and others.
Oyedokun bemoaned the fact that Nigerians are no longer worried about the daily shortcomings of Buhari’s administration after seven years in office.
“In Nigeria, it will be challenging to fight fraud without it fighting back. I am not exonerating the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele if he is guilty; However, the policy carried out by him has the approval of the President and by extension the Nigerian people.
“We need to be extremely careful in this country, especially how politics is played. The President should not be lukewarm on this matter; the same happened to the former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, and the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Idris Ahmed.
“Nigerians are no longer concerned about the government’s daily flaws; their actions would reflect in the forthcoming election,” he added.
Shameful to see infighting among Buhari’s men – Adebayo
On his part, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo frowned at the continuous infighting by Buhari’s team.
“The most dangerous and ridiculous saga I have seen is how CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele is now part of the present political shenanigans instead of paying keen attention to monetary policies. Ongoing theatrical press conference by the Coalition smacks of infighting by the derailed team of the President.
“I have said it not with joy but most regretfully that President Muhammadu Buhari watches his presidency become a stage for paediatric hirelings and mischievous crowd renters who have no merit to be in public office. Now factions of overfed incompetents are dancing naked in the face of hungry Nigerians.
“Nigerians can now see in the open what we have always said that Nigerians are poor and insecure, not because our problems of hunger and insecurity are hard to solve but because there is no proper government focusing on the official agenda. Buhari runs a jungle of rival gangs after their own money”, he posted in his official Twitter handle on Monday.
When DAILY POST contacted CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Nwanisobi Osita to speak on the matter, he said the news came to him the way every Nigerian heard it in the media.
He said, “I heard it the way you heard it, and I am not saying the news is not true”.
He declined to comment further on the matter.
At the moment, one hundred and thirty-three million Nigerians are struggling with multidimensional poverty, battling 21.47 percent of inflation, declining Gross Domestic Product growth rate and insecurity.
Analysts believe that the current development could worsen the scenario.
