Former President Muhammadu Buhari clarified that he did not dismiss Godwin Emefiele as the CBN Governor because they never discussed Buhari’s presidential ambition. Buhari asserted that it would be unjust to remove Emefiele based on hearsay. The naira redesign policy, according to Buhari, contributed to clean elections in 2023. Emefiele, in response to a private investigator’s report, confirmed that the naira redesign program had presidential approval. Despite criticism from former CBN deputy governor Kingsley Moghalu, Buhari defended his decision not to remove Emefiele without concrete evidence.
