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Emefiele Seeks Varsities Partnership to Develop Entrepreneurship

Obinna Chima and Funmi Ogundare The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to collaborate with universities in designing a framework for entrepreneurship development in order to arrest rising youth unemployment. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, yesterday in Lagos, urged universities to begin sending requests to the CBN for research or for some form of training on entrepreneurial development. The topic of his lecture was: “National Development and Knowledge-Economy in the Digital Age: Leapfrogging SMEs in the 21st Century.” Emefiele also pledged the CBN’s readiness to increase its development finance interventions to support micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs).

Emefiele: Seven Years in the Saddle

Obinna Chima reviews the stewardship of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele seven years since he assumed the mantle of leadership The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act of 2007 charges the banking sector regulator with the overall control and administration of the monetary and financial sector policies of the federal government. Although the four key objectives of the CBN includes to ensure monetary and price stability; issue legal tender currency in Nigeria; maintain external reserves to safeguard the international value of the legal tender currency; promote a sound financial system in Nigeria; and act as banker and provide economic and financial advice to the federal government, the central bank has continued to perform major developmental functions, focused on all the key sectors of the economy.

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