Ola one:

I have always said this: Gordon Brown who was a Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain didn't study Economics. He's widely respected in the same field because of his stellar performance in Britain.

More importantly, Christiane Largade, the woman in charge of the IMF didn't study economics at any level. She was also the minister of finance in France.

Nigerians or should I say NLanders need to grow up.

Omooba77: If not for the skimming of things; Erastus Akingbola would have been the ideal candidate....................

Ola one:

I have always said this: Gordon Brown who was a Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain didn't study Economics. He's widely respected in the same field because of his stellar performance in Britain.

More importantly, Christiane Largade, the woman in charge of the IMF didn't study economics at any level. She was also the minister of finance in France.

Nigerians or should I say NLanders need to grow up.

solomon111: yoruba ko,indian ni.
We need the right man or woman.

solomon111: yoruba ko,indian ni.
We need the right man or woman.

mbulela:
No be nite of a thousand laughs we dey o!

Odenigbo Aroli:

You are like a smelly piece of tribal feces. You see everything through your tribal lenses. Can't even reason properly because of your bigotry. You sound so much like EKO-ILE.

Omooba77:
Ask any one who was at Intercontinental bank................

Omooba77: If not for the skimming of things; Erastus Akingbola would have been the ideal candidate....................

naijaking1:

Akingbola remains an idol to enterpreneurship in Nigeria!
In any societies, he would be praised for his innovation and foresight. In Nigeria, where the bad people ALWAYS win, I'm not surprised that the man is not respected.

naijaking1:

Akingbola remains an idol to enterpreneurship in Nigeria!
In any societies, he would be praised for his innovation and foresight. In Nigeria, where the bad people ALWAYS win, I'm not surprised that the man is not respected.

mbulela: If you have heard Tony elumelu talk and subsequently you concluded that he is the CBN gov that this country needs,then you have no clue what the role of a reserve governor much less the reserve bank is.
To those clamouring for AIG, managing a reserve bank is not the same America publicity and deposit chasing which is the hallmark of retail banking.
We need a reserve bank governor that is not an attention sseeking w.hore, is very long on policy,a team player and has a strong track record of institution building.
We do not need all these banking cowboysbwith loads of skeletons in the graveyard.
No to Tony Elumelu and AIG.
They should enjoy their loot in peace.

hercules07:

Erastus ko, Erasmus ni, someone who could not run a bank successfully, please how much is intercontinental shares right now? Confirmed round tripper and money launderer.

Pain:

Thank you. Dont mind all these "Nairaland Intellectuals" most of whom may only achieve a tenth of what SLS has achieved if they are ever lucky enough in their lifetime. Anyway, the "short bouts of delusions granduer" nairaland provides has helped to stabilise the number of potential destitutes and trolls we would have had physically on our streets. Thanks to Seun for his rather latent contribution to our social capital.

atlwireles:

Who was responsible for those loses?? Soludo or Sanusi? As far i'm concern, the person that screamed fire in the market is responsible. Soludo did not bury the confidence of the Nigerian stock market and our financial sector. Sanusi was the one that called everybody a thief, only to leave the industry in worst shape than he met it. No amount of fake awards and noise will change this fact.

mbulela:
Innovation and foresight in what exactly?
Please educate me.

donjazet: We need someone who wld be able 2 deliver without political inteference, sm1 who wld work 2wards increasing the strenght of naira above Dollar. Who wld effectively introduce nd implement the use of credit cards truout the country. Nd also fully implement d cashless policy.

0lumide: Tony Elu what? Of all the great economic minds we have in Nigeria, a business man should be CBN governor?

I know for a fact the op had his freaking ethnic bias in mind. Tony Elumelu? For CBN governor?

I'll tell you this: The reason Nigeria has not yet collapsed totally is because we have been using pro active CBN governors since 1999.

One slide in the monetary policies and Nigeria will be done for.

Awon oloshi ak ba eda won yi. Tony Elumelu?> CBN governor? una dey mad? You cant think of a pat utomi? o wait, intelligent folks won't make it in this administration.

Oteh Ibadan lo ko eyele with adiye mehn, if not I no go hold the same citizenship with dullards and economically/politically unschooled brain dead zombies like una!

Tony Elumelu? CBN GOVERNOR? WHY NOT GIVE IT TO DANGOTE NOW... AWON OLOSHI AKO BA EDA WON YI.

hercules07:

Erastus ko, Erasmus ni, someone who could not run a bank successfully, please how much is intercontinental shares right now? Confirmed round tripper and money launderer.

naijaking1:

Not sure if you alluded to working for intercontinental or not. But the issue is simple. What was Intercontinental before Akingbola? How much was it worth, the stocks, and how many employees, I mean able bodied Nigerian men and women who make a living off the bank?
All these did not matter, because there was a petty personal agenda by Sanusi to destroy what he didn't build with allegations, more allegation, and he even convinced some well meaning Nigerians like yourself that he should be trusted. He claimed unimaginable crimes, coined phrases like round-tripping all in an attempt to neutralize what Akingbola built.
It will take years to fully unfold the damages done to our financial system by Sanusi. The Akingbolas, the Okadas, and Ubongs of this attacks were nothing but innocent bystanders of system gone horribly wrong.

naijaking1:

I know some people can never make a point without being tribalistic, but we don't need it here.
The op made his suggestion, is it possible to make yours without getting ridiculous

naijaking1:

Not sure if you alluded to working for intercontinental or not. But the issue is simple. What was Intercontinental before Akingbola? How much was it worth, the stocks, and how many employees, I mean able bodied Nigerian men and women who make a living off the bank?
All these did not matter, because there was a petty personal agenda by Sanusi to destroy what he didn't build with allegations, more allegation, and he even convinced some well meaning Nigerians like yourself that he should be trusted. He claimed unimaginable crimes, coined phrases like round-tripping all in an attempt to neutralize what Akingbola built.
It will take years to fully unfold the damages done to our financial system by Sanusi. The Akingbolas, the Okadas, and Ubongs of this attacks were nothing but innocent bystanders of system gone horribly wrong.

PapaBrowne: I think the post of CBN would kind of belittle Elumelu. The guy is poised for much bigger. Boggling him down in regulatory bureaucracy would not cut it for Elumelu. The trending words today in global finance are impact investment, conscious capitalism and social entrepreneurship. Elumelu is at the forefront of these three with his Africapitalism model.

For a regulatory institution like CBN, we need folks who are long on policy framework design and implementation. A Soludo type who can easily create policy and convert it into practicality. Not a lot of people come to mind.