CBN autonomy may be under threat

The wholesale autonomy granted to the Central Bank of Nigeria could soon be under threat after Deputy Chairman of Banking and Currency Committee said in Enugu this week that issues of economic interest to the nation should not be left in the hands of the experts at CBN.

"We want to amend the CBN Bill drastically so that they can't take any decision without recourse to the National Assembly," he said according to a report from This day in Lagos.

"We don't want the N1, 000 bill," he said, explaining

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