Senate confirms Banire for AMCON, Adebisi Shonubi CBN deputy gov
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the nigerian senate @ngrsenate2 shonubi will replace adebayo adelabu who resigned to take part in politics in oyo state. adelabu is now the apc governorship candidate in the state1 mr. folashodun adebisi shonubi is confirmed for appointment as the deputy governor of cbn1 the nigerian senate on wednesday confirmed the appointments of folashodun adebisi shonubi as deputy governor of central bank of nigeria and muiz banire as chairman of the governing board of assets management corporation of nigeria amcon1 the nomination of mr. banire muiz adeyemi ph.d san for appointment as chairman of the governing board of the assets management corporation of nigeria amcon is hereby confirmed1 the confirmation of the two appointments followed the recommendations of the senate committee on banking insurance and other financial institutions headed by senator rafiu ibrahim1 president muhammadu buhari had nominated shonubi for the cbn post in june. the presidents letter was read on 3 july weeks before the senate went on its long recess on 25 july1 buhari sent banires nomination to the senate for approval on july 18. banire from lagos is a senior advocate of nigeria a former commissioner in lagos and the pioneer legal secretary of the all progressives congress1 the two confirmations were announced by the senate on its twitter handle @ngrsenate1 shonubi was the managing director of the nigeria inter-bank settlement system plc nibss the financial payments facilitation and settlement platform before his appointment1 before assuming the headship of nibbs in 2012 shonubi had garnered decades of executive-level experience in financial service operations notably as executive director at union bank of nigeria plc renaissance securities nigeria ltd and ecobank nigeria plc1 on the website of nibbs he is described as an information technology-driven banker with over 22 years professional experience1 prior to his appointment as the managing director of nibss plc. mr. shonubi was executive director information technology and operations at union bank of nigeria plc a member of the board of union homes and director information technology and corporate services in renaissance securities nigeria limited with responsibility for the groups it infrastructure in africa1 mr. shonubi also had a stint with citibank nigeria limited as its head treasury operations 1990-19931 between 1999 and 2007 he worked in mbc international as deputy general manager and supervised their it operational platforms. he served in first city monument bank limited as vice president and in ecobank nigeria limited as executive director1 he has served on a number of sub-committees of the bankers committee including the ethics and professionalism sub-committee1 shonubi holds double masters degree respectively in business administration and mechanical engineering from university of lagos1