Emefiele: Weak Infrastructure, Low Income, Others Hampering Digital Financial Integration Obiora puts volume of eNaira-in-circulation at N2.10bn Shoprite, Sahad Stores, A.A. Rano, others embrace digital currency James Emejo in Abuja The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr.
Godwin Emefiele, yesterday said the existence of low-level formal financial services, low income, and financial illiteracy, underdeveloped
technology ecosystem and weak infrastructure have continued to undermine the potential for the integration of digital financial
services in the country. The central bank governor said although considerable gains had been achieved in boosting financial
inclusion to 64 per cent, the inclusion rate was slowing down the digital transformation wheel, adding that, “all citizens must be carried along
to optimise the gains of a digital economy.” Continued on page 10
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It's Payback Time, Shettima Tells Hausa Community in Lagos Segun James The vice presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, yesterday, told some Hausa groups in Lagos that
it was payback time for the good they and north, in general, had enjoyed under the Bola Tinubu leadership in the state. Shettima, who visited the Hausa community in Alaba-Rago, Lagos,
alongside Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje, told the people to vote for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in next year’s election. He said the
2023 election was the time for the north to pay Tinubu back for his past support to the region. Shettima, who also had on his entourage, the Lagos State APC chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, and
all Arewa leaders in the state, said Tinubu made President Muhammadu Buhari president in 2015 by giving him bloc votes from the South-west, a feat he repeated in 2019.
He added that Tinubu provided the platform for Atiku to contest presidential election, when the former vice president was chased Continued on page 10
Atiku: Shettima's Statement Denigrates Business That Employs Thousands of Workers Maintains politics doesn’t confer licence to be reckless Says Tinubu's running mate should apologise to Nigerian workers employed by his businesses Dele Momodu: Ex-VP remains one of the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria Chuks Okocha in Abuja The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, replied the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, who had dismissed the former vice president as a mere ‘bottled water seller’ at a function in Lagos on Tuesday, saying it is shameful that the ex-Borno State governor would vilify a business that employs a large chunk of people in the North-east. Atiku said the statement directed at him was not only irresponsible but also disrespectful. In a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku told the former governor of Borno State and current senator for Borno Central that politics “does not confer the licence to be reckless” on anyone. He asked Shettima to apologise to Nigerians in the employ of Atiku. In another statement, Director of Strategic Communication, Atiku/ Continued on page 10
SOUVENIR FOR EL RUFAI... L-R: Vice Chairman, Ronchess Global Resources, Captain Niyi Ogunnowo; Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Ronchess Global Resources, Mr. Jackson Ukuevo; Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai; Chairman, Ronchess Global Resources, Mr. Adeolu Adeboye, and Managing Director/CEO, Kaduna Roads Agency, Mrs. Habibah Buhari, when officials of Ronchess Global Resources presented a congratulatory frame to El-Rufai on his conferment of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR in Kaduna recently.