Tinubu (sitting)Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria· 22 September 2023 (Ag.) / confirmed 22 September 2023 — sitting
Olayemi Cardoso
26th Governor. Pivoted to inflation-targeting and FX-market unification.
The record
Olayemi Cardoso (b. 1957) was Commissioner for Economic Planning & Budget in Lagos State under Tinubu (1999–2005) and Chairman of Citibank Nigeria.
Under his tenure the CBN has pursued an explicit pivot to orthodox monetary policy: the MPR was raised from 18.75% (September 2023) to 27.50% by November 2024, the highest in two decades; the FX market was unified at willing-buyer/willing-seller in February 2024; and the official window was renamed NAFEM/EFEMS.
Sources
- CBN — Monetary Policy Committee Communiqués, 2023–2025
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.