The Republic
Back to CBN

Colonial / 1st RepublicGovernor, Central Bank of Nigeria· 24 July 1958 — 24 July 1963

Roy Pentelow Fenton

Founding Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The record

Roy Pentelow Fenton (1909–1989), a British central banker formerly with the Bank of England, was appointed first Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria when the bank commenced operations on 1 July 1959 under the CBN Act 1958.

He served the constitutional five-year term and handed over to Aliyu Mai-Bornu in 1963 — the first Nigerian Governor.

Sources

  • Central Bank of Nigeria — History and Past Governors archive (cbn.gov.ng)
Methodology

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.