This committee will come to order. This morning we will hear testimony from Richard Smith, former chairman and chief executive officer of equifax who held those positions until last week. I understand that you are now serving as an unpaid adviser to the company and appreciate your willingness to testify here and appear about the events surrounding the breach and equifaxs response while you were leading the company. Given the severity of the data breach, congress will continue to examine the facts behind it and what can be done to prevent similar situations. Sign r security is one of the most pressing issues facing companies as well as consumers and governments alike. And is one of the biggest threats to our financial system. The amount of data that the private industry and government collect and store is very concerning. Theres intrinsic vulnerability in collecting information and we e need to have a meaningful discussion on how to protect and limit access to it. The Banking Committee
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But for the timely intervention of the Central Bank for Nigeria in the avoidable board squabbles at First Bank of Nigeria, the relative confidence and stability observed in the banking system in recent times would have been seriously shaken. James Emejo writes
It all began with the news that the erstwhile Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, which was chaired by Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, had approved the appointment of Mr. Gbenga Shobo to succeed Mr. Adesola Adeduntan as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank.
Adeduntan was ousted after leading the bank since January 2016, but when still within the term limit of his tenure, which is due to expire in December this year.
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Kunle Aderinokun and James Emejo aggregate analysts perspectives on the performance of the Central Bank of Nigeria in its regulatory and developmental functions – and conclude that though the apex bank had exceeded expectations particular in the role it played to sustain the economy amidst the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, more strategic interventions are still required to boost the real sector and set the economy on the path of recovery and growth amidst the current recession.
There is almost a general consensus that the CBN has performed creditably well in its primary mandate of price stability as well as developmental role especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic downturn.