The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed
why he was late to the hearing of the ad hoc committee of the House of
Representatives investigating the fuel crisis in the aviation sector.
Recall that Mr Emefiele’s representative to
the hearing, Kingsley Obiora, was asked to leave by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila.
Few minutes after Obiora left, the CBN Governor joined the
meeting, and explained that he asked Mr Obiora, who is a deputy governor in the
apex bank, to represent him because he was on a national assignment in Lagos.
He explained that he was delayed at the Lagos Airport.
Airline operators, regulators and other stakeholders had
appeared before the committee to avert future shut down of the sector.
It would be recalled that the operators had threatened to
shut down domestic flights as they complained of the exorbitant cost of jet
fuel.
While speaking on the crisis, the CBN governor said the bank
will be willing to support the airline operators with needed resources.
Following over 3 hours of deliberation, the lawmakers and
the stakeholders agreed to allow the marketers to import the jet fuel by
directing all relevant authorities to commence the process for licence.
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