President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, appointed Edward Lametek Adamu to take over as the new Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Adamu succeeds Mr. Suleiman Barau who retired in December 2017.
A Christian from Gombe State, Adamu was the Director of Human Resources at the CBN.
His appointment is still subject to the approval of the Senate.
It is, however, not known whether his appointment will be confirmed by the Senate following the hostility between the Senate and the Presidency over Buhari’s refusal to remove Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
It would be noted that as a result of the hostility, Senate had refused to confirm some appointments including that of Aishah Ahmed as a deputy governor of the bank.
Adamu, 57 years, was born in Kaltungo local government area of Gombe State and joined the CBN in June 1992.
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He is married with 4 kids.
Highly experienced, he has a degree in Engineering (Quantity Surveying), Second Class Upper from the Faculty of Engineering at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
He has many postgraduate professional certifications from the Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria, Wharton School USA, INSEAD France, Chicago Booth & IMD Switzerland.
He belongs to different professional bodies including the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors; Project Management Institute, USA; International Knowledge Management Institute, USA; International Society for Performance Improvement, USA; and the Association of Project Managers, UK.
