CBN September 2019 MPC meeting to hold earlier than scheduled

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rescheduled its September 2019 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by one week.

The meeting has been brought forward in what suggest an emergency has arisen.

Isaac Okoroafor, the CBN’s director of corporate communications disclosed the rescheduling in a statement sent to business a.m Tuesday evening.

Although he gave no reason for the change, he noted that the meeting earlier scheduled for next week will now hold on Thursday and Friday this week.

“This is to inform all our stakeholders and the general public that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting No. 269, earlier scheduled for Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24, 2019, will now hold on Thursday, September 19 and Friday, September 20, 2019,” Okoroafor said.

He also expressed regret for all inconveniences caused by the change.

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