CBN Shifts January 2020 MPC Meeting

Press Release
The first meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for 2020, earlier slated to hold on
Monday and Tuesday, January 20 and 21, 2020, respectively, has
now been rescheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 23 and 24,
2020.

The CBN regrets any inconvenience this change may have caused its
stakeholders and the general public.
Isaac Okorafor
Director, Corporate Communications
January 13, 2020

www.cbn.gov.ng

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