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Article: A long friendship / Central bank.(Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria)(Agency overview)
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- The Banker
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Byline: Anthony RP Williams
I first arrived in Nigeria in January 1965. The flight from London was delayed by the early morning Harmattan, a dry, dusty west African trade wind, but I remember thinking how much cooler Lagos seemed compared with my previous posting in Khartoum.
The head of Barclays Protocol took me to the bank's office in the Lagos Marina. Afterwards, we had a look into the spanking new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Tinubu Square. It was the start of a long friendship but little did I know what was in store. In July 1967, I was staying with my wife in the Ikoyi Hotel en route to the UK. Lagos was extremely jumpy, with overzealous 'army ...