The security screening exercise for the appointment of the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced. Five candidates are lined up for the screening to succeed the outgoing governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who will end his tenure in May 2014. 

They include:

Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Stephen Olabisi Onasanya; serving Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga; immediate past Managing  Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede; founder and pioneering Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Plc, Mr. Atedo Peterside; and current Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, have been discreetly screened by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) for the job.