Ahmed Bello Umar has been named new Director, Currency Operations Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, with effective from Thursday December 5, 2019.
He succeeded Mrs. Priscilla Ekwueme Eleje, who retired after reaching the statutory retirement age.
Isaac Okorafor, Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, said in a statement yesterday that Umar, until his redeployment, was the Director, Trade and Exchange the Department at Bank.
Born on July 10, 1963, Umar joined the services of the CBN in May 1989. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He also holds certification in Information Systems Audit & Control Association, ISACA, Illinois, USA and is a Certified Information System Auditor. He is equally certified in Risk and Information Systems Control, CRISC.