The Central Bank of Nigeria will be convening a Tweet-Meet on the economy on Thursday, May 25th, 2017 to engage opinion shapers and stakeholders on the economy in a live interactive session on Twitter.

The planned engagement will provide the opportunity for the apex bank to interact with Nigerians and indeed the global community directly on issues relating to the Bank’s policy, the recession other sundry issues.

Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that the Nigerian economy saw negative growth in the first quarter of 2017, contrary to the CBN’s expectations.

Most narratives detailing how the economic recession that hit Nigeria since 2016 is waning do not highlight enough the Bank is doing or has achieved, hence the need for this event which seeks to enlighten the public on the specific monetary policy actions it has taken to remedy the economic challenges.

The recent gains in the forex market have been linked to the CBN’s sustained interventions, which the Acting Director of Corporate Communications at the Bank, Dr. Isaac Okoroafor has repeatedly assured the public will be sustained in line with the CBN’s monetary policy
mandate.

The Tweet-meet will give Nigerians the platform to hear directly from the Apex Bank and gain reliable insights into the health of the economy, the economic outlook going forward, and how they can position themselves and their businesses to benefit from government policies.

The Hashtag, #CBNSpeaks and #Rexit have been proposed.