The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, hosted the Standard and Poor’s (S&P Global) team, which visited the country for the periodic review of Nigeria’s credit ratings.
The team, led by Mr Roberto Sifon-Arevalo, Global Head of Sovereign Ratings, held a productive discussion with Governor Cardoso as part of a series of meetings with key ministries, departments, and agencies.
A statement by the CBN indicated that the Governor highlighted Nigeria’s credit strengths, improved resilience, macroeconomic stability, and the clear gains from recent reforms across key areas of the economy. He also emphasised the country’s leadership’s commitment to staying the course and consolidating the gains from the reform phase into sustainable growth and development.
Also recently, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, received the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, at the CBN Head Office, Abuja.
The engagement forms part of ongoing collaboration between both institutions to strengthen financial intelligence, enhance regulatory coordination and support sustained implementation of Nigeria’s AML/CFT framework.
