This idea of a people focused central bank is more relevant today, given the global headwinds we face as a 5  nation and the Central Bank of Nigeria remains committed to supporting measures that would wean the nation from its dependence on imported goods; your Central Bank today is more committed to creating wealth and putting in place strong policies for creating jobs for our growing youth population; your Central Bank today is ever more committed to promoting a more stable and resilient financial system.
On numerous occasions we have insisted on the idea that the past haunts us and leads us to adopt a prudent and asymmetrical strategy in response to exogenous forces: until enough evidence proves otherwise, we are forced to “dramatically shift the burden of proof” and assume that every negative shock is permanent and that, a priori, positive forces are temporary.