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Priscilla Ekwere Eleje is the first Director of Currency Operations at the
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(CBN). She is the first woman to have her signature appended on the Nigeria Currency, the
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note.


Background and education

Eleje is a native of
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in
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. She obtained a Psychology degree at the
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,
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. She attained the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Banking and Management at
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, Massachusetts, USA. Also, she is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA).


Career

Eleje was appointed as the substantive Director of Currency Operations of the Nigerian apex bank,
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, in August 2018. Prior to her appointment, she held the position in an acting capacity. The first set of naira currency featuring her signature was the 1000 naira note that came into circulation in 2019. Her appointment was lauded by the several women bodies in Nigeria, most notably the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria.


See also

*
List of Igbo people The list of Igbo people includes notable individuals who have full or significant ancestry traced back to the Igbo people of South-East and South-South geopolitical regions of Nigeria. This page also contains names of people who traced their ...
*
List of people from Ebonyi State The following is a list of Wikipedia:Notability, notable people whose state of origin is Ebonyi State, Nigeria. A * Chris Abani * Anthony Agbo * Anyim Pius Anyim, first president of the Nigerian Senate from Ebonyi State and first Secretar ...
* List of people from Afikpo


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eleje, Priscilla Ekwere Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nigerian women in business Central Bank of Nigeria People from Ebonyi State Nigerian bankers