Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, will appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions today to speak on the state of the nation's economy.

The meeting between the CBN governor and the lawmakers was scheduled to commence by 9 a.m. at the Senate Complex, Abuja .

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Adetokunbo Abiru, disclosed this at the last sitting of members of the committee on Tuesday.

Last Wednesday, the Senate Committee summoned Nigeria's central bank chief to appear before members of the committee to discuss the situation of the nation's economy that is biting hard on Nigerians.

Mr Cardoso ...