Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
The previous emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, warned President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration that its economic policies will destroy Nigeria’s economy.
Sanusi lamented the state of the nation as well, saying that Nigeria would not be where it is now if individuals in the public sector took their responsibilities seriously.
According to the former Emir, who spoke on Sunday in Lagos at a stage performance titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time,” the nation is currently suffering all of the economic problems that the administration was forewarned of when he initially entered office in 2015-2016.
The former emir of Kano revealed how, while heading the CBN, he privately wrote to former president Goodluck Jonathan to express his deep concerns about the state of the nation’s economy.
He stated: “If every president, governor, minister, and commissioner took their responsibilities seriously, our nation wouldn’t be where it is now.
“We have a problem if people are willing to serve for eight years as presidents, governors, commissioners, or ministers without mentioning how their positions have improved our lives.”
He insisted that public oversight of elected authorities be required.
Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, will not advance, Sanusi encouraged Nigerians to take responsibility for their nation.
The former CBN governor also talked about why he often challenged government programs that he thought were lacking, saying that many people are unaware that he would have quietly advised the authorities for months before becoming public.
According to Sanusi, he warned the Federal Government in 2015 of the dangers posed by the current administration’s policies, specifically how they will destroy the economy.
“Throughout 2015 and 2016, I communicated with the current administration and told them that the economic policies they were implementing would destroy the Nigerian economy.
“I waited until that failed before speaking in front of the public, and then we had to discuss. Everyone is currently debating whether an Emir should speak. Yes, and it depends on the topic at hand, “He went on.
According to Sanusi, he spent six years as the chief risk officer at First Bank, United Bank for Africa, and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He asserted that regardless of his station in life, expressing regret or sadness over losing his position as emir would be disrespectful to God.
