The sixteenth Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II, has introduced his determination to withdraw assist from President Bola Tinubu’s administration in explaining the advantages of its financial reforms to Nigerians.
Talking on Wednesday on the 2025 Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture, the Emir attributed his determination to what he described as the federal government’s unfriendliness in the direction of him and its lack of credible representatives able to articulating its insurance policies successfully.
“I’ve determined not to discuss the economic system or the reforms, nor clarify something relating to them. If I clarify, it will solely profit this authorities, and I don’t wish to support this authorities,” Emir Sanusi acknowledged.
He added, “I select to not assist this authorities. You see, they’re my buddies. In the event that they fail to behave like buddies, I cannot act like one. I observe their actions, and so they lack credible people who can successfully clarify their insurance policies. Nonetheless, I’m not right here to help. I started by providing assist, however I’ve determined to cease.”
Whereas noting that the federal government should take duty for its selections, the previous Central Financial institution Governor highlighted the implications of a long time of poor financial administration.
“However I’ll say one factor: what we’re going by means of as we speak is, a minimum of partially—not completely—a obligatory consequence of a long time of irresponsible financial administration,” he stated.
Sanusi additional remarked, “Folks had been warned a long time in the past that in the event that they continued down this path, that is the place they might find yourself. They selected to not hear. Is all the pieces being executed as we speak right? No. Nonetheless, when the federal government is ready to debate the economic system, I’ll seemingly have interaction. For now, I’m right here to honour Chief Gani Fawehinmi.”
Emir Sanusi additionally used the platform to induce Nigerians to embrace the values of integrity and exhausting work, which he described as important to societal progress.
“What we have to do is revisit our values. Will we really possess these values? Are we genuinely dedicated to our work? What’s the integrity with which we strategy our duties? For somebody like Gani, these are the teachings from his life,” he emphasised.
He additionally mirrored on societal divisions, urging Nigerians to concentrate on their shared humanity slightly than superficial distinctions.
“In case you are a thief, you’re a thief—whether or not you might be Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Muslim, Christian, a lawyer, or in any other case. That’s your identification,” he acknowledged. “You possibly can be from the North or the South, rich or poor, a President or an Emir. These are elements of your identification. Can we please start to mirror and cease taking pleasure in superficial, deceptive distinctions?”
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