THE
SACRIFICIAL LAMB CALLED SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI, THE 37TH GOVERNOR OF
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
I read
without an iota of surprise the suspension of the vociferous Central Bank
Governor in the person of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who happens to be the second
most popular personality after Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the President of this
contraption called Nigeria. From the findings I conducted independently and
based on the various search engines scattered all over the media streams, it
seems SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI has been made more popular as a result of his
confrontational approach to issues bordering Nigeria’s economy. As a CBN
Governor, Sanusi’s position was more of a political benevolence than purely on
merit, prior to Sanusi’s appointment as the Head of the helms of affairs at the
CBN, there are have been various allegations and counter allegations as to the
suitability of the Kano born prince to steer the wheel of leadership at the
CBN. Meanwhile, being the 37th Governor of the federal Republic Of
Nigeria, Sanusi erred by forgetting so soon and easily that his mandate was
never derived from the electorate who would have raised voices, mace, bows and
arrows in his defense in unwarranted situations like this, apologies to the
members of the Rivers state House of Assembly who threw every caution to the
wind to ensure Gov Amaechi’s interest was adequately protected in the political
logjam in the state.
Consequent
upon his removal, the presidency, through a press release statement by the
senior special assistant on media, Reuben Abati, alleged that the CBN
Governor’s tenure has been characterized by various acts of financial
recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s of
a Central bank. He was also alleged to have breached enabling laws, violate due
process and mandate of the CBN. Perhaps, these and many more seems to be
sanusi’s many sins against the Government that gave him the platform to exhibit
the audacious banking prowess he has garnered over the course of his career.
However, his
reigns as CBN Governor suddenly came to an end in unceremonious manner as
witnessed in other sector of the Nigerian social-political clime. My argument
is not whether Sanusi deserved to be quarantined for boldly criticizing the
government of the day, but to critically examine the various infractions as
postulated in the reports and memo sent to the President as well as the
National Assembly for scientific analysis. If the report is anything to go by,
there and then, many people in the Jonathan’s cabinet deserved to be marooned
from this conglomeration called Nigeria because once the head is rotten the
body becomes useless. It is high time we masses stand up for the truth instead
of being parochial and allow our ethnic, religious, political affiliations and
personal interest to becloud our judgments in matters which fundamentally
threaten our raison d’être.
Conclusively,
Sanusi should as a matter of fact pick his bits and pieces together and chose
where he belong now to either save the masses and get heroic welcome by laying
down the whole cards on the table for us to determine if Jonathan and his co
travelers at ASO ROCK deserve another term. In every evolutional change of
ideals, a sacrificial lamb must definitely be offered to appease the change agents,
therefore we accept that Sanusi be the sacrificial lamb but we say NO to
IMPUNITY by the power that be…………….Lekan Olanite
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