The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, told former president,
Goodluck Jonathan, that he sacked him as Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN, contrary to the latter’s
claim that he was only suspended for investigation into alleged missing $49.8
billion.
The monarch jokingly told the former president that he
“constructively sacked him.”
He was responding to Jonathan who had, earlier, at the
launch of a book: ‘Public Policy and Agents Interests: Perspectives From The
Emerging World,’ dismissed a claim by him that he was booted out of CBN’s
leadership position because he exposed corruption allegedly perpetrated by the
government.
Recall that Sanusi co-authored the book written by Dr
Shamshudeen Usman, who served as Minister of Planning under Jonathan’s
administration.
Jonathan had dismissed Sanusi’s claim in the book that he
was sacked after he revealed that $49.8 billion was stolen under his watch.
Reacting however, Sanusi, who took to the podium hours after
Jonathan’s comment, insisted that he was sacked by Jonathan.
Sanusi however said he was constructively sacked by the then
president.
“My boss who sacked me. I was constructively dismissed. I
continue to respect Jonathan and I don’t have grudges against anyone,” he said
as he delivered a short message at the event he presided as Royal Father of the
Day.
In a separate development, the monarch decried what he
described as the frustration of Dangote Refinery, saying Nigeria is supposed to
be maximising the benefits of ending fuel importation rather with the
establishment of the refinery.
The emir regretted that the privately owned refinery is
being frustrated because of vested interests.
“Instead of grabbing this opportunity , we are frustrating
it. This is due to vested interests,” he said.
He noted that for years, the Nigerian state has been
captured by a rental state.
“People get into office and what they think is how much they
can get from the state,” he said.
The emir, who noted that the chief author of the book
lectured him in university, expressed joy that Usman, as one of the longest
serving public officials, has never been invited by the nation’s anti-graft
agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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