The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has broken from the tradition to criticise the Federal Government.
Sanusi, immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, alleged that massive corruption is still being perpetrated by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Sanusi, who was having a running battle with the Jonathan administration over improprieties in his his office and unsubstantiated allegations against the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporatian was later suspended by Jonathan’s administration.
The former CBN governor was contesting his suspension, when he ws appointedEmir of the ancient city of Kano.
He later withdrew his case from court and mended fences with President Jonathan. Since than he had steered clear of politics and politicking until his latest interjection.
The former CBN boss reaffirmed his earlier disclosure that $20 billion was missing from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC; this is despite that a forensic audit, which was commissioned by the government, found that the allegation was not correct.
The audit only found that NNPC underpaid the Federation Account by 1.8 billion dollars. Although Sanui was a bit more restrained than usual, he maintained his earlier stand alleging massive corruption in the administration.
Sanusi, in an interview with Christine Amanpour on CNN, maintained that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), was right on the level of corruption in the country.
He held that the level of corruption in the country was massive and needed to be addressed sufficiently.
According to the monarch, “Yes, General Buhari is right on the level of corruption in the country and we need to address this sufficiently.
“We have not helped the situation by living in denial (that the situation does not exist).
“I don’t want to dwell on this because of the time that we are and we are close to an election.”
While maintaining that about $20 billion was missing from the account of the NNPC, which was not remitted to the Federation Account, Sanusi said: “This has not been addressed adequately and from the account of the corporation, about $20 billion was not remitted to the federation account. We need to address this
