How to reset Nigeria’s economy — Sanusi

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano and former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says reduced dependence on petrol will be the long-term solution to the petrol subsidy removal crisis.   “In the short term, the most effective measure to offset the removal of fuel subsidies is cash transfers.   “The design of individual cash transfer programmes varies considerably in reach and coverage.   “The long term solution is to reduce dependence on PMS,” Mr Sanusi said on Thursday in Lagos.   He made the assertion at…

The warnings from Sanusi and Danjuma By Lasisi Olagunju

The Washington Post of May 29, 1979 reported an exchange between President Idi Amin Dada of Uganda and an agent of a British money-printing firm. The Ugandan dictator asked the man to help him print two million Ugandan shillings worth of 100 shilling notes. The Briton accepted the offer but “gingerly” asked Idi Amin how he was going to be paid for his services. “Print three million and take one million for yourself” was Amin’s answer. The Ugandan leader had a minister of foreign exchange. Before Idi Amin’s engagement with…

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; The making of a Rebel King By Haruspice

He was born to be great and he wasted no time in manifesting that greatness. As a child, he was already exhibiting power in royalty when alongside his grandfather he joined to welcome one of the British officials to Nigeria in 1963. That event signalled the birth of a child-king, he announced himself far ahead of time. Throughout his trajectories, he lived a life of attention – leaving on his heels impenetrable imprints. As a student, he rebelled by committing class suicide when he chose to align himself with the…

IIP-SARS; Police said I killed Kudirat Abiola,planned to kill Sanusi Lamido Sanusi – Petitioner

A retired army officer, Mohammed Labaran yesterday, March 1st 2021, narrated before the Independent Investigative Panel on SARS and other Units of the Nigerian Force how the police accused him of the murder of Kudirat Abiola and also an attempt by him to kill Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (The deposed Emir of Kano). In the matter which bothered on alleged unlawful arrest and detention; Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, denial of right to property and abuse of office, Labaran told the panel that towards his retirement from the Nigerian Army, he…

Sanusi- the crack in the wall of a feudal region. By Abdullahi O. Haruna Haruspice

Once an enemy is identified, how to deal and relate with him become very easy. Sanusi knew from the onset that Ganduje hated his guts, how he allowed the man got him to his grips baffles me. Were I Sanusi, I would have acted the dumb and blind to the onslaught of Ganduje, unfortunately, ego and the exhibition of manliness took over reasoning and here we are all battered. Were I Sanusi, I would have endured the shenanigans of this man who is everything but a tenured man with barely…