Thursday, January 16, 2025 - The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that the administration of President Tinubu is getting some things wrong, stating that he would not want to help them to correct the policies affecting the citizens.
Sanusi made this statement on Wednesday in Lagos while speaking as
chairman of the 21st Anniversary of Fawehinmiism (Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture
2025).
He said that while there were a few points he could offer to explain the
trajectory the administration had taken and how such decisions were
predictable, he chose not to do so because they don’t behave like friends.
According to him, the solutions he would proffer would help the
government, but he did not intend to assist them due to the way they had
treated him.
“I can give a few points that are contrary, that explain perhaps what
we’re going through and how it was totally predictable, most of it, and maybe
avoidable. But I am not going to do that.
“I have chosen not to speak about the economy or the reforms or to even
explain anything because if I explain, it would help this government, but I
don’t want to help this government.
“You know they’re my friends, but if they don’t behave like friends, I
don’t behave like a friend. So I watch them being stooges. And they don’t even
have people with credibility who can come and explain what they are doing. I am
not going to help. I started out helping, but I am not going to help. I am not
going to discuss it. Let them come and explain to Nigerians why the policies
that are being pursued are being pursued.
“People were told decades ago that if you continue along this path, this
is where you’re going to end up, and they refused to open their eyes. Now, is
everything being done today correct? No,” the Emir said.
Emir Sanusi, who was deposed as the 14th Emir of Kano in 2020 by
then-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the current national chairman of the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was reinstated as the 16th Emir of Kano
in 2024 by the New Nigeria Peoples Party-led Kano State Government.
His emirship has faced ongoing challenges from forces believed to be
backed by the federal government, including federal officials’ continued
recognition of his predecessor, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero.
Recall that last month, the police barricaded his palace, with the state
government accusing the federal government of being responsible for the action
to stir unrest in the peaceful state.
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