Bukola Saraki Takes President Jonathan To The Cleaners

Former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said President Goodluck Jonathan cannot justify his decision to suspend Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi. He said that the Senate is yet to be formally briefed on the Sanusi’s controversy, insisting that the provisions of the CBN Act are clear and unambiguous on the removal of the apex bank governor.

In his words: “With my own knowledge of the CBN Act and the relevant sections, which I have gone through, no part of that Act supports the action taken by the president. 

“Today, it is the CBN governor. Who knows the president may wake up tomorrow and suspend the chairman of INEC?"

Saraki expressed concerns that investors would be wary of doing business in Nigeria given the arbitrary nature of suspending Sanusi.

He continued, "And I think this kind of thing is not about Sanusi. It is even more about the new governor who is coming in. Can that governor really say that his tenure is five years? There can be a new president tomorrow down the line who would say, 'in 2014, this is what happened'."

He added: “I was reading in the newspapers that the Senate has taken a position on the Sanusi’s issue and I want to say that the Senate has not at any time discussed the issue. “the senator who was quoted spoke for himself. From reading the CBN Act, there is no room for the president to either suspend or remove the CBN governor."