Resign Now, A’Ibom Diaspora Network Tells Sanusi

Resign Now, A’Ibom Diaspora Network Tells Sanusi

An organization of Akwa Ibom citizens in the Diaspora has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to forthwith resign his position. The call contained in a press release by the organization said it had become imperative for the CBN governor to resign because he had lost the confidence of the Nigerian people following his comment on the vexed issue of Boko Haram activities in Nigeria. The group said it felt revulsion at the parallel and comparison the CBN governor drew between what is called the genuine Niger Delta agitation for resource justice and the murderous activities of Boko Haram that have left hundreds of Nigerians dead.
“We take serious exceptions to Mallam Sanusi’s incendiary remark linking or equating any legitimate Niger Delta cause to terrorist activities by the Boko Haram group. We believe that his attempt to introduce such an absurdity is a deliberate ploy to manipulate the national conversation, serving to divert attention from original motives of the Boko Haram group while sowing seeds of envy among Nigerians”, the group said. It further noted that up until Sanusi’s Boko Haram spokesman adventure, no group had equated the revenue allocation as a reason for what is happening in the north, wondering “why Mallam Sanusi is cheer-leading for Boko Haram in this way, abusing his national profile as a top ranking government official to deliberately soften public perception about that terrorist group. We wonder why Mallam Sanusi is concocting a new motive for fierce terrorists and religious fanatics wantonly destroying lives and property in Nigeria. Mallam Sanusi should neither excuse nor encourage reprehensible actions of rank terrorists who are sponsored to destabilize Nigeria”.

AIDN’s statement further reads, “We wish to remind all Nigerians that the statutory thirteen percent (13%) derivation and other accruing revenue to the crude oil producing states remains not only a shortchange, but our compromise temporarily accepted in lieu of true fiscal federalism that brings about resource ownership and management rights. No matter how a rip off agenda is craftily packaged by ethnic or geo-political interest groups to further reduce what accrues to the Niger Delta states, let nobody remain under the illusion that we will always accept or tolerate schemes that rob Peter in order to pay Paul.
“At this time that Nigeria is experiencing serious national security challenges, it is ludicrous for Mallam Sanusi to sneak in a vexing issue that can be easily interpreted as an ethnically driven agenda item for deep chaos. We believe that the CBN governor is championing a wicked agenda to further fleece the Niger Delta people and states of deserved funds. We are unequivocal in condemning Mallam Sanusi: it is obvious that he is a loose cannon capable of furthering national strife and is taking advantage of turbulent times in the country to instigate confusion and serious threats to our national security.
“We also wish to inform Mallam Sanusi that current disparities in statutory allocation to states do not stoke religious and political turmoil in Northern Nigeria. While suggesting that Mallam Sanusi goes home to Kano and read currently circulating leaflets that outline reasons for Boko Haram, we believe that most Nigerians want the Niger Delta people to be compensated for decades of injustice and inequities suffered. They also believe that Nigeria needs to establish and fully implement true federalism.
“We believe that present turmoil has a lot to do with some of our past leaders, who have egregiously mismanaged resources fleeced from the Niger Delta states without improving basic human indexes for Nigerians. Those leaders sowed the wind of poverty and Nigeria is now reaping the whirlwind of anarchy and religious turmoil! Therefore, it is hypocritical and disingenuous for Mallam Sanusi to look for sacrificial scapegoats in the Niger Delta, excusing failures by the northern ruling class while instigating envy and socio-economic warfare against the Niger Delta people”.