Some Nigerians have described as
ill-timed the comment credited to the Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, on the military operations in the North.
Sanusi had cautioned the Federal
Government against excessive spending on military operations in three
states in the North-East, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where a state of
emergency was declared last week.
“We are in a critical period in our
collective history in Nigeria and the need to secure lives and property
comes first before anything else.
“No sacrifice is too high to be made for
security as is the mission of the military currently in operation in
three states of the North-East,” Shittu said.
Another lawyer and public commentator,
Kunle Fadipe, said Sanusi should have exercised more restraint in his
manner of communicating such information to the Federal Government.
Fadipe said, “Sanusi is already
perceived as a strong Islamic apologist; so, saying this when the
military operations had barely entered two weeks could carry some
unhealthy connotations.
“Sanusi has a genuine information to
send across but at times, he does so not minding who it hurts. That
should not be. The time he is saying this is ill-chosen and could have
serious implications for his perception by the average Nigerian, who is
celebrating the courage of the current government to declare a state of
emergency in those states.
“Once the money is being spent for the
right purposes without corruption, I think no amount can be too much on
such military operations.”
Also corroborating this view, a former
General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Wilson Badejo, said the
Federal Government should not be deterred in claiming back those states
that had almost been claimed by the Boko Haram sect.
Sanusi had told journalists recently at
the CBN headquarters in Abuja that excessive spending on military
operations posed a major risk to the country’s inflation outlook.
He said headline inflation increased
from 8.6 per cent in March to 9.1 per cent in April, remaining within
the target single digit range for the fourth consecutive month in 2013.
Sanusi had said, “The Monetary Policy
Committee noted with caution the high Gross Domestic Product growth
projection in view of the extant risk factors such as widespread
insecurity, weak infrastructure and probable flooding from the projected
heavy rains in some parts of the country.
“The state of emergency in the
North-East and the accompanying military operations in that area have
the potential to adversely affect economic activities generally,
including agricultural production and food prices as well as consumer
demand. In addition, the recent military action in the North-East will
result in additional spending.”
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ReplyDeleteSanusi is equally a Boko fans. So what do you expect?
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ReplyDeleteAnonymous 1:49pm,
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As an economist and a professional per say in term of a close door advice to situation he might have observe is accepted but the manner in which he presented and considering the present circumstance is actually a gross misconduct which is tantamount to compulsory retirement I rest case.
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