Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano
state, says political elites have manipulated restructuring for their selfish
interest.
Sanusi spoke at the 9th triennial
national conference of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria in Abuja, on Friday.
The call for the restructuring
had generated a series of debate under the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari, with politicians disagreeing on whether the country should be
restructured or not.
The emir, who was represented by
Bashir Umar of the Ado Bayero University, Kano, said elite’s blind thirst for
power has resulted in tribal and religious clashes,“even though they are
reducing in most part of the nation, but one type of crisis will reduce then
another one will spring up”.
He lamented how elite who
benefitted from the system in the past have turned restructuring into a fault
line that is being manipulated and exploited.
“It is not as if we are pro- or
anti-restructuring, but rather the restructuring has been turned into a fault
line that is been manipulated and exploited by the elites,” he said.
“We have elite in the society
that have received the best of care from the resources of the society. People
of my age and those before me attended public schools from primary to
university.
“Unfortunately, the elites that
benefited from the system in the past have left public institutions to become
vandalised, dilapidated and substituted it with a private education system that
is affordable only to a very few.
“The health system has also been
vandalised and now people have to go on medical tourism in India, Egypt, and
Europe. The unfortunate thing is sometimes before you get the air ambulance the
will of Allah will take place.”
Sanusi said elite that got power
after the military created a political class that “instituted thuggery,
election malpractices, corruption and destroyed the judiciary, civil service
and security agencies”.
“These are all the result of the
work of the political class and the unfortunate thing is that it is made to
become something that is perpetual,” he said.
“This has to be changed and our
duty as Muslims is to learn from the ideals of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him) to save the society from eminent danger that is facing it.”
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