General Muhammad Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 general election and Serving Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday said the suspension of Mr. Lamido Sansusi as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would have negative consequences on the nation and its government.
Bakare said this during the Sunday service, in a message he delivered in a pre-text format.
“The suspension of Sanusi is an ego-driven, counter-productive and destructive power game that will have very dangerous consequences for the nation and the government,” he said.
“It is important not to demystify the institutions of the country. Personalities and people will go but the institutions must remain; the institutions must remain strong to enhance the growth and peace of the society.
“You can imagine the negative consequences of this suspension on the investing public, on shares and even on government revenue,” he added.
“In order words, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, undeniably a crusader of truth and justice, may have blown the whistle indicting the very heads of the crime economy just too late,” Bakare said.
He added: “the opportune time to blow the whistle should have been when the CBN, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the PPPRA, the NNPC and other agencies provided conflicting figures as to actual subsidy payments to the Adhoc Committee on the management of fuel subsidy.
“When Save Nigeria Group raised the bar during the fuel subsidy protests and maintained that government-backed corruption fueled by NNPC was the main issue, perhaps a corroborating voice by the CBN governor would have added weight to the outcry.”
