Vunderkind
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HE feverish disputation over the suspension of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, by President Goodluck Jonathan, dramatises a major problem of Nigerian politics.
Nigerian political parties lack ideological and philosophical anchors. Without ideological and philosophical differences between the parties, Nigerian politicians skirt profound political discourse. They bicker over petty political questions and politicise every issue, no matter how trivial. The suspension of Sanusi is an example of a national concern politicised to a nauseating extreme.
To the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sanusi is an anti-corruption crusader who has been exposing and challenging the corrupt activities of the Jonathan administration. And as such, his suspension from office by the President was to punish him for his recent allegation that $20 billion oil money is missing, and also to make it impossible for him to testify in the probe of the missing money. On the other hand, the Presidency insists that he was suspended because of his financial recklessness, fiscal misconducts, waste and fraud.
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Source: Vanguard
Nigerian political parties lack ideological and philosophical anchors. Without ideological and philosophical differences between the parties, Nigerian politicians skirt profound political discourse. They bicker over petty political questions and politicise every issue, no matter how trivial. The suspension of Sanusi is an example of a national concern politicised to a nauseating extreme.
To the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sanusi is an anti-corruption crusader who has been exposing and challenging the corrupt activities of the Jonathan administration. And as such, his suspension from office by the President was to punish him for his recent allegation that $20 billion oil money is missing, and also to make it impossible for him to testify in the probe of the missing money. On the other hand, the Presidency insists that he was suspended because of his financial recklessness, fiscal misconducts, waste and fraud.
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Source: Vanguard
