By John Ogunsemore
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II said lousy leadership has hindered Nigeria’s progress.
The revered monarch stated this at the second Kano International Poetry Festival (KAPFEST) held in Kano on Saturday.
Emir Sanusi urged Nigerians to pay more attention to the manner the nation’s leaders are selected.
The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), praised the Bola Tinubu administration for removing fuel subsidy, saying Nigeria was headed towards bankruptcy with the subsidy regime.
He said, “You rise and fall with the quality of your leadership and Nigeria has had lousy leadership for a long time. You cannot give what you do not have until we begin to look at the people who we choose to lead us.
“And that’s the truth. I mean, in most parts of this country, you look at people who are leading you and you say, ‘oh God, is this really the person? How did we end up here?’ You see it every day on the newspapers.
“You see it in the news. You see what happens in the legislature. You see the kind of debates that we are having, the kind of arguments that we have, the kind of time we waste on issues that are totally unimportant, the pettiness.”
Emir Sanusi enjoined the youths to prepare and rise up to take over the nation’s affairs from the older generation.
