Get Rid Of Children Of Politically Exposed Nigerians Who Will Rather Quit Central Bank Than Leave Their ‘Spoilt Abuja Life’ For Lagos, Sanusi Tells CBN Gov

A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said that that many employees of the apex bank are children of politically exposed Nigerians who would rather resign than relocate from Abuja to Lagos.

The former Kano Emir stated this while defending the relocation of some departments of the apex bank from Abuja to Lagos by the current government of Bola Tinubu.

He advised the apex bank’s present management not to allow any pressure to cause them to reconsider their planned relocation and to be prepared to lay off any personnel who refused to move with them.

Sanusi’s statement reads: “The problem we have now is that many employees are children of politically exposed persons and their Abuja life and businesses are more important than the CBN work.

“The CBN is just an address for them and if they have to choose between their spoilt Abuja life and the job, they would gladly leave the CBN.

“All the more reason for the Governor to put his foot down and get rid of those elements; they are dangerous for the bank’s future.”

It had earlier been reported how the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) kicked against the relocation, describing it as a deliberate plot against the Northern region.

According to the forum, the CBN’s decision, rather than being a normal administrative action to fix some logistics problem, is a disturbing pattern of antagonistic actions often taken by certain federal government agencies against the interests of the North and other parts of the country.

The ACF noted that Northerners would be affected by the exercise.

However, Sanusi, who was 14th Emir of Kano said the relocation was an “eminently sensible move”.