ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria's newly confirmed Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Wednesday he would "fast track" the easing of foreign exchange market restrictions and looked to restore confidence in the naira currency.

The upper house of parliament unanimously approved the appointment of First Bank (FBNP.LG) Managing Director Sanusi as central bank governor following his Senate confirmation hearing in the capital Abuja.

RICHIE BOI:

i guess due process was thrown to the wind.

Who knows?!

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Good news, i hope he does a good job!

Kobojunkie:

I guess this means that Section 14.3 does not apply in this case? I mean since the decision to install him anyways is unanimous?

blacksta:

Federal Character My Ass - Please put the right person.

blacksta:

Federal Character My Ass - Please put the right person.

nuzo:

Federal character is now a piece of shi.t; an equivalent of your ass cos north is involved, but I bet you that the moment other national issues like JAMB, scholarships, grants, allocations and other appointment comes up; the same Federal character is upheld like its the only thing that binds nigeria together.
Sanusi is likely to do a good job, but we all know that each zone can provide 10 candidates that can even do better.

Good luck Sanusi.

Kobojunkie:

Federal Character promotes tribalism and that is my main issue with it. Imagine going for a job and being told that even though you are possibly the best candidate for the position, you do not qualify because you are not of the right tribe? This happens all across that country today and it is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with.

Why do we have a constitution that enables this? Why should anyone be denied a job simply because he is not of the right tribe? Sure, each zone can come up with so many other candidates for the job but there are questions that need to be asked here. Where does presented better than the one elected? Where they denied on the basis of their tribe or something? I mean if Yar adua’s selection is a tribal one, I have an issue with that and I believe he should be made to answer for it but to have a constitution that possibly denies the best candidate an opportunity based on his ethnicity, is to me one of the major problems with our democracy.

kaecy5:


you can start from Jamb level to argue federal character,
we all know that education is not an equal opportunity for the Nigerian polity, for instance in lagos and most places in the west u had free primary to secondary school education meanwhile you counterparts in the east pay school fees right from nursery school

is it not the same country

i may be wrong but i thot sanusi's degrees were more inclined to study of sharia at different levels of sharia studies, don't we have anyone from the North if it must be from the north that studies Bizness and market relations or r we trying to say that sanusi's rise in the banking sector have not been a function that he is from the North?

Kobojunkie:

Federal Character promotes tribalism and that is my main issue with it. Imagine going for a job and being told that even though you are possibly the best candidate for the position, you do not qualify because you are not of the right tribe? This happens all across that country today and it is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with.

Why do we have a constitution that enables this? Why should anyone be denied a job simply because he is not of the right tribe? Sure, each zone can come up with so many other candidates for the job but there are questions that need to be asked here. Where does presented better than the one elected? Where they denied on the basis of their tribe or something? I mean if Yar adua’s selection is a tribal one, I have an issue with that and I believe he should be made to answer for it but to have a constitution that possibly denies the best candidate an opportunity based on his ethnicity, is to me one of the major problems with our democracy.

nuzo:

You may not have noticed from my previous posts but I think Ive always been up and against any form of tribalism not to talk of dirty phrases like federal character and quota-system. We all know how backward these practices are dragging us.
However, last time I checked; these ills were still in the constitution and have always been observed in some appointments and allocations, especially when it suits some people.

nuzo:

Now, do we have to look the other way knowing that the appointment is illegal as regards to the constitution?

nuzo:

Do we have to cripple the constitution only when it suits the president and some people only to bring it back when it suit them again?

nuzo:
Secondly, I would also be among the folks that will shout to the rooftop if a qualified person is denied a job cos of his ethnicity, but it begins to sound ridiculous to charge anyone to come up with evidence showing that sanusi is the best man for the job even from his zone.

Kobojunkie:

Has ALWAYS been observed is one thing, but should it be observed at all? I mean we are talking of a form of RACISM here.

So in essence when we know that it is MORALLY wrong to have RACISM as part of our constitution, we ought still to ensure RACISM is LEGALLY enforced since our constitution requires it be?

Why not call that we do away with it completely rather than allowing the president and some people the ability to play the card when it suits them?

By the way, I did not call for anyone to provide proof of Sanusi’s qualification. I simply asked if we can SURELY claim that this appointment was tribal in nature and not on the man’s qualification. I mean it is so easy for us to, from where we stand on this, claim this is nothing but an appointment of a northern guy by his northern brother when we know that this same man has appointed various non-northern people into high positions in just the last 3 months alone. How can we definitively state that this is not just another appointment, only that this case, it turns out the appointed is from the north?

nuzo:

That you and I see FC/QS as morally wrong doesnt mean other nigerians see it that way, . . . . it doesnt even mean that Yaradua himself sees it that way. In fact, according to the constitution; it is the right thing to do. So, why would anyone view it differently when it should apply to all angle of our federal appointments?

To the best of my knowledge, Ive been among the crowd calling for such part of the constitution to be erased. But until we ammend that part of the constitution, we have to honor every word in it at all times.


Northern or non-northern, I dont really care about that if it was in accordance with the constitution as regards to Federal character or quota-system.
Obey the constitution. Simple.

Kobojunkie:

Well, Since the senators are not willing to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION with this appointment, what should be done now? Should we FIRE them all? lol

This particular cases brings to light the problem with Federal Character. Nothing stops this President from, in retaliation to calls to have Sanusi replaced with some other person from another part in the country, installing a blockhead from the south. Then what do we say then? FEDERAL character reigns while we watch the Naira go to hell  in a hand basket?  What if Sanusi is actually the MOST QUALIFIED in this case? I mean I have heard stories of there being so many people from other areas who are able to do the job but I have yet to see an impressive list of these people myself. Has anyone else?

biina:

I think the federal character should remain in the constitution for the time being, to serve as a legal check against tribalism and nepotism in federal appointments.
What I feel we need at the moment is that the senate evaluates nominees primarily on merit, and federal character only be used to deny appointment to incompetent ones.

Revoking someones appointment on the grounds of federal character is wrong. The issue should only come up at the time of appointment. If he has been in office, his continuance should be primarily based on his performance in the position.

mikeansy:

If someone is not qualified they are not qualified

the Senate don't need a borrowed law to reject the person.

Federal Character should be used for what Federal Character should be used for

If we think we dont need the law anymore then we need to scrap it

You dont choose when to or when not to abide by the constitution

mikeansy:

well if someone is unqualified but is the first person from his state to be appointed, he surely can't be rejected on FC grounds

so he can only be disqualified for not being qualified

and I think if someone is unqualified, whatever makes them unqualified will be glaring

if Sanusi was an ex-footballer with no financial experience, it wont matter whether he is from Akwa Ibom or Kwara or Maduigri, he will be disqualified on arrival.