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he dethroned emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Muhammadu Sanusi, has stated that the constitution allows President Muhammadu Buhari to be impeached for paying millions of dollars on fuel subsidies without appropriation.

Sanusi stated this while speaking virtually as a panelist on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the just concluded Nigerian Economic Summit held in Abuja.


“Every year, the government spends millions upon millions of dollars on fuel subsidies without appropriation. Under the constitution, this is enough ground to impeach the President.

“But nobody is holding them to account. The National Assembly is not holding them to account,” he said.

The former CBN governor said the federal government’s populist approach was hurting the nation.

He implored the Buhari-led regime to be courageous enough to take the right decisions, saying the country was running a populist instead of a developmental state.

“Those in government must understand that there are times that you have to make some decisions not because they are popular but because they are right. We have to decide to run a developmental state and not a rental state; not a populist state,” the former emir said.

“We are pursuing a populist policy: we want to have cheap fuel, cheap electricity, a strong Naira. That is populism. At the end of the day, what price are we paying by taking money out of education in order to subsidise petroleum products?” he said.

“This money coming from petrol belongs to the federation account, and the federal government doesn’t have the constitutional right to pay subsidy on behalf of the federation.

“So it is a fundamental constitutional issue because this is money that should go to the federal, states and local governments. Yet money that belongs to the federation is carried out as federal government expenditure. So, there are so many complex issues, legal and economic issues. We need to stop these issues” he said.

“I have said this before even as a CBN Governor under the previous government. What I say is not of a particular government. Take petroleum subsidy. In 2015 or 2016, Minister Ibe Kachukwu said Nigerian was importing 30 million litres of PMS per day after eliminating corruption. In 2019, the NNPC said we are importing 59 million litres per day after oil prices have gone up. And I have been asking the question, what happened between 2015 and 2019 that our oil consumption has almost double?” he asked.

He noted that “this is what also happened under the previous government. When oil prices go up, NNPC said they are importing more because of the arbitrage. Thus, when the oil prices go high, there is an incentive to inflate the number” he noted.

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Asking Buhari To Resign Is Not An Offence, Release Tanko-Yakasai – Falana

River State government say River State is a Christian state, take ur missionary school to river

See the Nigerian pastors pray 4 terrorist to get well,
Terrorist wants prayers from those he is terrorising
Some things is wrong somewhere.

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Nigeria’s National Security Adviser Tackles President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff Over Interfering In Security Matters
Monguno claimed that Kyari had been acting outside the purview of his office by taking decision for the President without consulting and getting permission from him.

In what happens to be a fallout within the Presidency, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), has ordered all security chiefs to stop reporting or taking directives from Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, without express approval from the President.

Monguno claimed that Kyari had been acting outside the purview of his office by taking decision for the President without consulting and getting permission from him.



In a memo personally signed by Monguno and sent to the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Inspector-General of Police, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, and other security agency in the country, Monguno stated that unprofessional practices from Kyari such as presiding over meetings with service chiefs and heads of security organisations as well as ambassadors and high commissioners to the exclusion of the NSA and/or supervising ministers have slowed down any meaningful gain.

Monguno said that the service chiefs should note that Kyari does not direct the security apparatus of the country, adding that his office was not a presiding head of security, neither is he sworn in an oath of defending the country.
“However, the contents of the two references were in variance with Mr President's verbal directives. Consequently, ONSA scrutinised the documents further and sought clarification from Mr President who has directed that Reference B be disregarded by all parties as it was sent without his endorsement.

“While it is expected that all heads of security agencies having spent many years in service would understand the means of passing directives from the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, it may be necessary to remind all in the face of glaring breaches to that procedure. For clarification, other than direct verbal directives from the President, written directives emanating from Mr President would be conveyed with a copy of his manuscript directive or at minimum bear his signature.

“Additionally, Mr President may convey directives to the heads of defence and security apparatus through the NSA who Intelligence Community Committee, Joint Intelligence Board and General Security Appraisal Committee on behalf of the President and supervising Ministers of Defence and security agencies.

“It should be noted that the Chief of Staff to the President does not direct the security apparatus of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, his job as it relates to security stops at conveying Mr President's written directives.

"Similarly, you are reminded that the Chief of Staff to the President is not a presiding head of security, neither is he sworn in an oath of defending the country. As such, unprofessional practices such as presiding over meetings with service chiefs and heads of security organisations as well as ambassadors and high commissioners to the exclusion of the NSA and/ or supervising ministers are a violation of the constitution and directly undermine the authority of Mr President. Such acts and continuous meddlesomeness by the Chief of Staff have not only ruptured our security and defence efforts, but have slowed down any meaningful gain that Mr President has sought to achieve.

"As professionals, you are aware that the security of the Federal Republic of Nigeria requires concerted and centralised effort taking into account internal, external and diplomatic factors.

“It is, therefore, detrimental to our collective security that the Chief of Staff who is a non-supervising minister holds meetings with diplomats, security chiefs and heads of agencies

"Pursuant to the foregoing, you are by this letter directed to desist from these illegal acts that serve nothing but the continuous undermining of our national security framework. Any breach-of this directive will attract the displeasure of Mr President."

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