The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammed Sanusi, said Nigeria has been ‘dangerously’ divided along ethnic and religious lines.
He said the country has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970.
“The people now have suspicions about policies, policing, judiciary and the election umpire,” he said.
Sanusi made the remarks on Tuesday at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who turned 62
The event, which held on Tuesday in Lagos, was tagged “A new Nigeria: Leadership imperatives for radical growth and transformation”.
Sanusi, in his address via Zoom, stated that the country now had a challenge of nation building, adding that the economy was now in the doldrums.
He said, “In October 2022, speaking at the Kaduna Investment Forum, I told Nigerians that if anyone told them that dealing with Nigeria post-2023 would be easy, they should not vote for that person. I meant it.
According to him, beyond defining the kind of leaders the country needs, it also needs to look critically at the process through which the leaders emerge.
“This is the only country I know where we elect a President first before knowing if he knows what he is doing or whether he understands what the job is,” he added.
He also said the process through which Nigerians choose their leaders must be more transparent.
