Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano, says Nigeria’s political elite deliberately sabotage the country’s progress by treating public office as “family business”.
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Speaking on Wednesday at the 15th anniversary of Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria in Lagos, Sanusi accused the political class of consistently ignoring opportunities for national development, arguing that many leaders prioritise themselves and their inner circles over the Nigerian people.
“We have done enough damage and maybe we need to stop,” he said. “This is the point Omobola is making about missed opportunities — not just missed opportunities, but sometimes deliberately missed opportunities.
“The reason we miss these opportunities is because we have people who think public office is about themselves, their families, and people close to them, not about the country. But public office is about the citizens.”
Sanusi urged young Nigerians to reject the dysfunctional system that has been “manufactured” for them and work toward building a nation that realises its full potential.
The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor said the existing structure is fuelled by “ethnic rivalries, religious conflicts, and competition for personal aggrandizement”, stressing that Nigerian youths must unite across tribe, class, religion, and region to articulate a clear and achievable vision for a different country.
“The important thing for me is that as citizens, each and every one of us must remember that the nation belongs to us,” he said. “It does not belong to the government; it does not belong to politicians. It belongs to us.
“We own this country, and wherever we find ourselves, we must remember that we are holding one small part of Nigeria — and we have a duty to contribute our own quota.”
He called for a collective effort to define what the future of Nigeria should look like.
“What we need to do is come together and articulate a clear and achievable ideological position a vision for the kind of Nigeria we want.
“And it has to be different from the Nigeria that has been manufactured for us: a Nigeria of ethnic rivalries, religious conflicts, rent-seeking, and competition for aggrandizement. It has to be a country that realises its potential in the committee of nations.”
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