Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to
force the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to resign, because of the
impact such will have on the nation's economy.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the
party said asking the CBN Governor to step down, on the
basis of a mere allegation that he leaked the letter he wrote to
the President, over the unremitted $49.8 billion oil revenue,
does not bode well for an economy that is already on crutches.
It warned that any move to suspend Sanusi and use security
forces to prevent him from entering his office, as reported by
the media, will even be worse, because it will mean that the
President is willing to circumvent the provision of the law that
the Governor of the CBN can only be removed by two-thirds
of the Senate membership.
Not only that, APC said, suspending Sanusi will be a replay
of the damage that President Jonathan did to the judiciary
when he suspended Salami until his retirement, and he could
easily re-enact such scenario if, for example, he feels that the
INEC Chairman has offended him.
"Our worry here is that the President should not destroy our
institutions before he leaves office," the party said.
Via: Vanguard
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