Who knows what
the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, will be doing next since he was
sack from the throne of his forefathers.
One of the speculations was that the former Emir may be the joker of the Northern part of the country in the 2023 general elections.
While some
Nigerians had also called on Sanusi to join the 2023 presidential race because
of his pedigree and achievements, there were also conspiracy theorists who
believe that he was purposely removed from the throne so as to enable him run
as president in the next general election.
But speaking
on Arise TV breakfast television programme on Friday, Sanusi, a former First
Bank of Nigeria CEO dismissed the speculations, insisting that he is not
interested in going into politics.
In the
excerpts from the interview published by ThisDay newspaper on Saturday, the
former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor also said there are many ways he can
render public service without seeking for election into a public office.
He said:
“People have been talking to me about politics even when I was at the CBN in
2011; that they wanted me to be presidential candidate. I have never had an
interest in partisan politics. The nature of my family is that we consider
ourselves as leaders of all people and politics can be very divisive. You can
join one political party and then alienate yourself from others.
“All I can
say is that this is not something that is for me as an objective. I think there
are many ways of being of service to the nation. If you look at my CV, I
started off as an academic. I was teaching economics at Ahmadu Bello University
and after just two years before I could complete my Master’s thesis I decided
to go into banking for just no reason. And I have made a success of my career
as a banker, as a regulator and as an Emir.
“Maybe it is
time to publish some collections of my articles that have no relationship with
economics at all. They are about Sharia, identity etc. I had written some of
them between 1999 and 2005. It may come out in a few months. Then the book on
central banking will come out.
“I still will
like to write a book on the impact of certain interpretations of Moslem family
laws on the development of Nigeria. It will deal on the interpretation of the
law and certain cultural practices around child marriage, child rights and how
they have contributed to poverty and underdevelopment in Northern Nigeria.
“And in the
process I am thinking that maybe I could get a Ph.D and maybe go back to my
first career that I never concluded and just be a professor in different
universities abroad. And the great thing with the life I have led is that if I
complete that Ph.D, how many universities would have someone with a PhD who has
been a bank CEO, Governor of Central bank and Emir? So, it is a kind of CV that
would give you any university in the world, whether it is Harvard, Oxford or
Cambridge and anywhere you want because it is now about my entire life
experience.
“I am going
to take life as it goes. I am in no hurry. I have enough on my plate and I see
my life as life of service and I don’t think that public service is limited to
elected office. Any opportunity I have to serve, I would take it if it is
something I think I am capable of delivering. I have no immediate plans to go
into politics.”
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