Some Nigerians have described as ill-timed the comment credited to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, on the military operations in the North.
Sanusi had cautioned the Federal Government against excessive spending on military operations in three states in the North-East, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where a state of emergency was declared last week.
Human rights lawyer, Wahab Shittu, said no price was too high to be paid for security.
“We are in a critical period in our collective history in Nigeria and the need to secure lives and property comes first before anything else.
“No sacrifice is too high to be made for security as is the mission of the military currently in operation in three states of the North-East,” Shittu said.
Another lawyer and public commentator, Kunle Fadipe, said Sanusi should have exercised more restraint in his manner of communicating such information to the Federal Government.
Fadipe said, “Sanusi is already perceived as a strong Islamic apologist; so, saying this when the military operations had barely entered two weeks could carry some unhealthy connotations.
“Sanusi has a genuine information to send across but at times, he does so not minding who it hurts. That should not be. The time he is saying this is ill-chosen and could have serious implications for his perception by the average Nigerian, who is celebrating the courage of the current government to declare a state of emergency in those states.
“Once the money is being spent for the right purposes without corruption, I think no amount can be too much on such military operations.”
Also corroborating this view, a former General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Wilson Badejo, said the Federal Government should not be deterred in claiming back those states that had almost been claimed by the Boko Haram sect.
Sanusi had told journalists recently at the CBN headquarters in Abuja that excessive spending on military operations posed a major risk to the country’s inflation outlook.
He said headline inflation increased from 8.6 per cent in March to 9.1 per cent in April, remaining within the target single digit range for the fourth consecutive month in 2013.
Sanusi had said, “The Monetary Policy Committee noted with caution the high Gross Domestic Product growth projection in view of the extant risk factors such as widespread insecurity, weak infrastructure and probable flooding from the projected heavy rains in some parts of the country.
“The state of emergency in the North-East and the accompanying military operations in that area have the potential to adversely affect economic activities generally, including agricultural production and food prices as well as consumer demand. In addition, the recent military action in the North-East will result in additional spending.”
via nigerianeye
In better climes, Sanusi would be investigated to see if he is part of the northern cabal that sponsors Boko haram. His comments overtime has shown that not only is he an islamist apologist, he just may be a financier of these terrorists. God will expose them someday soon.
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