We Don’t Need You to Support Tinubu’s Policies — FG Replies Emir Sanusi

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 16th Jan, 2025 - tori.ng

Reacting, the federal government said the monarch should keep his advice to himself.

The Nigerian Government has replied the Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II after he said he will no longer offer advice to the government on how to tackle insecurity and hunger in the country.

Reacting, the federal government said the monarch should keep his advice to himself.

According to FG, it doesn't need the Emir's advice.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in reaction to the recent comments made by the first-class monarch on the economic situation of the country.

The Emir at the 21st Memorial Lecture of Chief Gani Fawehimi in Lagos, reportedly said that he will not offer any advice to President Bola Tinubu’s led federal government on how to tackle the economic challenges facing the country.

He was quoted to have said: “I can give a few points here about what we are going through and how it was predictable and avoidable. But I am not going to do that. I have chosen not to speak on the economy, or reforms or to explain anything because if I explain it, it will help this government. But I don’t want to help this government. They are my friends, but if they don’t behave like friends, I won’t behave like a friend.

“They don’t even have people with pedigree that can come and explain to the people what they are doing. I am not going to help. I started by helping, but I am not going to help. Let them come and explain to Nigerians why they are pursuing the policies that they are pursuing.

“But I will say this one thing though. What we are going through today is at least in part, a necessary consequence of decades of irresponsible management. People were warning that if we continued the way that we were going, this is how we will end up but they refused to listen.

“Now, is everything being done correctly? No. When I am ready to talk about the economy, I will.”

Reacting to the comments credited to the Emir, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, in a statement titled: “We don’t need Sanusi’s stamp of approval for our laudable policies,” expressed disappointment at the Emir’s alleged negative comments on the reforms of Tinubu’s administration because of his alleged “shift in loyalty.”