Tunde Fagbenle This ‘contribution’ to the vitriolic debate on the prospect of Mr. Lamido Sanusi succeeding Mr. Chukwuma Soludo as Governor of Central Bank is “after the fact” since the “young man” has already assumed office, after bedazzling our interrogating Senate with his brilliance. But nonetheless, the issues that troubled the minds of those opposed to his candidature, in particular issues that border on his ethno-religious bigotry, hence his unsuitability for the critical office, remain troubling, demanding to be allayed lest the current of his tenure is bound in shallows and his every policy in militating suspicion. The Yoruba are not happy with Lamido Sanusi. No, that will be too sweeping and wrong since I am Yoruba and cannot claim to be particularly unhappy with him. More correctly, many in the “political leadership” of the Yoruba are not happy with him. That’s on the one hand. On the other hand, many of the Christia...
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