The former emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi has said representatives of the country’s geopolitical zones are only interested in enriching their pockets.
He pointed out that politicians who refer to themselves as advocates of the southern and northerner citizens only seek personal gain.
The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday stated that Nigerian elites are the major purveyors of ethno-religious crises.
“Ethno-religious crisis is not so much from Nigerians but the Nigerian elites. We have identities in Nigeria but the construction of opposing identities, the political process, is basically the Nigerian elite competing among itself for a share of the national cake.
“I don’t think that the people who say they are fighting for Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba are really interested. I mean when they get there at the end of the day, it is about them and their families.
“There is nobody out there that is really representing north or south or east. They claim to be if you look out there in the cabinet. In the history of Nigeria, there has never been a government that does not have people from every part of the country.
“So, the first thing to recognize is that we must get away from the sense that holding political office is what makes you representative of a people,” He said.
He also applauded the federal government for the fuel subsidy removal noting that the policy will bring about development in the country.
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