{"id":23112,"date":"2014-02-21T12:33:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=23112"},"modified":"2014-02-21T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T11:33:28","slug":"sanusis-suspension-not-a-witch-hunt-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sanusis-suspension-not-a-witch-hunt-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanusi\u2019s Suspension Not A Witch-Hunt- Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Presidency Thursday said the suspension of \u00a0the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was not a grand design to witch-hunt or deviate from the administration&#8217;s anti-corruption drive.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe maintained that what culminated in the suspension of Sanusi dated back to April 2013 sequel to the submission of the CBN audited report for the year that ended on December 31st 2012.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>The statement said there were several grievous issues bothering on impunity, incompetence, non-challance , fraud, wastefulness, and gross abuse of and noncompliance with provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007 by \u00a0Sanusi.<\/p>\n<p>According to Okupe &#8220;This caused Mr President to issue a 22-paragraph query to the suspended CBN Governor on the 4th of May 2013 and the subsequent written explanation by Mallam Sanusi which was forwarded to the President on the 22nd of May 2013. After painstaking analysis and examination, the response was forwarded to the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria for further scrutiny and professional advice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said &#8220;The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria thereafter forwarded a 13-page response to Mr President with various critical observations and far-reaching recommendations. One of the recommendations states thus \u201c Your Excellency may wish to exercise the powers conferred on Mr President by Section 11(2) (f) of the CBN ACT 2007 or invoke Section 11 (2) (c) of the said Act and cause the Governor and Deputy Governors to cease from holding office in the CBN\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okupe said further that &#8220;It is also important to note the unrestrained manner, recklessness and impunity with which the CBN Governor had governed the apex bank in the last few years. In 2013 alone, the suspended CBN Governor single-handedly made spurious donations and awarded questionable contracts totaling 163 billion Naira (over 1 billion US dollars) to various institutions without recourse to the President as stipulated by Section 7 sub-section 5(a) of the CBN Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most unfortunate, according to him&#8221; is the fact that of the 63 projects listed under the Corporate Social Responsibility of the CBN, ONLY 3 of the contracts above 1 billion Naira were referred to the bureau of Public Procurement as required by law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that &#8220;It was based on this and other recommendations contained in the said report and after further consultations among stakeholders that Mr President in his wisdom and in the interest of probity, accountability and in order to preserve the integrity and sanctity of the Nations apex bank, decided to take the appropriate decision to place Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on immediate suspension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This action of Mr President, he stressed, &#8221; is coming after a painstaking appraisal and investigation of all issues involved. 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