{"id":82425,"date":"2021-06-19T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82425"},"modified":"2021-06-19T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T10:03:09","slug":"sanusi-i-have-no-intention-of-going-into-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sanusi-i-have-no-intention-of-going-into-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanusi: I Have No Intention Of Going Into Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Former Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said he has no intention of running for any political position in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi, who stated this in Kaduna said he will continue to educate the public on the right candidates to vote for during elections.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">BBC Hausa reported that Sanusi made the remarks at a meeting of the Muqaddimai and Shaykhs sects for the first time since his appointment as Caliph.<\/p>\n<p>He said his views did not mean that he would go into politics.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cIf we have those we trust who promised they will work for the betterment of the nation, then we can come together and help them \u2013 this is not politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said failure to do so could put Nigerians at great risk and challenge.<\/p>\n<p>He said priority should be given to education, especially for children, before the country\u2019s problems could be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we did not educate our children to become successful, while other people send their children to schools, they will end up working for those ones that attend school and that\u2019s the end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, some of the scholars, who attended the event, said prayers were needed to be included in the suggestions made by the former emir.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Halliru Maraya said there is a need for people to have more fear of God, appealing to the authorities to protect the lives and property of the people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said he has no intention of running for any political position in the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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