{"id":92433,"date":"2022-03-03T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92433"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:16:20","slug":"former-cbn-gov-sanusi-lamido-says-civil-servants-behind-boko-haram-banditry-other-vices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/former-cbn-gov-sanusi-lamido-says-civil-servants-behind-boko-haram-banditry-other-vices\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CBN Gov. Sanusi Lamido Says Civil Servants Behind Boko Haram, Banditry, Other Vices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1726282844562804238\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has blamed the rising cases on insecurity in the country on civil servants that steal funds meant for developing the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe made this known while speaking at the closing ceremony of the AIG Public Leadership Programme Class of 2021, in Abuja, on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The former Emir of Kano decried the manner at which civil servants have sold their conscience for personal gains.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sanusi said; \u201cToday, you see civil servants stealing millions and billions of naira meant to build roads, provide power, water, education, food and transportation, to the detriment of the majority of Nigerians. All of these have given birth to Boko Haram, killer herdsmen, bandits and numerous arms struggles, especially among the youths, which resulted in the worst threats to human lives all over Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking earlier during the program, he attributed his unrepentant attitude of speaking truth as the reason why he lost his positions as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and Emir of Kano.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI always stood to speak the truth to power, reason I was removed as CBN governor and Emir of Kano, but that did not stop me from doing what I see as the right thing,\u201d Sanusi said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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 Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has blamed the rising cases on insecurity in the country on civil servants that steal funds meant for developing 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-92433","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former CBN Gov. 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