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The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said he got to know what poverty truly is when he mounted the throne.


Sanusi said this in a goodwill message at a public lecture with the theme: “Weaponization of poverty as a means of underdevelopment: A case study of Nigeria,” commemorating the 60th birthday celebration of former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, in Abuja, on Saturday.


The former CBN Governor said, “Many of the elite in Nigeria do not know what poverty is. As an economist, former CBN Governor, I see the numbers. I did not know poverty until I became Emir.

“And you go to the village and see the water they drink, the houses they live in, they two block classrooms without roofs.

“Do we actually love the people or do we just love ruling over them? What are our priorities. We make overheads and underes for ourselves in the cities while there in the rural areas cannot reach hospitals. We are in crisis, how do we get out should be our focus.”


Sanusi charged those saddled with the responsibility of leadership to inculcate the virtues of empathy with those they’ve been given a responsibility to lead.

Also speaking at the event, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai expressed concern that Nigerians kept repeating the same mistake of electing the worst among us into leadership positions.

According to him, “We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”

A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, in his intervention, explained that most of the cases being handled in hospitals were not medical.


Yusuf blamed corruption and bad governance for the multidimensional poverty in Nigeria. He said unless citizens live up to their responsibilities and vote for what is right.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/i-only-knew-what-poverty-is-when-i-became-emir-sanusi-lamido/

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"We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”...

This el rufia if you hear him speak you will think he was a saint. And not part of the problems of this country.

He and Amechi have the same approach of doing the opposite of what they preach!

Elrufai sef dey talk .. lol. If only he had scaled through the senate screening he would have been singing Tinubu's praises to high heavens today. These politicians only care about themselves, just because you failed in your bid to become minister you want us to follow you to where we no know. How would have your ministerial position favour us?

Hmmmm.
Government of the people is good and recommendable
Government by the people is nice and commendable
Government for the people...?

brain54:
"We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”...

This el rufia if you hear him speak you will think he was a saint. And not part of the problems of this country.

He and Amechi have the same approach of doing the opposite of what they preach!

true talk.

Same El Rufai that was prepared to disobey the currency change directive of Buhari, in order to Tinubu, is now talking about voting the worst. Bloody hypocrite. If Tinubu throws him one juicy appointment tomorrow, you'll see him singing a different tone

Fact!

When out of power they talk sense

But once on the seat of power, they misbehave

Do we actually love the people or do we just love ruling over them? What are our priorities?. We make overheads and underes for ourselves in the cities while there in the rural areas cannot reach hospitals. We are in crisis, how do we get out should be our focus.”

Mo

duduade:
When out of power they talk sense

But once on the seat of power, they misbehave

He is on the seat of power, so to speak. Trad rulers still have some powers, and the Emir of Kano is still a big throne.

OK

brain54:
"We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”...

This el rufia if you hear him speak you will think he was a saint. And not part of the problems of this country.

He and Amechi have the same approach of doing the opposite of what they preach!

I'm telling you!

rotimi once said he has never taken bribe in his life

brain54:
"We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”...

This el rufia if you hear him speak you will think he was a saint. And not part of the problems of this country.

He and Amechi have the same approach of doing the opposite of what they preach!

According to Sanusi:

“Do we actually love the people or do we just love ruling over them? What are our priorities. We make overheads and underes for ourselves in the cities while there in the rural areas cannot reach hospitals. We are in crisis, how do we get out should be our focus.”

“Do we actually love the people?"
No. You hate the people

“or do we just love ruling over them?"
Yes. You are all rulers not leaders


“What are our priorities.
To steal and to steal and to steal until you die

Coming from el rufai "We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it." hahahaHaha!!

Ok Boss.

Lol

Some people are lucky, others are less lucky

Your Highness may ALLLAH reward you

treesun:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/i-only-knew-what-poverty-is-when-i-became-emir-sanusi-lamido/

Book of Lamentations written by HRH SLS

Sanusi Lamido running his mouth now. Make him the president and see how things deteriorate the more.

As for El-Rufai, I pity those who will body with him (coalition)

El-rufai sef dey talk. The greatest hypocrite of them all. I can never take these men serious. These men went up all in arms against GEJ just so they could grab power. Now they are casting blames because they have been schemed out of the power equation by the same men they once were in collusion.
Now that Amaechi is politically useless he wants to form alliance with a bitter el-rufai. These men cannot win a local government election today. Just that Nigerians have short memory.

Chai

Yeyenatu

You are a lone voice among the elites. The struggle almost caused you, your throne.

However, you are still part of the problem: all of you putting religion above service to humanity you belong to a cursed generation of life wasters.


Over a hundred Islamic organizations came out to fight for Muslim - Muslim ticket . They were even saying they coming together was not for economic stability or any benefits to humanity but Islam.
What has any religion benefit humanity let alone Islam?
Nigeria is moving towards hell if insurgency should prevail in Nigeria. Afghanistan would be a joke. Your Muslim north is the most backward in the nation. Burkina Faso, the emerging African model country has put religion where it belongs.
Life and meaningful living thrives by the hard work not religious bigotry.

Sir, educate your talakawas and peace will return to Nigeria, we can now ask for prosperity.

Wayo Sanusi. What did you do when you were CBN Governor?. You even lied of Missing $20Billion dollars. Setup AMCON to help his Friends.

Honestly, why do we keep giving people like Sanusi mic to talk?.

treesun:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/i-only-knew-what-poverty-is-when-i-became-emir-sanusi-lamido/

He is saying the truth, many of our leaders have never spent 1 kobo of their personal money for anything in their lives, everything has always been state-sponsored. So they can never understand what poverty means. Even the one the Emir is talking about is not personal poverty o, he’s just stating what he’s seeing around (poverty in his locality)

Hmmm, Oga wasn't paying Zakat to the poor before he became Emir?

brain54:
"We keep electing people who only know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”...

This el rufia if you hear him speak you will think he was a saint. And not part of the problems of this country.

He and Amechi have the same approach of doing the opposite of what they preach!

same with Peter obi

If u hear Peter obi speak about Nigeria, u will think he's not part of d political elite.


He now knows all the problem of Nigeria but couldn't solve d problem of anambara when he was governor for good 8 years

He doesn't want others to fight him for that post. He thinks we're daft! Liar Sanusi.