The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday called on Federal Government to relieve Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of his job as he, in their opinion, was not qualified to head any public organisation.
President of the NLC, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, while reacting to statement credited to the CBN Governor that 50 percent of the workforce be sacked, said that such comment was contempt of the working people in Nigeria.
It would be recalled that the CBN boss Sanusi Lamido, while speaking at the ongoing capital market retreat in Warri, Delta State, called for the sack of 50 percent of workers in Nigeria because 70 percent of the nation's resources was consumed by them.
Comrade Omar stressed that there were some individuals parading the corridors of power who were not qualified to be anywhere around organisations saddled with the responsibility of developing policies for national development.
He said since assumption of office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi's major pronouncements have been either directly anti people or ruinous to the Nigerian economy.
"It is obvious Sanusi was never qualified for the office of CBN governor in the first instance, and he must be asked to leave the office as he has shown more than enough incompetence and contempt for the Nigerian people"
According to the NLC President, the burden of wealth creation in Nigeria, like any other country, has been on workers, while some politicians and economic parasites like Sanusi consume what the workers sweat to create.
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Mallam Sanusi has repeatedly complained about the cost of running Government in Nigeria. He made it clear times without number that it is too expensive and is partly responsible for our slow economic growth and development today.
How can one reconcile spending a whooping N300 billion on aircraft charter in 2011 and the presidency budgeting N1.2 billion for travels in 2013. These are besides other benefits and incentives these people enjoy within the presidency, from presidential aids to advisers, ministers etc. The senators allowances and benefits on the other hand are outrageous.
A lot of positions and expenses created by the government are unnecessary. Sanusi could not be more right. By sacking the 50%, is not referring to the ordinary Nigerian worker. By 70% of our national resources Malam Sanusi is simply referring to the executive arm of the government, the DGs, the Permanent secretaries, the executive aids , advisors, counter productive ministers, ghost workers and to some degree the allowances and benefits of the legislators. These resources can go a long way in shaping our schools, roads, hospitals etc if used otherwise.
I might not agree with Sanusi in scrapping the Local Governments, but 100% with him in sacking 50% of those that consume more than 70% of our national resources when more than half the population live in poverty. What else is responsible for the crime and the unrest, the terrorism, the kidnappings and the 419 etc ? The perceived injustice excercised on the majority by less than 10% of the entire population is greatly a factor.
In terms of meaningful policies and strategic planning for sustainable corporate growth and national development, Malam Sanusi and Dangote are some of the finest thinkers Nigeria has today. Their contributions to economic planning and corporate management have earned Nigeria enormous global respect and recognition.
Dangote as one of the highest employers in Nigeria, is recognized and established by Forbes magazine as the richest man in Africa as well as the richest black man on earth. Mallam Sanusi on the other, was in no time able to reverse the negative image the international community had on CBN after the damage it went through by corrupt bank and government officials and local 419ers alike.
On assumption of the leadership of CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido was able to adopt policies and strategies that spun the CBN from the nightmares it used to be, to one of the best central banks in the world despites oppositions from so many folks like what the NLC boss is doing today.
Those strategies did not only sanitize and put the CBN on global map and network, they also earned Mallam Sanusi " The Best Central Bank Governor Of The Year Award". It is an internationally recognized award that is decided by great bankers and economists who are familier with global economic, political and regulatory trends. Not small minds that are used to the recycle of the same policies and ideas since independence and are still unable to figure out why they are not developing as the rest of the world.
Now achievements like this I believe are never attained by chance or by mare walking the corridors of power but by clear vision, determination, hard work and discipline. We have tons of people who walk the corridors of power and still come out losers, and or achieve things to benefit themselves alone. It takes great thinkers and great minds to vision, design and implement policies and tragedies that impact positively on people around them.
Constructive conflict and resistance to change are completely positive. They are important to development. They allow individuals to chip in and share ideas and points of view on issues that affect them. At the same time potentially bring the change agents back to the drawing board to review and address the real issues in other to cushion the effect such change might have on the affected individuals.
However in doing that, it is important for the resisting party, individual or group to understand the issue very well, remain focused and avoid personality attacks and misuse of emotions in his/her resistance. It is therefore important for NLC boss to really understand and look at the issue fro Sanusi's point of view before lunching such an attack on his personality.