Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, What is Your Agenda?

 Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, What is Your Agenda?

I find it hard to put into words my feelings when I learnt two days ago that Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS) has emerged as the new Emir of Kano. Against the backdrop of his recent fallout with President Goodluck Jonathan and the gathering clouds around the 2015 Nigerian presidential elections, I couldn’t help the feeling that there were significant re-arrangements taking place. The question that filled my mind was; ‘What is this man’s agenda?’

I am presently visiting Nigeria and I cannot fail to see that so many out of their fatigue for the ruling party are not being objective or discerning enough in their quick embrace of emerging popular alternatives. Not too many are asking ‘What is their agenda?’ These nouveau ‘progressives’ and ‘democrats’ are some of the same old corrupt leaders of yesterday. Change is not good enough if it doesn’t make things better.

Now let me return to the man I was talking about earlier – SLS. It wasn’t hard to see that SLS is a man on a mission but the question for me has been ‘What is this man’s agenda?’

This morning I received an email with the discussions that follow below concerning SLS. Like Engineer Steve Olamuyiwa said below this is important and a must-read for all Nigerians. It behoves us to rightly discern the forces at work in our nation and to align ourselves alright both in prayers and in action. God has an agenda for Nigeria. Yet He calls us to partner with Him to bring it to pass. We cannot afford to be indifferent or mere spectators.

God bless Nigeria!

Chimezie E. Onyebilanma

chimibidun@gmail.com

From: Steve Olumuyiwa

Date: June 10, 2014 at 6:06:42 AM GMT+1
Subject: Fwd: Fw: THE DANGEROUS ISLAMIST GAME PLAN OF EMIR SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI

Important and a must read

Steve Olumuyiwa

From: EGHES EYIEYIEN

http://eghes.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-dangerous-islamist-game-plan-of.html

 The Dangerous Islamist Game Plan of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the new Emir of Kano:

* Reach out to Boko Haram and open conciliatory talks.

** Broker a ceasefire and secure the safe return of the girls abducted from Chibok.

*** Become an instant International Hero having done what President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan could not do or has not done.

**** Stand for election in 2015 as the Presidential Candidate of the Amala/Almajiri "Progressives" Party (APC).

***** As Nigeria's President, implement the Islamisation Agenda which was articulated in the Communique issued at the end of the Islam in Africa Conference organised by the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) held in Abuja in 1989 and which was hosted by former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida: THE ABUJA DECLARATION ( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja_Declaration_(1989) )

But......

"There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD."
Selah! 

I have deliberately not mentioned the name Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in any of my social media posts, comments and in my articles since July, 2013, or so......until today. I was under pressure from my friends in the media to comment when SLS was suspended as the CBN Governor some months ago. I had invitations from Chamberlain Usoh and Chimezie Obi-Iwuagwu of Channels TV to come on their live programmes, Sunrise Daily and Business Morning, respectively, to discuss Sanusi's exit but I told them I would not speak on the matter publicly. Similarly, Mike Eboh of Vanguard newspaper, Sam Diala of the Union newspaper and Boason Omofaye of Bloomberg TV Africa wanted interviews with me but I turned them down. 

I have finally spoken today because I have a release in my heart that I am under obligation as a Nigerian patriot to disclose the agenda at play which, sadly, even some who should be spiritually minded are totally ignorant of.

For the reader who does not know me personally, let me say the following to give the issue I have raised here some context:

1. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi WAS my personal friend; we met and became friends in August, 2002, after the CBN's Workshop on the Basle 2 Capital Accord. I was one of the Discussants on the paper which Bode Agusto presented on the Role of Rating Agencies in Basle 2 Accord Implementation. Sanusi made a comment during the Questions and Answers Session which impressed me and I went looking for him after the programme to commend him for his excellent contribution.

2. I was a champion of Sanusi's appointment as the CBN Governor in 2009 and was on Channels TV's Sunrise Daily pushing his candidacy the day he was to appear before the Senate for confirmation

3. Sanusi and I are Old Boys of King's College, Lagos (KC). 

He left KC in 1977 while I entered in 1978. I was invited by Atedo Peterside to the Dinner he hosted to celebrate Sanusi's appointment as the CBN Governor in June, 2009, I attended with my wife. 

4. It is unusual for KCOBs to oppose themselves openly. Like many KCOBs and some ex-staff of United Bank of Africa who are friends with Sanusi, I could have benefitted immensely from Sanusi by way of appointments and/or contracts if I was sucking up to him and kept mute about all I know about him.

5. One particularly bank CEO (who may be reading this...LOL!!) actually told me when I visited him in November, 2012, that "I no go dey give you job again oh". When I asked why, he said: "You dey fight my Governor - SLS". He then started laughing and claimed he was "joking". He has since stopped picking my phone calls and no longer replies my messages. We used to be quite close. So... I know the consequences of opposing someone who has some "influence" in today's Nigeria. BUT I SERVE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS!! Halleluyah!! 

6. I cannot be quiet when THE BLOOD OF GIDEON AKALUKA IS CRYING OUT AGAINST SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI FOR BEING ONE OF THOSE WHO INSTIGATED HIS BEHEADING IN KANO IN 1996. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was indicted by the Government of Gen. Sani Abacha and was incarcerated in Sokoto Prison for two (2) years for his role in that sadistic murder. His co-accused did not have that privilege. Gen. Abacha got them summarily executed but spared Sanusi because he is a prince of Kano and tmany northern Emirs and other leaders begged that he be spared.

7. I hereby call on the Federal Government of Nigeria to re-open the Gideon Akaluka case by instituting a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's role in that inglorious and satanic episode.

WE MUST HAVE #JusticeForGideonAkaluka

Now, let the honest reader judge whether I am serious, truthful, prejudiced etc.

TRUTH IS ETERNAL.

Nigeria di fure......but only IF we have the courage to avenge the murder of Gideon Akaluka by Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

God bless  Nigeria!

Egheomhanre Emmanuel Eyieyien, FCA.

Lagos,

9th June, 2014.

http://eghes.blogspot.com

On 10 Jun 2014, at 12:53, Godswill wrote:

He has an ambition and a dream to accomplish. He was born for it; and prepared himself attain it. He went to the Islamic University in Sudan, a specialized Islamic institution for training of potential Islamic leaders, as prelude to the preplanned Africa Islamization agenda. This is at a time when the Church is busy training Preachers and evangelists for greater congregational visibility and inter-denominational competitive membership edge. lets go back to re-engineer our Bible studies, Sunday School and Bible School curricular. 

Now back to Lamido. I sense his mission is to be the spiritual head of a dream Islamic Nigerian State, in the type of Iran. He has paid the prize, with a foundation on the blood of Gideon Akaluka. He consolidated it when he purchased the blood of some slain people in Kano, using State resources under his control. He displaced his credentials when unilaterally and with impunity promoted and institutionalized a sectional, sectarian and blatantly unconstitutional Islamic banking policy. The regret here is that these were during the incumbency of a 'Christian President'. The first Nigerian president to be Chairman of the wholly islamic D8 nation organization and to attend the OIC conference, personally. The Church leaders really need to sit down and rethink the Church in the light of our contemporary experiences. THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL
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On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:45 PM, Okechukwu Emmanuel  wrote:

Thank you dear Godswill for your presentation .... I am in agreement with you. But the Church in spite of her challenges will overthrow this evil season and move on to the victory stand. This is not because of the Church herself, but because of the Agenda of Jesus Christ Himself for he Church in Nigeria. However we must do as Godswill has advised. Let us change our strategy to align it with the counsel of Heaven. Again I say with Godswill that The Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail!!

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Living in the shadow of the IBB years

I recently came across a statement by the highly respected former Inspector General of Police, M.D. Yusuf about General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, popularly known as IBB. ‘I think Babangida was even worse than Abacha’ he said. ‘Babangida went all out to corrupt society. Abacha was intimidating people with fear. With him gone now, you can recover. But this corruption remains, and it is very corrosive to society’.

It is difficult to begin to measure the extent of this corrosion that Yusuf talks about but the evidences are all around us that IBB deeply impacted Nigeria in a way that she is yet to recover from. Sometimes I think it was diabolic (and perhaps that is why he was called the evil genius) that one man could so transform the way of life of a whole people.

Here is how my wife put it in an article she wrote two years ago; ‘The seeds of this lawlessness were heavily sown during the 1985 - 1993 administration. Nigerians were sold the ideology that money was everything. Money and material wealth became the peoples’ god even to the grassroots level. Material wealth quickly became the obsession and mammon the god to be served. The inevitable consequence was the destruction of the moral fabric of Nigeria with the mentality that money was all that mattered and must be obtained by any possible means legitimate or illegitimate. This became a passion with flames that burnt like wild fire. And many Nigerian minds caught quickly this evil fire which became a national plague. Many bought this ideology with free gifts - big and small, favours for allegiance, even up to vessels of oil as presents to sell for personal gains. Nigeria was bestowed a legacy, that of corruption, greed and lawlessness and many have been doped and hooked on it till today. This is Nigeria’s malady and greatest challenge.’

Of course before IBB there was bribery and corruption. It was there but it was frowned upon. What IBB did was to institutionalise it and give us what Patrick Johnstone, author of Operation World calls ‘the culture of greed and corruption’. Before IBB people had to hid to take bribes. But following IBB it became normal for everyone to demand that you ‘settle’ them.

IBB taught us the culture of ‘settlement’. And Nigerians after going through nine years of his leadership imbibed the belief that ‘settlement’ is normal. I recall my astonishment one day in a bus when the passengers instead of challenging the policeman who was demanding to be ‘settled’, were mad with the driver for not quickly ‘settling’ him. For us it has become a way of life.

I stand to be corrected but I cannot help seeing the emergence of the nuisance of the area boys and their blatant way of demanding to be settled as having its root in this culture. There has always been touts but the IBB regime created area boys that no longer operated in the dark but feel that they have the right to be settled.

IBB taught every Nigeria that they had the right to demand to be settled as he went about settling everybody. Bribery and corruption was no longer something to be ashamed of.

Even the religious life of the nation has not been spared from this corrosion. The international community marvels at how a nation so religious can be so corrupt. But the truth is that much of the religion of Nigeria has been corrupted by this same disease. If you recall in the seventies and very early eighties, those that were called ‘church people’ or ‘SUs’ used to stand out because no matter what you had against them, you couldn’t deny that they were straight. Now everybody claims to be ‘born-again’ yet the society is not seeing much rebirth. Their major pursuit is how to use religion to better their lot. I saw a Christian poster recently proclaiming ‘Settle me, O God!’ Even the so-called Christians have imbibed the mentality that they ought to be settled. Materialism is the undoing of the Church today. What we have is people seeking to use God instead of seeking to be used of God. ‘Beware of covetousness’ Jesus warned, ‘for the life of a man does not constitute in the abundance of the things that he possesses’ Covetousness is not only a cancer to spiritual pursuit, it is also idolatry. ‘You can’t serve God and Mammon’.

Given, Nigerians have a hunger for the things of God but covetousness is poisoning whatever spiritual life there is. Yet I believe the gospel of Jesus can transform a nation and bring true development. History tells us that in the 18th century, it was the effect of the transformation wrought by preachers like John Wesley and William Booth that spared Britain from something similar to the French revolution of that time. And this brought the social reforms that facilitated the rapid development of that society. I thank God that there is still a remnant of truly born-again followers of Jesus even here in Nigeria. But the vast majority of Nigeria’s religious life is tarnished by this corrosion.

And to date the nation has not recovered from this mental corruption. I applaud the anti-corruption work of EFCC but the corrosion has eaten much deeper than we can imagine. Obviously this mentality must change before people can change their actions because the love of money is the root of all evil. This is the root of the Nigerian problem. It would take exemplary leadership with transparent and impeachable integrity to lead the way in undoing the ills of the IBB years. Something close to what Lee Kuan Yew did for Singapore. Only a man without any skeleton in his own cupboard can afford to confront the sacred cows and in so doing show everybody that we must change. Only a leader not seeking personal gain can truly deal with this social disease that is crippling our development. I am praying for such a leader. I have high hopes for this great country. God has vested interest in Nigeria. He would not let her die.

Why this Blog?

I do not subscribe to any political party but I am very passionate about seeing God’s agenda fulfilled in Africa. As a disciple of Jesus Christ who has heard God’s prophetic destiny for this great continent I cannot be indifferent about the whole socio-economic mess in Africa. That is why in this blog I want to sit as a watchman upon the walls and share some random reflections on what is happening in various countries of Africa.

In the past 14 years my missionary work has taken me to different parts of Africa and the alarming level of abject poverty among the masses has troubled me without cease. And what disturbs one the most is the fact that there are enough resources especially in Africa to make almost all Africans have their basic needs provided for. If there is one word to qualify what I see it is this: WASTE. Yet the waste that hurts me the most is the waste of human lives.

Most of the problem lies with bad leadership. But I believe the Church of Jesus Christ in Africa must lead the way. Yes there is an explosion of spiritual activities and massive influx of people into the churches. Yet it is often misleading to measure revival by the numeric growth of the church. True revival is measured by how much of a salt and light the Church is becoming in the society. True religion is not in how much you can accumulate but in how much you can give. It is in remembering the poor, the orphans, and the needy. The gospel of Jesus is one of compassion. It is not one of a 'dog-eat-dog' race to 'make it' at all cost 'in Jesus' Name'. But I am very hopeful because it is a new day in Africa. Things are changing – the political stability and economic growth in Ghana; the changes in Liberia and the hunger in many quarters for more of God. As one that is praying and watching for the promises of God to be fulfilled I watch out and rejoice at every progress. Africa is still a long way to what she can be. But she is changing.

I am never satisfied with pointing out the problems I want to be a part of the solution. This is why I want to keep praying and sacrificing and challenging others. I believe God is at work in Africa. I believe the gospel of Jesus is the answer. I believe that in the midst of this mess God is raising up a new generation determined to pay the price to make a difference. They are not so many yet but the ranks are growing. Let us keep praying and not faint.