The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has criticized the decline of values in Nigerian society.
He stated that Nigeria must stop rewarding public office holders who have stolen from the nation’s resources by giving them more opportunities in government.
“The entire value system of the country has been eroded,” the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor stated on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
“A society in which material wealth, no matter how you get it, is respected, is glorified, where people who are known to have stolen money get rewarded with ministerial appointments, that society will continue to reproduce itself.
“We don’t have a sense of disgust for people who hold public office and amass wealth; we reward them with appointments, with more public offices, and more opportunities to amass wealth, and this is what Nigeria has become,” he stated.
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Sanusi said many people in public offices were not well brought up, and that accounts for their misbehaviour and faulty orientation of the essence of being in public offices.
“Many people go into government to make money but you don’t go into government to make money,” he said.
“We have been ruled by people who have no values; they have no name behind them, and they have no desire to leave a name after them. These are people who define themselves by what they own; how many houses they have, how many private jets they have, how many billions they have in bank accounts. And they think that is something.
“It is not important to them that people look at them and they only see thieves, they see criminals, they see people who have taken the commonwealth. It is simply not important because for them, values do not matter,” he stated.
Drawing on the legacy of the late former military head of state, Murtala Muhammed, 50 years after his time in power, the Emir reflected on the need for a regeneration of values in Nigerian society.
He emphasized that both leaders and citizens share the responsibility for this change.
The Emir added that material wealth should not be valued above core principles such as honesty, diligence, and compassion.
“I think we need an entire regeneration of values. It is not about one person, the president or the governors, or the ministers cannot on their change this country,” he stated.
Sanusi stated that politicians have been responsible for the destruction of the civil service.
He emphasized the need for Nigeria to rebuild and strengthen the system, which would empower civil servants to refuse to follow illegal orders from politicians.2
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