2023 Presidency Should Be Based On Competence, Not Ethnicity – Sanusi

By Oladosu Oluwagbenga

Muhammadu Sanusi II, a former emir of Kano, has stated that competence, not ethnicity, should be the basis for choosing the country’s leaders.

To “know what we are getting into before we get into it,” he said, it is important to examine candidates’ agendas.

Sanusi gave a speech at The August Event 2022, which was hosted in Lagos and was organized by the Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi Foundation in partnership with St Nicholas Hospitals.

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Every two years, an event titled “Nigerian Healthcare System: The Past, Present, and Future; Celebrating the Legacy of Chief Dr Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi” is conducted to honor the founder of the MAMF’s desire for advancement in healthcare and education.

Sanusi, who was the chairman of the event, said, “Political aspirants should also be asked of their plans for hospitals and education amongst other key undeveloped areas in the country.

“The government has lost respect for the profession and no amount invested into education can be gotten back in salaries in this country. Doctors and teachers deserve a decent life and respect.

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“Education and healthcare are the basic foundation for the development of a nation, and the rate of brain drain is high because prepared budgets in the health and education sectors have been embezzled and mismanaged.

“In 2016, 18 % of inflation was recorded which made the price of everything on average to double every four years. A bag of rice which sold for N8, 000 in 2015, now cost N35,000.

“In 2011, a debate was held right here in this same venue about fuel subsidy. We did everything within our powers to tell Nigerians to cater first for priorities, but we now spend a borrowed N6.7trn on fuel subsidy which will continue until June 2023.

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“Inflation, exchange rates, cheap fuel that is not produced by our refineries all create negative impacts, and are also a brain drain of the economy which cannot be addressed in isolation.”