{"id":11178,"date":"2016-08-27T21:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2016-08-27T21:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:12:04","slug":"you-are-responsible-for-nigerias-economic-woes-shehu-sani-tells-ex-cbn-gov-soludo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11178","title":{"rendered":"If Soludo, as CBN gov. combated corruption symptoms, Buhari could have now focused on the ailment &#8211; Shehu Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10102&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Barely a day after advising President Muhammadu Buhari on what his administration needed to do to salvage Nigeria\u2019s economy, Charles Soludo, a former Central Bank governor, has come under fierce criticism from a Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Soludo can\u2019t proffer solutions to Nigeria\u2019s economic woes when it was his policies, as head of the apex bank, that brought the country to its terrible state, Mr. Sani said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Soludo, who spoke on Thursday at the 4th lecture series of the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum in Kaduna, advised that, \u201cThe APC should go back to its manifesto and instigate framework that will engender the atmosphere for growth as Nigeria cannot develop with the current structure where institutions are created only to share from the federation account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it was better Mr. Buhari\u2019s administration started thinking outside the box, rather than continue to blame the past government for the nation\u2019s economic problems.<\/p>\n<p>On the current administration\u2019s fight against corruption, the former CBN governor said: \u201cI don\u2019t believe the way we are fighting corruption is the way we should go about it. We are only fighting corruption on the surface; we have to fight it from the systemic level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Sani, the All Progressives Congress senator, representing Kaduna Central, responded to Mr. Soludo\u2019s advice, by saying that it would be too early to forget that his (Soludo\u2019s) stewardship at the CBN was the foundation of the current economic crisis in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The senator, in an email sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday, said Mr. Soludo was entitled to his opinion, but that it was good to remind him of the role he played in bringing down the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Soludo and his Government had actually implemented such lofty ideas of reforms, we couldn\u2019t have found ourselves where we are today,\u201d Mr. Sani said. \u201cIt\u2019s too early to forget the legacy of cronyism, elitism and vindictiveness that occasioned the past administrations.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoludo was lucky to serve under a Government that was powered by $140 per barrel and without the headache, heartache and bloodshed that has become of Niger Delta and the north east.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoludo need to be reminded that most of those today on trial for stealing our public funds were the same people rooted in the Government he served before GEJ. Yes PMB is tackling the \u2018symptoms of corruption,\u2019 but the symptoms were there for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Soludo and others have combated the symptoms, PMB could have now focused on the ailment. It\u2019s not in contention that blame game by the PMB administration against GEJ must end but under PDP three Governments for 16 years, hardly a day passed without the same blame game on late Abacha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sani also attacked the APC governors for inviting the former CBN governor to speak at the lecture series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who invited Soludo did that to rubbish PMB\u2019s economic policies that they don\u2019t have the balls to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the reason and the logic behind APC chieftains inviting a PDP economist to lecture them on the economy? The very party they consistently deride for ruining this country for \u201816 years\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PREMIUM TIMES<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shehu-Sanni.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7276\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shehu-Sanni-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"Shehu Sanni\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shehu-Sanni-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shehu-Sanni.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10102&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barely a day after advising President Muhammadu Buhari on what his administration needed to do to salvage Nigeria\u2019s economy, Charles Soludo, a former Central Bank governor, has come under fierce criticism from a Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani. 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