Whistleblowers certainly have a role to play to promote accountability in public administration; however, when a nation’s Central Bank Governor turns whistleblower on an issue of substantial revenue misappropriation, then, alarm bells must ring, as the credibility of the administration, which the same Central Bank Governor serves would be called to question.

I don’t know if anything is true or false. What I do know is that in a presidential system, various aides and pressure groups try and pull the President towards the direction that they believe is best. Is that not why they even have lobbyists in Washington DC?

The Central Bank of Nigeria under the leadership of Lamido Sanusi was accused of lack of corporate governance by the Financial Reporting Council in its report to the President on the CBN.

The Financial Council audit report on the Central Bank of Nigeria which led to the suspension of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from office accused the apex bank management of several financial practices that border on fraud. It said that there is a provision for “Facility Management of N7.034 billion in 2012; N5.751 billion in 2011.

President Jonathan has announced the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi