Emir Sanusi comes under fire for “Nigeria will go bankrupt” comment
By Guardian Exclusive
27 June 2019 |
10:27 am
The Emir of Kano, H.E. Lamido Muhammad Sanusi II, has come ‘under fire’ after he took aim at the Federal Government’s subsidy policies; policies he says will eventually throw Nigeria into bankruptcy.
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