Some financial experts
have advised the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to deploy the experience he garnered in the corporate sector in discharging his new assignment.
The experts gave the advice in separate interviews with the newsmen on Monday in Lagos.
They also congratulated Sanusi for ascending to the throne of his forefathers.
Mr Lugard Aimiuwu, a former President of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, said that the position required experience, knowledge and skills.
Aimiuwu said: “he should regard his appointment as another phase of his life and another opportunity to contribute to the development of the nation.
“Sanusi should utilise fully the experience in the corporate world and during his last public appointment. “He should always look forward in his doings and never look backward”, he said.
An economist, Mr Bismack Rewane, described Sanusi’s appointment as a good development to the country, economy and financial sector.
Rewane, the Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Ltd., said that the choice of Sanusi, a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor as Emir of Kano was a plus to the finance sector.
According to him, the emirate with its more than 1,000 years history will witness significant development under Sanusi.
Dr Uju Ogubunka, Registrar of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, described the position of emir as a “‘big one,”’ advising that the appointment should be used for national development.
Ogubunka, while wishing the emir a successful reign, said he should not restrict his contributions to only the emirate but to the nation at large.
Sanusi succeeded the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, who died on June 6 after 50 years on the throne.