Sanusi Insults Obasanjo Over N5,000 Note Remarks – “You’re A Farmer Not An Economist”

Sept 12, 2012 – Sanusi Insults Obasanjo Over N5,000 Note Remarks – “You’re A Farmer Not An Economist”

The Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido in a recent speech on the importance of N5000 note on the Nigerian economy blasted former president Olusegun Obasanjo. naijagists.com

Sanusi claims Obasanjo is a good farmer but a bad economist.

He further stated the following

“General Obasanjo did N20; he did N100, N200, N500 and N1000. He has introduced more higher denomination than any Head of States,” Mr Sanusi said.

“General Obasanjo did N100 in 1999; then he did N200 in 2000; he did N500 I think two years later; and did N1000. In that period, inflation was coming down because it was accompanied by very tight monetary and fiscal policies during his reforms.

“For somebody who have gone through that to come and stand up and say ‘introducing a higher denomination causes inflation’ I don’t know if somebody wrote his speech. I’m trying to see him or if he was misquoted.

“If he actually said that then he must be the single most important determinant of inflation in our history given the number of notes that he introduced,”

Watch the video below

You can fast forward it to 0.50 to hear his remarks