Oil money saga: You are not bigger than Federal Government – Jang blasts Sanusi

Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, on Sunday told the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that he was not bigger than the Federal Government.
He further warned the CBN governor to moderate his comments and utterances, following speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan had asked for his resignation.
Calling on Sanusi to leave honourably, Jang, advised the CBN chief to go so that someone who will work with President Jonathan can come in.
The governor said it was clear Sanusi no longer has a good working relationship with the President, a situation that does not augur well for the nation’s economy.

In a statement in Abuja by the NGF media office, signed by Kassim Yakubu, Governor Jang said: “If the relationship between the CBN governor and President Jonathan has become frosty, it is only logical that the President becomes uncomfortable, knowing how sensitive the Central Bank is to his transformation agenda.
“Moreover, we elected the President to run the country and so we cannot be held hostage by an appointee of government if it is true that Mr. President has asked for the resignation of the CBN governor.”
According to Jang, Nigerians put their trust in President Jonathan to pilot the affairs of the nation when they voted him in as President and should, therefore, be allowed the latitude to run his government without unnecessary distractions, especially from appointees who serve at the pleasure of the Federal Government and the President.
He, however, called on Nigerians to continue to watch out for those usual beneficiaries of conflict who would seek to make an issue out of this by bending the facts to suit what he described as their mischievous agenda.