Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has decried the leadership style in Nigeria, saying that the country has not been fortunate with quality leaders for a long time.

This was because he stated that Nigeria has been having leaders he described as lousy for many years.

Emir Sanusi stated this at the second Kano International Poetry Festival, KAPFEST, held in Kano on Saturday.

He also maintained that the country would have been bankrupt if the federal government had not removed the fuel subsidy.

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, stressed that good governance is key to salvaging the country from its current condition which the country has not been lucky.

“You rise and fall with the quality of your leadership and Nigeria has had lousy leadership for a long time. You cannot give what you do not have until we begin to look at the people who choose to lead us.

“And that’s the truth. I mean, in most parts of this country, you look at people who are leading you and you say, oh Ohd, is this really the person? How did we end up here? You see it every day in one newspaper.

“You see it in the news. You see what happens in the legislature. You see the kind of debates that we are having, the kind of arguments that we have, the kind of time we waste on is totally unimportant issues, the pettiness,” he said.

He, however, challenged the youths to rise up and take over the country from the old people who have been managing it, saying with will, the youths could easily retire them and take over.