That the idea was voiced by Emefiele will make it no more acceptable to the APC  many of whose leaders have been sharply critical of his performance as Governor since he took over the CBN from the widely praised Sanusi Lamido Sanusi last year...
	 
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	     The governors' defections were followed by a high profile row between Jonathan and Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over his claim that some US$20 billion of oil revenue had not been paid into the national accounts...
	 
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	     The claims last year by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi  now Emir of Kano but then CBN Governor  that the state's Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had failed to repatriate tens of billions of dollars to the government account prompted a public row at the heart of government (AC Vol 55 No 4  Oil theft row escalates)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	     It was popular agitation  coupled with claims by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria  Sanusi Lamido Sanusi  that the state oil company had failed to account for US$40 billion in export revenue  that forced President Jonathan to commission a forensic audit of the accounts...
	 
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	     When he was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  Sanusi Lamido Sanusi told the Senate that both Talveras and Aiteo were undertaking crude oil swaps  for imports of refined products for which there was no audit trail...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In May 2013  Sanusi Lamido Sanusi  then Central Bank Governor  reported that the programme had cost US$1 billion since it was launched in 2009 under President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Two days later  Sanusi Lamido  a nephew of the deposed Emir  emerged as Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II...
 From Abuja  the PDP sent a congratulatory note to the palace  apparently not believing that the kingmakers would choose its public enemy  Lamido Sanusi  as the new Emir...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     On 8 June  Kwankwaso and three kingmakers appointed suspended Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano and the PDP wanted to respond strongly (see Feature  Sanusi's political throne)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     An ally of Jonathan's tried to smear Sanusi Lamido Sanusi  the suspended Central Bank Governor  by linking him to Boko Haram...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    8 billion: that was the oil sales revenue between January 2012 and June 2013 that should have been transferred to the federation account  said a letter written by Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to President Goodluck Jonathan last September (AC Vol 54 No 25  Presidential letter bombs)...