What if President Jonathan was to visit Monarch Lamido Sanusi in his palace, a man of international honor, and bow to him as a sign of humbleness?

Just some months ago, the man Lamido Sanusi, shared his deep sympathy for President Goodluck Jonathan, who he described as constantly swimming in a state of simplicity and personal goodness and who, on a deeper level, means well for our young democracy.

By virtue of the principles of national psychology, Lamido Sanusi , the former Nigerian Central Bank governor, now Emir of Kano, served as an unusual voice of Nigeria, at least by international and common sense ethical standards.

He will forever been known as the one who opened up on the gross financial corruption and recklessness in the Jonathan's administration.

In his definition of Jonathan, he noted, “His greatest failing obviously is that he is surrounded by people who are extremely incompetent, who are extremely fraudulent and whom he trusts.”

Mr. President, you will always rewind back in your mind to the day you read or heard of Sanusi's warning letter notifying you of financial wrongdoings, as in the missing oil revenue in the nation.

As you remember, Sanusi only had two months or so to the end of his tenure, and you, Mr. President, damned the Nigerian Constitutional rules regarding the removal of CBN governor and replaced him.

For whatever reason, looking back you will acknowledge he was only doing what you have said in the past needs to be done, which is bringing much-needed attention to corruption in public service.

It was not long ago that you stated to the country, “Let me continue to assure Nigerians that, yes, there are issues of corruption in this country but somehow it has been over-amplified, people should watch how we have been conducting government business. We have been bringing down the issues of corruption gradually.”

That was simply what Sanusi was doing on the issue of corruption in the Jonathan's regime, for which it is increasingly apparent there is no real strategy to slow it down.

If truth be told, the correct and authentic whistleblower for the nation should be the governor of the Central Bank, as it was in the case of Sanusi, who was then in charge of the nation's chief bank, and the chief adviser to the federal government on the financial health of the nation.

As the chief financial advisor in the government, he actually needed whistleblower protection from the President. Instead, Sanusi was harassed, victimized, shamed and violated of his fundamental human rights.

Sir, whether you accept this or not, this grave mistake of yours has resulted in an ethnic and politically-motivated divide, as the most powerful Northern leaders will either loudly or silently remain angry that you, President Jonathan, disrespected this man of theirs who, in spite of his personal shortcomings, will always remain a well-respected banker worldwide.

Common and powerful Northerners will always see him as a man who was victimized by a Southern Christian President for leaking news that billions of petrodollars are absent from the reserves of Nigeria, one of the biggest oil producers in the world, where poverty remains endemic, in the North especially.

Mr. President, as you remember, this is the man that has taken on powerful economic elements, political forces, and shady bank CEOs who stole billions. If truth be told, this is the man who revealed that dishonest bestowed interests were at the heart of almost 100 percent of the problems aggravating the nation which include the Islamic uprising in the northeast, deadly criminalities, religious strife, ethnic troubles, lack of jobs, poor education and sorry health care.

Sanusi once said, "We don't have development because vested interests continue to rape this country and take the money out, and the only way you're going to move from potential to reality is to stop preaching and ask yourself how can we overcome the fear of vested interests and how can we confront them."

Mr. President, as you prepare to tell the nation about your next quest for the coming presidential election, at a time when you are faced with multiple crises, Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, an area that is the second voting population to Lagos, cannot be undermined in terms of his influence in the entire North.

President Jonathan, it is not unusual for Presidents to bow before a King, as U S. President Barack Obama did before the Kings of Saudi Arabia and Japan, or as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has done before King Sanusi. You, as the President for the whole nation, need to find your way into Emir Sanusi's palace for some private talk.

As Chief Tony Anenih, chairman of the People's Democratic Party Board of Trustees, recently reminded us, “The South-South has, in the past, played a unifying role among the various regions of the country. In the political history of Nigeria, the South-South has also been a close ally of the North. We have fought political battles together, contested elections on the same political platforms and formed alliances. We have given support to the North when it mattered most. The current situation, therefore, calls for reciprocity and co-operation. Nonetheless, in appealing to the conscience of Nigerians in the prevailing uncommon circumstance, we would claim our right, with dignity and determination, in the interest of our dear country.”

Mr. President, Sanusi remains a major center in the conscience of Nigerian northerners. Therefore, to think you can neglect him spiritually, traditionally and politically, is a grave mistake on your part, whether you decide to run or not, win or lose in the 2015 election.

Mr. President, it was not long ago the Emir, along with other northern traditional rulers visited you in the Presidential Villa in Abuja, so should you go for a special visit to see him, it is up to you whether you give a silent or loud bow to Emir Sanusi, something you may not be able to escape from once you are in his palace.

Sir, understand that this is not about the perception of superiority or inferiority, as the visit will openly display images of unity, harmony and interconnected ceremony for the sake of national solidarity.

Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi is a Forensic, Clinical and National Psychologist and a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Psychological Association. [email protected]