How much do you know about the new emir of Kano, His Majesty Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi? TheCable presents a few facts about the man who has dominated news in the last four years
Born into the ruling Sullubawa clan on July 31, 1961, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi started his education at St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna, where he obtained his first school leaving certificate in 1973.
His father, Alhaji Aminu Sanusi, was a permanent secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs in the 1960s.
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SLS is the grandson of former emir of Kano and Islamic scholar, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, who was deposed and banished in 1963.
The economist is partially a Lagos boy ─ he attended the prestigious King’s College, Lagos in 1972-77.
He got a bachelor of science degree in economics in 1981 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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In 1983-84, he did a master’s in economics at the same university, focusing on monetary policy.
He actually started life as a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1983 after his national youth service in Gongola State (now Adamawa and Taraba).
His private sector career began at ICON Limited (Merchant Bankers) where he was for seven years, working in corporate finance, treasury services, credit and marketing, attaining the position of Area Manager, North in1991.
In 1997, he got a first-class degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies (with an elective in Arabic) at the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.
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On his return from Sudan, he joined United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as a Principal Manager (Credit Risk Management) and by March 2005 he became a general manager, with expertise in Risk Management.
First Bank of Nigeria Plc made him executive director (risk & management control) in 2005 and was appointed the bank’s CEO in 2008.
His tenure at First Bank ended after only six months as former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua made him governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
His CBN tenure came to an abrupt end in February 2014 when President Goodluck Jonathan placed him on suspension over a letter he wrote alleging that $49.8 billion oil revenue was yet to be accounted for by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
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Sanusi speaks four languages fluently ─ Hausa, English, Arabic and French.
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6 comments
Allah has ordain it nobody can change it congrat SLS
Did Allah also not ordain President Jonathan’s election? Why are you people then fighting ?Or does Allah only ordain what is convenient for some people? There is God OOOO!!!
JoeBoy, nobody said GEJ is not President of Nigeria. Wherever critics mention GEJ’s name, they are critising his Government’s policy. I suggest that people should choose either they are supporters of GEJ as a person or supporting his Government. Today or tomorrow if Sanusi does something wrong, he will surely be critised. Let us be objective not stereotype.
SLS needs to take care of his health and not allow the pressures of monarchy to rob him of longevity. a word is enough…
Catholic or Ahmadiyya school, what is vital at this point is image renewal. CBN governorship is not the same as Emir of Kano. Latter is a rallying point irrespective of ethnic or religious colouration. God (Allah) makes a King. SLS to jettison on the funkifications and reactionary tendencies that set him on collision course with the ‘power’ that be. God (Allah) is still the only one that can remove a King. I wish the new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi Lamido a peaceful reign over the entire Kano land and Nigeria as a whole. Congratulations His Royal Majesty.
An A B U student r born to lead and we rule with fear of Almighty. Hope SLS would maintain d statusquo by nt b partisal in his dealing with Kano people “All hail d new emir of Kano”