Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Muhammadu Sanusi II)
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, 2009–2014; Emir of Kano
Citation
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, 2009–2014, whose banking reforms followed the global financial crisis; named a world’s best central-bank governor of his era; later enthroned Emir of Kano. Economist, scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, reformer on both throne and trading floor.
Draft citation, pending ratification by the Selection Council and individual fact-verification ahead of the inaugural induction.