The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi has been conferred with the 2013 Emerging Markets Central Bank
of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa at the prestigious Willard
InterContinental, Washington DC.
A statement from the CBN said a citation by the Managing Director of
the Emerging Markets Magazine, organizers of the award, John Orchard,
acknowledged the outstanding feat of Sanusi in driving down inflation
from double digits to single digit of about 8 per cent.
He also stated that Sanusi had consistently pursued and successfully maintained macroeconomic stability notwithstanding the arduous challenges confronting the Nigerian economy.
When Sanusi won the Award for the second time in 2010, the publishers and the organisers of the award noted that winning a second time was a rare event.
Responding, the CBN Governor attributed his success to the efforts of the 6000 workforce of the Bank and thanked the Government of Nigeria for the confidence reposed in him by giving him the responsibility.
He also thanked the Finance Ministers with whom he had worked during his tenure, including the incumbent Minister, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Dr. Mansur Muhtar, who were present at the occasion.
Speaking further, he reiterated that Central Bank Governors had the onerous challenge of maintaining stability in the financial system and pledged not to relent in this regard.
Mr. Sanusi won the award for the Sub-Saharan region alongside the South African Minister of Finance, Mr. Pravin Gordhan, who won the Finance Minister of the Year for the Sub-Saharan regional economies.
This is Sanusi’s last Annual Meeting and he will be missed by the international finance community
He also stated that Sanusi had consistently pursued and successfully maintained macroeconomic stability notwithstanding the arduous challenges confronting the Nigerian economy.
When Sanusi won the Award for the second time in 2010, the publishers and the organisers of the award noted that winning a second time was a rare event.
Responding, the CBN Governor attributed his success to the efforts of the 6000 workforce of the Bank and thanked the Government of Nigeria for the confidence reposed in him by giving him the responsibility.
He also thanked the Finance Ministers with whom he had worked during his tenure, including the incumbent Minister, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Dr. Mansur Muhtar, who were present at the occasion.
Speaking further, he reiterated that Central Bank Governors had the onerous challenge of maintaining stability in the financial system and pledged not to relent in this regard.
Mr. Sanusi won the award for the Sub-Saharan region alongside the South African Minister of Finance, Mr. Pravin Gordhan, who won the Finance Minister of the Year for the Sub-Saharan regional economies.
This is Sanusi’s last Annual Meeting and he will be missed by the international finance community
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