EMIR OF KANO: Controversial Things You Should Know About Sanusi Lamido – A Brief Biography.....

Mallam Sanusi Lamido emerges new Emir of Kano

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was born on 31st of July, 1961. He was born into a prominent family, his father was a permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1960’s and he was the grandson of Emir of Kano and Islamic Scholar, Alhaji Mohammadu Sanusi. He started his western education at St. Anne Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna (1967–1972). He had his West African School Certificate at the prestigious King’s College, Lagos in 1967. He also proceeded to further his education to another equally prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1981 and he also did his course work for Masters of Science degree in Economics where he obtained a distinction in Monetary Policy in 1983.
He did his National Youth Service in former Gongola State (now Adamawa and Taraba State). Sanusi quest for more knowledge took him outside Nigeria and he went to study Sharia law from International University of Africa, Khartoum in Sudan where he bagged a first class degree in 1997.
Sanusi started his career working as a academic at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he lectured economics in 1985 before he moved to the banking sector in 1985 where he worked with Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers), a subsidiary of now Gauranty Trust Bank of New York, and Baring Brothers of London.

He later moved ahead his career and joined United Bank of Africa Plc( UBA) in 1997 where he worked in the Credit and Risk Management Division where he rose to the position of the General Manager. In September 2005, he was the chairman of Kakawa Discount House. He later joined the Board of First Bank of Nigeria as an Executive Director in charge of Risk and Management Control and was in later appointed Group Managing Director (CEO) in January 2009.
Sanusi has presented papers at National and International Conferences. Some of his papers include:
-Managing Credit Risk Under Basel 2 – 2004
-The New Capital Accord (Basel 2): challenges, opportunities and threats – 2004
-The New Capital Accord (Basel 2): The standardized Approach to minimum Capital Requirements Under the first Pillar – 2004
-Bank lending: Approval Administration & Control – 2004
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is the current Emir of Kano in Nigeria. He was also Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, appointed on 3 June 2009 and suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan on 20 February 2014 after exposing a $20 billion fraud committed by the presidents associates in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).
He is a career banker and ranking Fulani nobleman, and also serves as a respected Islamic scholar. The global financial intelliegence magazine, The Banker, published by the Financial Times, has conferred on Sanusi two awards, the global award for Central Bank Governor of the Year, as well as for Central Bank Governor of the Year for Africa. The TIME magazine also listed Sanusi in its TIMES 100 list of most influential people of 2011.
Lamido Sanusi his married and has children.