Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will in October, begin a fellowship programme at the Oxford University, United Kingdom.
He is to serve his Fellowship at the institutionās African Studies Centre, which is one of the worldās leading centres of African Studies.
According to sources, the Management Committee of the African Studies Centre, granted Sanusiās request for a Visiting Fellowship Ā at the Centre for the 2020/2021 academic year.
The Centre said that Sanusi, a former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intends to use the period of his affiliation to write a book around the theme: āCentral Bank Response to Global Financial Crisis: A Case Study of the Central Bank of Nigeria 2009-2013.ā
It added that the book will be based on his experience as CBN Governor and as a banker and public intellectual.
Sanusi, an economist and banker served as the Governor of the CBN from 2009 to 2014. The Banker magazine recognised him as the 2010 Central Bank Governor of the Year, for his reforms and leading a radical anti-corruption campaign in the sector, the first of its kind during the financial crisis.
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