Central Bank Governor : Sanusi Wins Sub-Saharan Africa Central Bank Governor of the Year

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been announced winner of the 2011 Central Bank Governor of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa for the second consecutive year, by the international magazine Emerging Markets.

The Emerging Markets Awards, an annual event alongside the IMF/World Bank annual meetings, was held in Washington D.C. and attended by Central Bank Governors, Finance Ministers and Bank Chief Executive Officers from across Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia.