The Boy Who Would Be King, The Story of SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI

Sanusi. Lamido. Sanusi. SLS. A name that evokes a lot of emotions in the world’s most populous black nation. But who exactly is this man? Here is the story of the boy who would be king. Enjoy.

 Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi (Sabon Sarkin Kano, Mai Martaba Sanusi Lamido Sanusi) was born in the ancient city of Kano in northern Nigeria on the 31^st of July, 1961. His grandfather was Sir Muhammadu Sunusi, the 11^th Emir of Kano. He is of the Sullubawa clan of the Torobe Fulani. His father was Muhammad Lamido Sanusi, a career diplomat and technocrat who was the Nigerian Ambassador to Belgium, China and Canada, and thereafter served as the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He had his primary school education at the St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna (1967-1972, where he got his First School Leaving Certificate, FSLC) then he had his high school education at the King’s College, Lagos from 1973 to 1977. He was admitted in 1977 to the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State where he finished with a degree in Economics in 1981 and later he was off to the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan and got a degree in Islamic Law. He did his national youth service (NYSC) at the old Gongola State (now Taraba and Adamawa States) after graduating from ABU and later registered for his masters degree programme in Developmental Economics at the same ABU and he finished in 1983 with a distinction in Monetary Policy. From 1983 to 1985, he was a lecturer of economics at ABU. It was after his brief teaching career that he veered off to banking.