A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has confirmed to Daily Trust that he is starting a fellowship programme at the prestigious Oxford University in the United Kingdom in October, this year.
The fellowship would be at the African Studies Centre Studies and St. Antony’s College, both at the University of Oxford.
The management committee of the centre recently approved Sanusi’s request for a Visiting Fellowship (Academic Visitor) at the centre for the 2020-2021 academic year.
According to the centre, Sanusi, who was deposed earlier this year as Kano Emir, intends to use the period of his affiliation to write a book around the theme: ‘Central Bank Response to Global Financial Crisis: A Case Study of the Central Bank of Nigeria 2009-2013.’
The centre said this would be based on his experience as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and as a banker and public intellectual.
Speaking to Daily Trust last night, the director of the centre, Prof. Wale Adebamwi, a Nigerian, said: “I’m very excited to have him (Sanusi) here and looking forward to welcoming him in October. He will be a great addition to what we’re doing here. He’ll be working on his research and be giving talks to students and other researchers.”
Sanusi, an economist and banker, served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2009 to 2014.
A former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Arunma Oteh, is also currently a scholar at the African Studies Centre and the Business College of the university.
The centre has trained graduate students who are now holding important positions in different spheres of social, economic and political life in Africa and the rest of the world.
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