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| Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II |
The Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II on Friday bagged honourary doctorate award in Finance at the 2019 graduation ceremonies of the SOAS University of London.
Sanusi was among other pioneering figures in the fields of law, literature, journalism, and finance honoured at this yearโs graduation ceremonies of the university. Other awardees are: award-winning journalist, Lindsey Hilsum, editor, broadcaster; critic, Margaret Busby; and human rights lawyer, Nursyahbani Katjasungkana.
The Emir was honoured for pioneering the introduction of Islamic banking into the Nigerian banking sector and his anti-corruption work in the financial industry.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the University in its citation noted that the Emir has consistently brought his wealth of expertise to resolving significant development challenges including public health, girl-child education and reforms of Muslim family law as well as the systems of zakat and auqaf (endowments).
Baroness Valerie Amos, Director of SOAS, said: โOur honorary awardees this year are all remarkable people who have been pioneers and innovators and sought to bring about change in the world.
Their work has furthered the publicโs understanding of conflict and humanitarian affairs; demonstrated how to tackle high level corruption in often complex situations; paved the way for greater diversity in publishing; and fought for and gained recognition for womenโs rights in Indonesia.
Their achievements reflect the values which are important to us at SOAS and I am delighted to welcome them to our community.โ
SOAS University of London President and renowned humanitarian Dame Graรงa Machel gave an inspirational Presidentโs speech at the 2019 SOAS graduation ceremonies in which she called on graduates to become the next generation of leaders who drive change, find solutions to the worldโs problems and end inequality.
