Do you know that Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano bagged an honourary doctorate award in Finance at the 2019 Graduation ceremonies of the SOAS? Yes it’s true.
The veteran was among other pioneering figures in the fields of law, literature, journalism, and finance honoured at this year’s graduation ceremonies of the prestigious university.
Sanusi was honoured for pioneering the introduction of Islamic banking into the Nigerian banking sector and his anti-corruption work in the financial industry.
In it’s citation, the board of trustees (BoT) of the University 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).
Speaking on this epoch event, the director of SOAS identified Baroness Valerie Amos, said;
“Our 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 public’s 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 women’s 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.”
Receiving the award, Sanusi told graduates at the university that they are the future, and that they could make change possible.
In his words, Sanusi said;
“You are the future and the future is in your hands. Step out and take control, change it and stop waiting for us to do it for you as sadly we have failed… good news is change is possible,”
He received a standing ovation just after he was awarded by the University.
Congratulations to him!
Credit: Thecable
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