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Obasanjo IIGovernor, Central Bank of Nigeria· 29 May 1999 — 29 May 2004

Joseph Oladele Sanusi

First CBN Governor of the Fourth Republic.

The record

Joseph Sanusi (b. 1938, Ondo State) was Managing Director of First Bank Nigeria before his appointment.

He oversaw the early Fourth-Republic monetary framework — the Wholesale Dutch Auction System, the Universal Banking guidelines (2000), and the preparation for the consolidation that his successor would execute.

Sources

  • CBN — Annual Reports 1999–2004
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.