Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been voted Africa Person of the Year by Forbes magazine.

He beat five other candidates for the inaugural award - including Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote.

Mr Sanusi, 50, has spearheaded reforms in Nigeria's troubled banking sector since his appointment in 2009.

The central bank bailed out nine banks and removed their chief executives who were accused of fraudulent practices.

Several of the ousted bankers have been put on trial for alleged financial mismanagement.

'Fiscal discipline'
Forbes magazine's readers gave Mr Sanusi the most votes in an online poll.

He beat Mrs Sirleaf, the Liberian president who was awarded this year's Nobel Peace prize, Mr Dangote, a Nigeria business tycoon who tops Forbes' list of Africa's richest people, former Cape Verde President Pedro Verona Pires, who won this year's $5m (£3.2m) Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa and Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Nobel Peace laureate who died in September.

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I am happy for him.
The world can only give this kind of award to a Northerner.
Well-deserved.
He proved me wrong. What a decent human being.

He also fearlessly allowed the publication of Nigeria's "GBESE" millionaires and Billionaires. . . including Dangote and Utomi.
Soludo get liver? For where?

Good job SLS!!!

[size=20pt]He beat five other candidates for the inaugural award - including Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote.[/size]

SLS is indeed a special Nigerian. A rare breed we can only hope will make it as far as possible in future.

Another bad news for the bigots. They will avoid this thread like plague.

Dear Sanusi, basking in your newly awarded honour of champion of fiscal discipline, baring more fangs on the issue of fuel subsidy removal is what we expect of you.

congratulations.