New York-based Time magazine has named the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, in the 2011 Time 100, its annual list of the most influential people in the world
A statement by the CBN on Thursday quoted the Managing Editor, Time, Mr. Richard Stengel, as saying, “The Time 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world, it’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it is a list of the most influential people in the world.
“They’re scientists, thinkers, philosophers, leaders, icons, artists and visionaries; people who are using their ideas, their visions and their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.”
Sanusi was ranked 11 on the list alongside world renowned Nobel Laureate in Economics, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz; German Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel, United States President, Mr. Barack Obama; British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; US Secretary of State, Mrs. Hilary Clinton; and FIFA Footballer of the Year, Lionel Messi, among others.
The statement added, “This is the second time in the history of the Time 100 that a Nigerian is named, and Sanusi is one of only two Africans to have made the current list.”
TIME 100 is published by the prestigious Time magazine, a global multimedia brand with a reach of more than 50 million people in the world.
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TIME names Sanusi among 100 most influential people