It is heart-warming to note that the renowned global financial intelligence magazine, The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times of London, has conferred on the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi double awards.
The awards are the Central Bank Governor of the year for the entire world and that of the African continent.
The Banker is the definitive publication that provides guide to bank ratings and analysis globally and the definitive reference in international banking.
A big shame to the Nigerian National Assembly that recently attempted to browbeat this hero of our time for daring to speak the truth to their faces.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi deserves the accolades and recognition. In a year the country experienced a dearth of positive and authentic role models, he stood up to be counted as a beacon of hope. He inspired many with his courage and bold banking reform initiatives.
We sank so low in our search for authentic role models in 2010 that the searchlight was beamed on winners of self-debasing, poorly conceptualized and articulated reality shows. These reality shows in which the contestants, for some prize money, were paraded like animals in a zoo often included bouts of alcohol binging, depraved and immoral conducts.
The winners of these shows became our "stars" and celebrities. That's how low we sank.
A gale of accusations and allegations of improper conduct and poor performance also swept away some erstwhile "role models" in 2010 - Amos Adamu, Philip Emeagwali and the Super Eagles. The National Assembly was busy during the year consuming 25 per cent of federal spending and snoring away when their attention was needed on urgent national issues.
Jonah Jang, governor of Plateau State was busy wringing his hands helplessly while the citizens were slaughtered and bombed in droves. Dora Akunyili was more concerned that Naija as an abbreviation was the major challenge facing the Nigerian nation. Our contingent to the Commonwealth Games in India set personal records for failing drug tests. They almost matched the JAMB/WAEC failure rate.
Kudos to the Super Falcons and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, among others, for standing up to be counted as positive role models with their stellar performances in 2010! They put smiles on our faces and restored some measure of hope that we still have standard bearers, patriotic men and women of virtue to point the nation in the right direction.
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