Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, has commended the federal government for pulling the nation's economy "back from the brink," while warning that macroeconomic gains mean little without deliberate interventions to protect vulnerable citizens at the bottom of the pyramid.

Mr Sanusi made this statement on Tuesday at the Oxford Global Think Tank conference, where he said President Bola Tinubu's government needs to pay more attention to the human cost of its economic reforms.

The former central bank chief highlighted marked improvements across core macroeconomic metrics, noting that a foundation for stability has successfully been established following years of sluggish ...