Akpan Hogan Ekpo

Professor of Economics (Macroeconomist) | Director General
Areas of Interest
Economic Theory (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics) | Economic Development | Public Finance | Quantitative Methods

Contact
West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM),
Central Bank of Nigeria Learning Centre
P.M.B 2001,
Satellite Town,
Lagos, Nigeria.

Profile

Professor. Akpan Hogan Ekpo obtained the BA (Cum Laude Hons) in Economics from Howard University, Washington, D. C. USA. He received the MA. (Econs) and Ph.D. (Econs) from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His areas of specialization include Economic Theory (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics), Economic Development and Public Finance. He has attended refresher courses at the World Bank Development Institute, Northwestern University and Harvard University. He has lectured in Universities in the U.S.A., Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.

Professor Ekpo has published extensively in his areas of specialization in national and international journals and has consulted for several national and international organizations. He was the first occupier Chief Anthony Ani Chair, Professor of Public Finance. He has over 160 publications comprising refereed journal articles, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and other research outlets; he has attended over 90 national and international conferences and has presented papers in most ofthem, 7.

Professor Ekpo has advised all levels of government (Municipal, State and Federal) in Nigeria. Between 1996 and 1999. he was Chairman. Ministerial Advisory Committee, Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja. He was Technical Adviser to the Vision 2010 Committee. He was Editor of the Prestigious Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies from 1997 - 2003. He serves in various government boards and boards ofcompanies.

Currently, he is Professor of Economics and has been the vice chancellor, University of Uyo, Uyo. Akwa com State - Nigeria.

He Holds membership in the following Organizations

  • American Economic Association, USA., 1978-present
  • Royal Economic Society, England, 1978 - present
  • National Economic Association, USA., 1980-present
  • Nigerian Economic Society, 1975 ( Life Member)
  • West African Economic Association, 1984-present
  • Nigerian Political Science Association, 1987-present
  • Nigerian Statistical Association, 1987-present
  • East and South African Economic Association, 1990- present
  • Nigerian Society for International Affairs, 1990- present
  • International Institute of Public Finance, Germany, 1997 – Present
  • African Finance and Economic Association, 2000 – present
  • Education

    University

    University of Pittsburgh

    Ph.D. (Economics)
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    1983

    University of Pittsburgh

    M.A (Economics)
    Pennsylvania, USA

    1981

    Howard University

    M.A. (Economics)
    Washington, D.C., USA

    1978

    Howard University.

    B.A.(High Hons.(Cum laude)) Economics
    Washington, D.C., USA

    1976

    Northwestern University

    Diploma (AEA Fellowship Programme)
    Evanston, Illinois, USA.

    1975
    Pre-University

    United Christian Secondary School

    Bombay Crescent, Apapa, Lagos

    1966 – 1970

    Anglican Isoko Primary School

    Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos

    1959 – 1965

    St. Paul’s Primary School

    Ebute-Metta, Lagos

    1959

    Executive and Continuing Education

    World Bank Development Institute

    Washington, D.C. USA

    1995

    Harvard University, Cambridge

    Massachusetts, USA

    2004; 2005; 2006 and 2008

    Oxford University

    Oxford, United Kingdom, U.K.

    June, 2005

    Experience

    Vice-Chancellor,Uyo,

    University of Uyo (Federal),

    Nigeria.

    May, 2000 – May 24, 2005

    Vice-Chancellor

    Akwa State University of Science and Technology(now Akwa Ibom State University)

    2005-2007 (resigned and returned to Uniuyo).

    Deputy Vice-chancellor

    University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria, Apri

    Also, Chief Anthony Ani Professor of Public Finance

    1999 to 2000

    Dean

    Faculty of Social Sciences

    University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

    January, 1997-1999

     

    Professor and Head

    Department of Economics

    University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.

    September, 1994 - 1997

     

    Visiting Scholar

    Public Economics Division

    The World Bank, April

    1998

     

    Visiting Scholar

    Research Department, International Monetary Fund

    Washington, D.C. USA

    June-July, 1996 and January-March, 1998.

     

    Professor

    Department of Economics

    University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

    July, 1992 - September, 1994

     

    Dean

    Faculty of Management Sciences

    University of Abuja, Abuja

    Nigeria, July, 1992-February, 1994.

     

    Visiting Professor

    Department of Economics

    University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    January, 1989 - 1992

     

    Managing Director

    Calabar Investment Company Limited

    1988 - 1989

     

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Economics

    University of Calabar, Nigeria

    1987 – December, 1989

     

    Lecturer I

    Department of Economics

    University of Calabar, Nigeria

    1985 - 1987

     

    Lecturer II

    Department of Economics

    University of Calabar, Nigeria

    1983 - 1985

     

    Lecturer

    Department of Economics

    University of Cross River State, Uyo (part-time), (now University of Uyo).

    1985 - 1986

     

    Lecturer

    External Degrees Programme

    University of Lagos (Calabar Branch), Part time

    1984

     

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Economics

    North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C., USA

    1980 - 1983

     

    Instructor

    Department of Economics

    Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, USA

    1979/1980

     

    Instructor

    Department of Economics

    Slippery Rock State University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA

    1978 - 1979

     

    Graduate Assistant

    Department of Economics

    Howard University

    1976 - 1978

     

    Researcher

    Howard University Student's Government Research Institute

    1976-1977.

    Courses Taught

    MBA
    • Managerial Economics

    Post-Graduate
    • Economic Theory (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics)
    • Economic Development
    • Monetary Theory
    • Political Economy
    • Applied Research Methods
    • Public Finance and Fiscal policy

    Undergraduate
    • Economic Theory (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics)
    • Statistics
    • Economic Development
    • Comparative Economic Systems
    • International Economics
    • Money and Banking
    • Monetary Theory
    • Mathematical Economic Theory
    • Financial Institutions
    • History of Economic Thought
    • Political Economy
    • Financial Institutions

    Responsibilities

    Selected Government Responsibilities

    Member

    Board of Economists
    Office of the Vice-President of Nigeria

    2017

    Member

    Steering Committee

    VISION 2020

    Member

    National Economic Management Team
    Abuja

    2008-2010

    Member

    Monetary Policy Committee
    Central Bank of Nigeria

    2005-2009

    Non-Executive Director

    Central Bank of Nigeria
    Abuja

    2005-2009

    Member

    Utilities Charges Commission
    Abuja

    2005-2007

    Chairman

    Akwa Ibom Development Trust Fund
    Akwa Ibom State

    2002-2005

    Chairman

    Akwa Ibom Investment and Industrial Promotion Council
    Akwa Ibom State

    1999-2007

    Chairman

    Blueprint For the Development of Akwa Ibom State Committee
    Akwa Ibom State

    1999

    Chairman

    Finance and Means Think Tank Committee
    Akwa Ibom State

    1999

    Chairman

    Akwa Ibom State Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialization
    Akwa Ibom State

    1998-1999

    Technical Adviser

    VISION 2010
    Committee’s Secretariat

    Abuja, Nigeria

    1998

    Chairman

    Ministerial Advisory Committee
    Federal Ministry of Finance

    Abuja, Nigeria

    1994 – 1998

    Member

    Akwa Ibom State Economic Advisory Committee
    Akwa Ibom State

    1993 – 1994

    Chairman

    National Committee Against Apartheid (NACAP)
    Akwa Ibom State

    1987 – 1990

    Member

    National Committee Against Apartheid (NACAP)
    Cross River State

    1985 – 1987

    Adviser

    Calabar Municipal Government

    1988 – 1989
    Professional Responsibilities

    Member

    Board of the Centre for Financial Journalism

    Lagos

     

    Chairman

    Clement Isong Foundation

    Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

     

    Member

    Board of African Population, Health Research Consortium

    Kenya

    2013–present

     

    President

    Nigerian Economic Society

    2007-2009

     

    Director

    Board of African Finance and Economic Association

    2007-2009

     

    Member

    Programs Committee, AERC

    Nairobi, Kenya

    2005-2011

     

    Resource person (Group B)

    African Economic Research Consortium

     

    Chairman

    Foundation for Economic Research and Training

    Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

     

    Member

    Board of Trustees, Africa Heritage Institution (formerly African Institute of Applied Economics)

    Enugu

    2000 – present

     

    Member

    Select Committee of African Economists

    2002

     

    Editor-in-Chief

    International Journal of Social Sciences

    University of Uyo

    1998 – 2000

     

    Chairman

    Consultancy Committee

    Nigerian Economic Society

    1993-1995

     

    Conference Editor

    Nigerian Economic Society

    1994 and 1995

     

    Member

    Board of Economists, Centre For Advanced Social Sciences (CASS)

    Port Harcourt, Nigeria

    1994 – 2005

     

    Member

    Council of the West African Economic Association.

     

    Editor

    Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies

    1996 – 2004

     

    Member

    Council of the Nigerian Economic Society

     

    Expert on Macroeconomics Workshop Group

    AERC

    Nairobi, Kenya

     

    Associate Editor

    West African Economic Journal

     

    Member

    Nigerian Economic Watch Project, NISER

    Ibadan

     

    Contributing Editor

    Nigerian Journal of Economic History

    University of Ibadan

     

    Contributing Editor

    Journal of Development

    Nigeria

     

    Contributing Editor

    African Journal of Applied and Theoretical Economics

     

    Secretary

    Nigerian Economic Society

    Cross River state Chapter

    1986 – 1989

    University Responsibilities

    Supervised several MSc and Ph.D dissertations

     

    Chairman

    Centre for Skills Acquisition and Rural Development

    University of Uyo

    2001 – 2005

     

    Chairman

    Inter-university Relations Committee

    University of Uyo, Nigeria.

     

    Chairman

    Committee of Heads of Economics Department (COHED) in Nigerian Universities

    1997 – 1999

     

    Member

    University of Uyo Governing Council

    1997 – 1999

     

    Member

    University of Uyo Senate

    1994 – 1999

     

    Chairman

    Board of Studies

    ASCON/University of Abuja Linkage Programme

    1993 – 1994

     

    Member

    University of Abuja Senate

    1992 – 1994

     

    Vice-Chairman

    Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

    University of Calabar Chapter

    1986 – 1989

     

    Chairman

    Graduate Committee, Department of Economics

    University of Calabar

    1987 – 1988

     

    Examinations Officer

    Department of Economics

    University of Calabar

    1984 – 1986


    Corporate Responsibilities

    Director

    Resource Petroleum

    New York, USA

     

    Chairman

    Zawadi Investments (Nig.) Ltd

     

    Director

    Universal Energy Company Ltd.

    2005-2010

     

    Director

    Vee Networks (Nig.) Ltd (now Airtel)

    2001 – 2005

     

    Chairman

    Akwa Ibom Property and Investment Co. Ltd.

    2000 – 2007

    Consultancy

    • African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF, World Bank) Consultant, NCEMA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1993-1994
    • National Manpower Board, Lagos
    • The World Bank
    • Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja
    • African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya
    • Centre for Advanced Social Sciences, (CASS), Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    • United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)
    • European Development Fund
    • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Addis Ababa
    • Forum of Federations, Canada
    • National Planning Commission, Nigeria

    Honours and Awards

    • Dean's Honour Roll during entire undergraduate programme at Howard University, Washington, D.C. U.S.A
    • Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1975
    • Cited for academic excellence by the International Students Association of Howard University 1976
    • Selected as an Outstanding Young Man Of America, 1977
    • Cited in the International Biographies, Cambridge, England, 1977
    • Cited in Notable Americans, 1978
    • Cited for unselfish devotion by the Nigerian Students Association, Greensboro Chapter, USA., 1983
    • Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate scholarship, 1973
    • Howard University Tuition scholarship for academic excellence, 1976
    • American Economic Association Fellowship to study at Northwestern University in, 1975
    • Howard University Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Ford Foundation Grant1976
    • Federal Government of Nigeria Post-graduate scholarship (M.A.), 1976- declined
    • Howard University (Ford Foundation Grant) teaching fellowship (Ph.D), 1977 - declined
    • University of Calabar Staff Development Programme Award, 1979
    • Federal Government of Nigeria Post-graduate Scholarship (Ph.D), 1977 - declined
    • University of Pittsburgh Teaching Fellowship, 1981, 1982 declined
    • Senate Research Grant, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1983/84
    • Senate Research Grant, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1985/86
    • Commendation for excellence in Research and Publication University of Calabar, 1986/87
    • Senate Research Grant, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1987/88
    • Research Board Grant, University of Zimbabwe, Harare. 1991
    • African Economic Research Consortium Grant, 1992-1996.
    • IDRC, Canada, Research Grant, 1992
    • NISER/SSCN Research Grant, 1993
    • Centre For Advanced Social Science (CASS) Grant, 1993
    • NISER Grant, Population studies programme, 1978
    • Chief Anthony A. Ani’s Professorial Chair in Public Finance, University of Uyo, 1998 to 2001. 1978
    • National Productivity Order of Merit Award by The President of Nigeria1978
    • Dr. Kwame Nkrumah AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AWARD, Accra, Ghana. 2003
    • Commendation by the National Universities Commission ( NUC) for satisfactory performance as Vice-chancellor, University of Uyo, 2000-2005