West African School Certificate (W.A.S.C)(Secondary school education), Distinction Grade (June 1980).

B.Sc. Economics (First Class Hons) Economics (1984); M.Sc. Economics (1987); Ph.D Econometrics and Monetary Economics, 1989- University of Nigeria. Obtained several academic prizes including: The Vice-Chancellor’s prize for the University of Nigeria’s best graduating Ph.D Candidate, 1988/89 session; Faculty prize for best graduating Ph.D candidate in faculty of social sciences; Best Graduating student (M.Sc. Class) 1987; The Faculty prize for the best graduating candidate in the Faculty of the Social Sciences, (B.Sc programme June 1984); The Departmental prize for the best graduating candidate in the Department of Economics, (B.Sc programme June 1984).

I:b: Post-Doctoral Training

Extensive post-doctoral training at various institutions including: The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (January 1991- July 1992)— training in international macroeconomics and multi-country macroeconometric modelling; Post-Doctoral Fellow, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 1992- October 1993); Research scholar at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, U.K. (1994; 1997)—training in macroeconomics and macroeconometric modelling; University of Warwick, U.K (visiting fellow, summer 1994)— advanced technical training in econometric modelling; University of Cambridge, U.K as Smuts’ Research Scholar (October 1996- July 1997)—audited M.Phil courses in macroeconomics, Theory and practice of econometrics, international economics, etc. Attended over a dozen specialized short-term courses in Europe, U.S., and Nairobi on: advanced time-series econometrics; techniques of computable general equilibrium modeling; macroeconometric modeling; survey methodology and panel data econometrics; Writing, editing, publication and dissemination of research reports; Executive training and obtained certificate on ‘Understanding Federal Government operations in the U.S” by the Brookings Institution.

Current Appointments include:

Member, Chief Economist Advisory Council (CEAC), The World Bank, Washington DC
Member, External Advisory Group, IMF Triennial Surveillance Review
Member, Commission of Experts of the United Nations on Reforming the Global Financial and Monetary System
Member, Board of Directors, The South Centre, Geneva – Intergovernmental Organization of 51 Developing countries including China, India, Brazil, Malaysia, Nigeria, etc.
Chairman, Board of Directors, African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE).
Chairman/Member of Boards of Several Private Companies
Consultant and Strategic Adviser to Institutional Investors and International Organizations
Member, Advisory Board of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, University of Columbia, USA
Member, Technical Advisory Group, Natural Resource Charter, UK.

Some Former Appointments include:

Governor and Chairman of Board of Directors, Central Bank of Nigeria
Founding Chairman, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)Chairman,
Nigeria Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc.
Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria
Deputy Chairman/Chief Executive, National Planning Commission of Nigeria
Consultant to 18 International Organisations
Professor of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Executive Director, African Institute for Applied Economics.