Minister of National Planning and Economic Adviser to the president of Nigeria
In office November 2005 – November 2006
Preceded by
Professor Ode Ojowu
Personal details
Born
1957
Education
Howard University (PhD, Economics) Howard University (M.A., Economics) University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.Sc., Economics)
Osita Ogbu , OON is a professor of development economics at the University of Nigeria.[1] He was the Minister of National Planning in Nigeria from 2005 to 2006,[2][3] and former Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Nigeria.[4] He once served as the Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network, Nairobi, after having served as Senior Program Specialist-Economics of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada and Consultant Research Economist of the World Bank, Washington D.C.[5] He is also a former visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution's Africa Growth Initiative.[6] Osita Ogbu was the Director of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.[7] Aside from having served as former chairman of the Governing Council of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NISER), he is the Chief Executive Officer of the African Development Solutions International [ADSI] and a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET).[8]
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