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1. Akpan Hogan Ekpo obtained the
B.A (Cum Laude Hons) in Economics from Howard University, Washington,
D.C. USA. He received the M.A. (Econs) and Ph. D. (Econs) from the
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1981 and
1983, respectively. His areas of specialization include Economic Theory
(Microeconomics and Macroeconomics), Economic Development and Public
Finance. He has attended refresher and executive education courses at the
World Bank Development Institute, Northwestern University, Harvard
University and Oxford University. He has lectured in Universities in the
USA, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.
2. Professor Ekpo has published
extensively in his areas of specialization in national and international
journals. He has consulted (and is still consulting) for several national
and international organizations. He was the first occupier of Chief
Anthony Ani Chair, Professor of Public Finance at the Federal University
of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria. 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 of them. He
has authored and co-authored ten books in Economics.
3. Professor Ekpo has advised all
levels of government (municipal, State and Federal) in Nigeria. Between
1995 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 Economics
and Social Studies from 1997 – 2003. He serves in various government
boards and boards of companies notably, the Utilities Commission in
Abuja, and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
4. In 2002, Professor Ekpo was
conferred with the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award by
the President of Nigeria. In 2003, in Accra, Ghana he received the Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah Africa Leadership Award.
5. He was Vice-Chancellor and
Professor of Economics, University of Uyo from May 2000 – May 2005. At
the University of Uyo, he embarked upon a total sanitization of the
University system, such as the fight against cultism, certificate
racketeering, sexual harassment, sorting, among others. He was commended
by the Federal Government Visitation Panel for his efforts to restore the
past glory of Nigerian Universities. In June, 2005, he was appointed
Pioneer Vice-Chancellor, Akwa Ibom State University of Technology.
Professor Ekpo is married to Njeri; they both have four children and two
grandsons.
For more details visit:
www.akpanhekpo.com.
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