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Dr Henry Okodua

Dr Henry Okodua is an economist and a Senior Lecturer based in Nigeria. He has over 16 years  working experience as a university lecturer teaching at Covenant University and researching  on African economic and social science issues since September 2004. Henry Okodua was  Head, Department of Economics and Development Studies between 2015 and 2016. Henry  Okodua holds a PhD in Economics Degree (Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria), a Master of  Science (M.Sc.) in Economics Degree (University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria) and a  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics Degree (University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria). Henry  Okodua has vast experience at General Equilibrium modelling as well as macroeconomic  policy modelling.

His interest in these areas of research was deepened in 2013 when he  participated in a training on Basic and Advanced CGE Modeling by Véronique Robichaud of  CIRPÉE et PEP, Université Laval, Québec, Canada (Véronique is one of the authors of the  Book: PEP11, The PEP Standard Single-Country, Static CGE Model). Henry Okodua has thereafter been involved in several professional research engagements relating to modelling for  public policy analysis. Henry Okodua has been an associate consultant with Equilibria  Consults and the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law (CPEEL), University of  Ibadan, Nigeria. He worked with the CGE modeling team that recently completed in 2019, a  CGE-based consulting work on an Impact Assessment Study of the Economy-Wide Implications  of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the Nigerian Economy. He also  worked with a different team in 2019 on another project entitled: Nigeria in 2050: A CGE Based Perspective Planning Framework. The two works were commissioned consecutively by  the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in 2019. Henry Okodua has also been an  Associate Consultant with the Institute for African Development (INADEV) where he  participated in a 2015/2016 commissioned study by the Ghanaian Ministry of Trade and  Industry, on the European Union – West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to  assess the economic and social impact of the EPA on the Ghanaian Economy. Henry Okodua  was a member, IFPRI Experts Group on the Appraisal and Design of the 2nd Phase of the  National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) for African Countries in 2016 where he served  as IFPRI regional expert for Nigeria. Henry Okodua was also a Regional Consultant (for Cape  Verde) to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in 2012  and he contributed to the production of a technical report on Investment Climate Monitoring  Indicators in ECOWAS countries. Henry Okodua has benefited immensely from series of  World Bank and United Nation’s organized certificate courses over recent years. Henry  Okodua has over 40 articles published in reputable journals worldwide. He has supervised six  PhD theses and is currently supervising three more.

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