Highlights:An Assistant Director, Economic Policy at Central Bank of Nigeria, with over 20 years of experience in applying statistics, economics, econometrics, data science, and information security to support the attainment of organizational and national strategic goals. I also serve as a Divisional Head, Real Sector & Government Finance Statistics, where I oversee the production and dissemination of high-quality and timely data on key economic indicators and sectors. My mission is to contribute to designing and analysing evidence-based and impactful public policies that foster inclusive and sustainable development. I have extensive experience in conducting economic research, program evaluation, strategic planning, and risk management, using quantitative and qualitative techniques, data mining, SQL, and database design. I am also a certified lead implementer of ISO 27001:2013, the international standard for information security management. Additionally, I am an Editorial Board Member, Online Facilitator, and Peer Reviewer for various academic and professional institutions and publications, where I share my knowledge and expertise in macroeconomic statistics, policy design, data analytics, and information security.

Skills:Public Policy, Program Evaluation, Quantitative Research

Goal:Impact knowledge through quality education and research

Membership:Member, Nigerian Economic Society (NES) Member, Nigerian Statistical Association (NSA) Member, Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS) Member, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Member, American Statistical Association (ASA) Member, Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA)

Certification:- MDSx: Macroeconomic Diagnostics, International Monetary Fund, August 2020 - Designing a Multidimensional Poverty Index, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, April 2020 - Foundations of Central Bank Law, International Monetary Fundy, October 2019. - Balance Sheet and Accumulation Accounts, International Monetary Fund, March 2017 - Econometric Modelling for Inflation Targeting & Liquidity Forecasting, Bank of England, July 2017 - Senior Data Scientist (SDSTM) certification (ongoing), Data Science Council of America (DASCA), Reston, VA, USA - Certified Lead Implementer, Information Security Management System (ISO 27001:2013) (March 2015), British Standard Institute, London, UK

Honor:- Golden Key International Honour Society – The National Society of Leadership and Success - Sigma Alpha Pi

Head, Real Sector Statistics 06/01/2017 - current
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT Nigeria
Industry: Banking and Finance
Manage the day-to-day activities of the Real Sector Statistics Office including providing policy inputs for developing the real sector of the economy. Lead collaborative activities with other institutions/agencies.
Key Responsibilities & Accomplishments ? Develop suitable survey designs, sampling techniques, sample size determination, sample selection, and selection of analytical techniques ? Train field staff and data quality officers for household and establishment surveys ? Develop a checklist for consistency and data quality checks for the household, establishment, and administrative surveys ? Coordinate fieldwork activities of over 180 field enumerators drawn from various agencies and higher institutions in Nigeria ? Design new surveys to generate socio-economic data for monetary policy decisions ? Develop evaluation frameworks for intervention programs sponsored by the CBN and other government agencies ? Conduct macroeconomic modeling & forecasting for monetary and economic policy ? Provide data-driven economic policy analysis to the Monetary Policy Committee ? Secure funding for various sectoral impact assessment studies to enhance policy decisions ? Review journal articles submitted for publication in the CBN Journals ? Developed a framework for the Automation of Establishment and Household Survey of the Bank and Data Analytics capabilities ? Designed and produced the first National Household Balance Sheet in line with OECD recommendations ? Enhanced data sources and inputs in the compilation of Nigeria’s National Accounts and spearheaded the Data Quality Committee for the Rebasing of Nigeria GDP in 2014 ? Design data compilation methodologies in line with various international standards such as 2008 SNA, ISIC, MFSM 2016, BPM-6, GFSM 2014, International Evaluation Standards. ? Mentor staff of the Bank on statistical methods, economic policy, and research.--
Head, Money & Banking Statistics 10/01/2017 - 05/31/2017
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria
Industry: Banking and Finance
Manage the staff and activities of the Office on a daily basis
Accomplishments - Developed the framework for a detailed measuring and analysis of the Financial Sector Balance Sheets - Trained officials of deposit money banks (DMBs) on the reporting framework for the compilation of financial sector balance sheets - Developed analytical skills and report writing skills of staff in the Office - Conducted inter-departmental training on the IMF Monetary and Financial Statistics 2016 Compilation Manual - Reclassified various accounts of the Federal Government of Nigeria and its Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in line with international best practices--
Senior Economic Statistician 01/01/2006 - 05/31/2014
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT Nigeria
Industry: Banking and Finance
Areas covered - Industrial sector - Oil and gas - SMEs development and financing - National Accounts - Price compilation, analysis, and forecasting - National surveys of businesses and households - Sectoral impact evaluations - Employment and economic conditions
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Associate Editor, CBN Journal of Applied Statistics 06/01/204 - 10/31/2015
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT Nigeria
Industry: Banking and Finance
Accomplishments - Implemented the use of iThenticate plagiarism software to review articles submitted for publication. - Developed a template for tracking submitted articles and their peer-review status on a weekly basis - Trained and mentored editorial staff on economic policy, economic analysis, and various related issues
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University of Nigeria 09/01/1992 - 01/28/1998
Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Statistics
Basic statistics, Probability, Inference, Time Series Analysis, Regression Analysis, Operations Research, Quality Control

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