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1 Henry OKODUA (PhD) Department of Economics and Development Studies College of Business and Social Sciences Covenant University, Ota Ogun State, Nigeria Mobile Phone: OR Sex: Place of Birth: Citizenship: Marital Status: Nationality: Male Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria Nigerian Married Nigerian QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY: Dr. Henry Okodua is an economist and a Senior Lecturer based in Nigeria. He has over 13 years working experience as a university lecturer teaching at Covenant University and researching on African economic development and social science related issues since September, Henry Okodua was Head, Department of Economics and Development Studies between 2015 and 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 was an Associate Consultant to the Government of Ghana in 2015/2016 where he participated in a commissioned study by the Ghanaian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Study 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 also a Regional Consultant 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 is a member, IFPRI s African Experts Group helping African governments/states in the design of the second phase of the National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) towards the effective implementation of the 2014 Malabo declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods by African Heads of States and Governments. Henry Okodua was also a delegate to the African Union/UNECA organized 1 st Africa Trade Forum and Africa High Level Trade Facilitation Forum during the Africa Trade Week in 2016 which held at the AU headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Henry Okodua has been a member of Governing Council, Faith Academy, Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria since Henry Okodua was recently selected by the Times Higher Education to join other World-Class Academics to nominate the top 15 Universities with research and teaching reputation for the forthcoming 2018 World University Rankings. Henry Okodua has by privilege benefited immensely from series of World Bank and United Nation s organized certificate courses over recent years. 1

2 Education: PhD, Economics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria February, 2011 Specialization: International Economics Dissertation: Workers Remittances and Economic Growth in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries M.Sc., Economics, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria November, 2004 Specialization: International Economics Thesis: Foreign Aid and Domestic Saving in Nigeria B.Sc., Economics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria March, 1999 Research Project: The Role of the Informal Sector in the Development of the Nigerian Economy Short Courses and Certifications: Certificate: ECOWAS-EU-BMZ-UNITAR e-learning course on "WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement & Regional Trade Facilitation Rules and Regulations". October 24 to November 25, Certificate: World Bank Institute (WBI) E-learning Course on Economic Analysis of Investments. January 05 - January 30, 2015 Certificate: UNECA/ UNITAR e-learning Course on African Economic Outlook 2012 ". January 21 - March 3, 2013 Certificate: World Bank Institute (WBI) E-learning Course on Policies for Growth. October November, Certificate: World Bank Institute (WBI) E-learning Course on Advanced Poverty Analysis Poverty Dynamics. November December, Work Experience: Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria POSITION: Assistant Lecturer (September, 2004 January, 2011) Lecturer II (February 1, 2011 July, 2013) Lecturer I (August 1, 2013 May, 2015) Senior Lecturer (June 2, 2015 Date) Head, Department of Economics & Dev. Studies (July 28, 2015 July 31, 2016) Courses Taught: Mathematical Economics; Statistical Theory; Applied Statistics; International Finance; Econometrics Theory; 2

3 Applied Econometrics; Microeconomics; Committee Membership: Chairman Covenant University Tutorial Committee (2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 academic sessions) Chairman College of Business and Social Sciences Committee on Quality Assurance and Academic Standard (2017/2018) Member Covenant University Strategic Planning Ad hoc Committee (2013/2014) Member Covenant University Strategic Planning Ad hoc Committee (2017/2018) Member Covenant University Equipment Committee (2016/2017) Member Covenant University Equipment Committee (2017/2018) Member Convocation Planning Committee (2014/2015) Member Convocation Planning Committee (2013/2014) Member Covenant University Covenant University Ad-hoc Committee on Awards and Recognitions (2014/2015) Member Covenant University Students Resumption Committee (2014/2015) Member Covenant University Students Resumption Committee (2013/2014) Member 2 nd, 3rd and 4 th CU-International Conference on African Development Issues, (CU- ICADI-2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively) Member Protocol/Transport Sub-committee, 1 st CU-International Conference on African Development Issues, (CU-ICADI-2014) Member College of Business and Social Sciences Publication Committee (2014/2015) Member University-Wide Courses Coordinating Committee (2013/2014) Member Local Organizing Committee, Nigeria Economic Society (NES) Annual Conference (2011) Community Impact: Member, Governing Council, Faith Academy, Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria (2015 date) External Assessor of Postgraduate Theses, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2017 date) Delegate, African Union/UNECA organized 1 st Africa Trade Forum and Africa High Level Trade Facilitation Forum 2016 Africa Trade Week, AU headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ECOWAS Regional Consultant (Cape Verde) Study to Develop Investment Climate Monitoring Indicators in ECOWAS Countries, March 2012 INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT (INADEV) Consultant - for the Government of Ghana Represented by the Ministry Of Trade and Industry. Study of The Impact of the West Africa EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on the Economy of Ghana (2015). Membership of Professional Bodies: Member International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) National Agricultural Investment Plan Appraisal and Design Experts Group Member Nigerian Economic Society Member African Econometric Society Member African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP) Member World Bank Institute Member UNCTAD Virtual Institute 3

4 Research Skills: Good knowledge and application of the following econometric/statistical software packages: STATA, EViews, The General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) Skillful in: Econometric modeling and Data analysis CGE Modeling and Policy Simulation Gravity Models Academic Conferences and Workshops Attended with Paper Presentations [i] B.I. Onoja, H. Okodua, S.A. Akhigbemidu (2017). Openness, Institutions and Financial Development in Ecowas Countries. Paper presented at the Covenant University Conference on e Governance in Nigeria CUSEN2017. Theme: Governance and Public Service Delivery in Nigeria: The Role of Information and Communication technologies [ii] Akinyemi, O., P. O. Alege, O. O. Ajayi, & H. Okodua (2016). Energy Pricing Policy and Environmental Quality in Nigeria: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Approach. Paper presented at the GTAP 19th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis. Theme: Analytical Foundations for Cooperation in a Multipolar World. World Bank, Washington DC, USA, 15-17th June, 2016 [iii] Participant: 2 nd IFPRI - NAIP Experts Group Clinic on Regional trade. IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal. February 7-9, Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [iv] Participant: 2 nd IFPRI - NAIP Experts Group Clinic on Agricultural growth and poverty reduction goals modeling. IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal. December 19-21, Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [v] Delegate: 1 st Africa Trade Forum and Africa High Level Trade Facilitation Forum. Africa Trade Week 2016, 28th November to 2nd December 2016, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [vi] Participant: 1 st IFPRI - NAIP Experts Group Clinic on Agricultural growth and poverty reduction goals modeling. IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal. September 28-30, Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [vii] Participant: 2015 Training Course - Augmented Gravity Models: Measurement and Trade Impact of Policies. IFPRI Dakar, Senegal. 5 th Oct., th Oct., Organized by the African Growth and Development (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium. 4

5 [viii] Okodua, H. (2015) Assessing the Impact of the Rice Sector Policy Reforms on Income Mobility of Rural Households in Nigeria. Paper presented at the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) 56 th Annual Conference (11 14)th October, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja [ix] [x] [xi] Participant: 2014 Training Course/Workshop - Advanced CGE Modeling: PEP and IFPRI Models. Dakar, Senegal. 16 th June, th June, Organized by the African Growth and Development (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium. Participant: 2014 Training Course/Workshop - Advanced CGE Modeling: Models of Regional Trade Integration. Dakar, Senegal. 22 nd June, Organized by the African Growth and Development Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP). Okodua, H. (2014) Household Welfare Impact of Trade Liberalization in Nigeria, A Computable General Equilibrium Model. Paper presented at the 17 th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis on the theme: New Challenges in Food Policy, Trade and Economic Vulnerability. Dakar, Senegal, June 18 20, 2014 [xii] Olayiwola, W. K., E. S. C. Osabuohien, H. Okodua & O. A. Ola-David (2013) Regional Integration and Trade Facilitation: ECOWAS Agricultural Export Performance. Paper presented at the African Economic Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa, 28th 30th October, 2013 [xiii] Participant: GAMS-Based Computable General Equilibrium Modeling (Basic) Workshop. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI Campus), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (December 9-23, 2013). Organized by the African Growth and Development Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP). [xiv] Olayiwola, W. K., H. Okodua & E. S. C. Osabuohien (2012) Finance for Growth and Policy Options for Emerging and Developing Economies: Nigeria. Paper presented at the Executive Summit of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lagos, May, 2012 [xv] Olayiwola, W. K. and H. Okodua (2009) Foreign Direct Investment, Non-Oil Exports, and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Causality Analysis. Paper presented at the African Econometric Society- 14 th Annual International Conference on Econometric Modeling for Africa. Abuja, Nigeria. July 8 10 th, 2009 [xvi] Okodua, H. (2008) Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Co-integration and Causality Analysis of Nigeria. Paper presented at the 5 th African Finance Journal Conference on the theme: Innovative Finance for Africa s Development. Cape Town, South Africa. July 12-13, 2008 [xvii] Adegbaju, A. and H. Okodua (2008) The Role of the Nigerian Stock Market in Achieving Vision Paper presented at the 2 nd National Conference of the Department of Finance, University of Lagos, on the theme:- Roadmap to Vision 2020: Economic and Financial Perspectives. April rd, 2008 [xviii] Folarin S. and H. Okodua (2007) Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of Nationalism in the Niger Delta in Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa. Paper presented at the International Conference on "Globalization: Migration, Citizenship and Identity" at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria November 6-9,

6 Published Scholarly Articles - (Journals, Book Chapters & Monographs) A. JOURNALS [i] [ii] Adegbaju, A. and H. Okodua (2008) The Role of the Nigerian Stock Market in Achieving Vision Lagos Journal of Banking, Finance and Economic Issues. Vol 2 No. 1 Okodua, H. (2009) Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Co-integration and Causality Analysis of Nigeria. The African Finance Journal, Volume 11, Part 1. [iii] Folarin S. & H. Okodua (2009) Environment and the Economics of Nationalism: Revisiting the Oil Issue and the Restless Run of Locusts in the Niger Delta. SAGE Journals: Jadavpur Journal of International Relations Vol. 13 No. 1 [iv] Okodua, H. (2012) Migrant Workers' Remittances and Output Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries. European Scientific Journal. (September edition) Vol. 8, No.19. [v] Okodua, H. (2013) Migrant Workers Remittances and Private Investment in Sub-Saharan African Countries. European Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 36, No.3. [vi] Okodua, H. & W. K. Olayiwola (2013) Migrant Workers' Remittances and External Trade Balance in Sub-Saharan African Countries International Journal of Economics and Finance. Vol. 5, No. 3 [vii] Okodua, H. & O. O. Ewetan (2013) Stock Market Performance and Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Bounds Testing Co-integration Approach. Journal of Sustainable Development. Vol. 6 No. 8 [viii] Ewetan, O. O. & H. Okodua (2013) Econometric Analysis of Exports and Economic Growth in Nigeria. Journal of Business Management and Applied Economics. Volume 2, Issue 3 [ix] Ewetan, O. O. & H. Okodua (2013) Is There a Link between Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria? International Journal of Financial Economics. Volume 1, Issue 4. Available at: 6

7 [x] [xi] Olayiwola, W. K. and H. Okodua (2013) Foreign Direct Investment, Non-Oil Exports, and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Causality Analysis. Asian Economic and Financial Review. Vol. 3 No. 11 Alege, P. O. and H. Okodua (2014) International Competitiveness and Growth of the Nigerian Economy: A Structural VAR-Based Perspective Research in Applied Economics. Vol. 6, No. 4 [xii] Olayiwola, W. K., H. Okodua & E, S, C, Osabuohien (2014) Finance for Growth and Policy Options for Emerging and Developing Economies: The Case of Nigeria. Asian Development Policy Review. Vol. 2, No. 2 [xiii] Okodua, H., & P. O. Alege (2014). Household Welfare Impact of Trade Liberalization in Nigeria: A Computable General Equilibrium Model. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. Vol. 5 No. 28 [xiv] Urhie, E., O. O. Ewetan & H. Okodua (2014). National Income, Public Expenditure on Education and Educational Attainment: A Comparative Analysis. Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences (CJBSS) Vol. 6, No. 2 [xv] Okodua, H., O. O. Ewetan & E. Urhie (2015). Remittance Expenditure Patterns and Human Development Outcomes in Nigeria. Developing Country Studies. Vol. 5 No. 2 [xvi] Urhie, E., O. O. Ewetan, & H. Okodua (2016). National Income, Public Expenditure on Education and Educational Attainment: A Comparative Analysis Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences 6 (2) [xvii] Akinyemi, O., P. O. Alege, O. O. Ajayi, & H. Okodua (2017). Energy Pricing Policy and Environmental Quality in Nigeria: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Approach. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 7 (1), [xviii] Okodua, H. (2017). Assessing the Impact of Rice Sector Policy Reforms on the Income Mobility of Rural Households in Nigeria. AGRODEP Working Paper Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. [xix] Asaleye, A.J., Okodua, H., Oloni, E.F., Ogunjobi, J.O Trade Openness and Employment: Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XII, Summer, 4(50): B. BOOK CHAPTER [xx] Folarin S. & H. Okodua (2010) Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of 7

8 Nationalism in the Niger Delta in Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa. Adebayo, A., Adesina, O. and Olaniyi, R. (eds). Maryland, USA, Lexington Books. Chapter 17 [xxi] Olayiwola, W. K., E. S. C. Osabuohien, H. Okodua & O. A. Ola-David (2014) Economic integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS SubRegion. In Regional Integration and Trade in Africa. Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane (eds). Hampshire, England. Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 2. C. MONOGRAPH [xxii] Olayiwola, W. K., E. S. C. Osabuohien, & H. Okodua (2011) Economic Integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Export Performance in ECOWAS Countries. EPAU Monograph Series No. 1. Abuja: ECOWAS Commission. ISBN 978/36408/4/4 Papers Currently under Peer Review for Publication Consideration [xxiii] Henry Okodua (2017). Assessing the Impact of Rice Sector Policy Reforms on the Income Mobility of Rural Households in Nigeria. The Open Agriculture Journal [xxiv] YAO, Guevera, Wumi OLAYIWOLA and Henry Okodua (2018). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Implication for the ECOWAS Region. Elsevier Publications [xxv] Wumi OLAYIWOLA and Henry Okodua (2018). The Challenge of Heterogeneity in the Implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff. Journal of Economic Integration Grants [i] International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, U.S.A. (2017) [ii] Journal of West African Integration: Research Grant (ECOWAS Commission, Abuja 2011). [ii] African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP), Seed fund grant related to the issue of Advanced CGE Modeling Selected Peer Review Activities: Article Editor: SAGE Open on Article: SO Reviewer: Economic and Financial Review. Journal of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Reviewer: The African Studies Quarterly. Journal of the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida, U.S.A. Reviewer: Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences (CJBSS). Journal of the College of Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria 8

9 Referees: 1. Prof. Phillip O. Alege, Dean, College of Business & Social Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. Tel: & Prof. Jonathan Aremu Professor of International Economic Relations; Consultant for ECOWAS Commission; Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group and MD/CEO Market Link Consults Plot 1106, Zone D, Apo Resettlement (Opposite ShopRite) Apo District, Abuja Nigeria. Tel: Dr. W. K. Olayiwola Economic Policy Analysis Unit (EPAU), Macroeconomic Department ECOWAS Commission, River Plaza, Central Area, Abuja- Nigeria Tel: