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Staff Profile
Professor Akpan H. Ekpo
Director General
Email: ahekpo@waifem-cbp.org
Professor Ekpo is married to Mrs. Njeri Mbaka Ekpo and they are blessed with children and grandchildren.
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Professor Akpan H. Ekpo was appointed Director General of WAIFEM effective June 1st, 2009. Until his appointment as the Director General, WAIFEM, he was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Uyo between 2000 and 2005. Professor Ekpo was the chairman of Akwa Ibom Investment and Industrial Promotion Council, Uyo. He was chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee, Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja between 1994-1998 and also a member of the Board of Vmobile (now Zain) from 2001-2004. Professor Ekpo was a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, 2005-2009 and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN from 2005-09.He was once the president of the Nigerian Economic Society. He is a member of the Nigerian Statistical Association, USA, American Economic Association, Institute of Public Finance, Germany, and the Royal Economic Society, UK, among others. He is also a Director and member of the African Finance and Economic Association, USA. He is a recipient of the National Productivity Merit Award, 2002, and the Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership Award, 2003. He has over 160 publications in referred national and international journals as well as other research outlets. |
Email: bmusa@waifem-cbp.org
Mr. Ousman Sowe Email: osowe@waifem-cbp.org
Dr. Johnson P. Asiama Email: jasiama@waifem-cbp.org
Mr. Euracklyn Williams Email: ewilliams@waifem-cbp.org |
Mr. Baba Yusuf MUSA is Director Debt Management Department, WAIFEM, the post he has been holding since January 2006. He has over 12 years of capacity building experience in debt management and 19 years experience in macroeconomic management. Mr. Musa was seconded to WAIFEM from Central Bank of Nigeria in 1997. He was in Research Department, and later International Economic Relations of the Central Bank of Nigeria 1990 - 1997. Mr. Musa was a research officer at the National Directorate of Employment 1988 – 1990, Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Plateau State, Nigeria 1987 – 88. Mr. Musa has been involved in capacity building in debt management for public sector officials of the Anglophone countries of West Africa namely particularly in the following: debt policy, debt strategy and new financing analysis, debt negotiation and renegotiation, domestic debt management, sub-national debt, debt recording using the commonwealth secretariat debt recording and management System (CS-DRMS), debt portfolio management, review and risk analysis, Country’s Debt Performance Assessment including (DeMPA) (both Human and Institutional). While at WAIFEM, Mr. Musa partnered and worked with Debt Relief International (DRI), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Commonwealth Secretariat, IMF and the World Bank in Missions and Training events. Mr. Musa has represented Nigeria and WAIFEM over the years in international economic and financial institutions including the ECOWAS, IMF, World Bank, ADB, Commonwealth Ministerial Forums, HIPC Ministerial Forums and HIPC-Capacity Building Steering Committee Meetings at various locations worldwide. Mr. Musa’s areas of specialization include Debt Policy and Management, Macroeconomic Sectoral Policy Analysis & Management and Micro computing, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Debt Strategy Analysis & Forecasting involving the use of Debt-pro software and IMF/World Bank DSF –LIC Templates. In addition to his Masters’ degree in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) in Economics Mr. Musa has attended many short terms – medium term certificates courses in Econometric/Quantitative analysis of macroeconomic relationships, sectoral policy design, analysis and management; Project Planning and Management, Capital Market Development and Regulations, debt strategy analysis; Debt Negotiation, Debt sustainability Analysis Simulation Software (Debt Pro) and Micro Computing and statistical analysis; Mr. Musa has published more than 16 articles in journals and books including articles in debt management and sustainability. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the West African Financial Economic Review (WAFER) since June 2003.A life member of the Nigeria Economic Society, Mr. Musa is also member of several professional bodies including World Association of Debt Managers, member of the Technical Advisory Group of World Bank debt Management Facility etc
Mr. Ousman Sowe, a Gambian by nationality was born on October 11, 1957. Mr. Sowe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and a master’s degree in Business Studies from the University of Salford (UK). He joined the Central Bank of the Gambia in 1984 as an Economist and rose to the position of Director of Financial Supervision in 2003. Mr. Sowe served as a member of various committees including the Monetary Policy committee, Inter-Ministerial committee of Bank Supervisors of West and Central Africa and Technical Committee of the second Monetary Zone. He is a recognized evaluator on money laundering and has been a Facilitator for WAIFEM and the ECOWAS (GIABA) for several years. He was appointed Director, Financial Sector Management Department of the Institute effective, November 1, 2009.
Dr. Johnson P. Asiama is a Ghanaian by nationality and was born on May 5th 1968. He is married with two (2) children. Dr. Asiama holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Southampton, UK and an Mphil in Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon. His areas of research interest include, Macroeconomic modelling, Monetary Economics, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, Capital Flows, and Economics of the Environment. Dr. Asiama joined the Bank of Ghana in 1996 as an Economist and rose up the ranks while working in various departments of the Bank such as the Banking Supervision Department and the Research Department. Dr. Asiama has served on several management and national committees as well as on Boards of financial institutions. He has published articles in refereed journals, and has made presentations at various conferences and seminars; and has consulted for a number of reputable institutions such as the IFC and World Bank. He was appointed Director, Macroeconomic Department of the institute effective May 2nd 2010.
Mr. Euraclyn William was appointed Director, Administration and Finance Department on July 1, 2010 and assumed duties on September 1, 2010. He is a Sierra Leonean, born on September 19, 1960. He holds a bachelors degree with Honours in Economics from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and a Master's Degree in Financial Management and Control from Aston University (UK). He also holds a Certificate in Accounting (AAT) Uk and a Diploma in Accounting from the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone. Until his appointment, Mr. Williams was acting Director, Accounts and Budget Department, Bank of Sierra Leone. He joined the Bank of Sierra Leone in March, 1990 and has attended several courses in Financial Management and Accounting. He has also served in several financial committees of Financial Institutions and Parastatals in Sierra Leone. He is married with two children.
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Mr. Baba Musa
