PROFESSOR ODE OJOWU, OFR (born August 16, 1948) an indigene of Oju LGA in Benue State. Ode Ojowu is a Professor of Economics. He obtained a First Class Honour’s Degree in Economics from ABU in 1974. He was employed as a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. After his NYSC in 1975, he won the AFGRAD Fellowship Award under which he completed his MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Connecticut, USA between 1975 and 1980 and returned to ABU.
Prof. Ojowu was appointed Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Benue State between 1984 and1985 under the leadership of Brig-General Atom Kpera. Between 1989 and 1991 Prof Ojowu was Consultant/Co-ordinator of Nigeria’s Industrial Master Plan sponsored by UNIDO and from 1994 to 1999 he was a member of the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC) with oversight function over the national budget and PTF projects under General Sani Abacha. Between 2004 and 2005 he was a member of the Federal Executive Council with specific responsibility as the Chief Economic Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief Executive Officer of the National Planning Commission. Upon exit from government in 2005, Professor Ojowu returned to the University of Jos from where he retired in 2007 to private life.
He has however continued to work as consultant to organizations like the DFID, UNDP, the World Bank and Federal/State Governments. In 2008, he set up the Country Policy Centre (CoPoC) which he now directs. In November 2008, he was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Benue State University till March 2016. In 2011, Prof Ojowu was awarded the national honour of OFR. Prof Ojowu practices farming and he is active in national and community service. Currently, Prof Ojowu is Chairman, Board of Economists of the Daily Trust Newspaper. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on September 17, 2019 as a member of Economic Advisory Council.
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