OKONGWU, Dr. Sonny P. Chu

B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D, economist, born September 23, 1934, Enugu, Anambra State; married, has four sons; Education: St Michael's School, Aba, 1941-46, Government College, Umuahia, 1947-51, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1951, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA, 1961, Harvard University, USA, 1965, Netherlands Economics Institute, Rotterdam; Broadcasting Officer, defunct Nigerian Broadcasting Service; sub-editor, Daily Times of Nigeria: features editor, West African Pilot, and editor, Nigerian Teacher; Teacher, Lagos City College; Public Relations Officer, Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited; Research Assistant, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Washington DC, USA, 1961; Lecturer, Economic Development Institute, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, 1965; Staff member,. Centre for Development Planning, Projections and Policies, UN Secretariat, New York, USA, 1965-70; associate Professor of Economics, State University of New York, USA, 1970-72; Chief Planning Officer, defunct East Central State Agricultural Development Corporation, 1972-73; Controller of Planning and Permanent Secretary, defunct East-Central State Ministry of Economic Development and Reconstruction, 1973-75; former Chairman, Committee for Reconstruction, Institute of Management and Technology, -Enugu; former Secretary, Ijere Committee on Agricultural Development, defunct East-Central State; Managing Director, Multivar Systems (Consulting firm); appointed Federal Minister for National Planning, 1985-86; Federal Minister of Finance, since 1986; appointed chairman, African Development Bank, since June 1989; Foreign Honour: awarded Knight of the British Empire (KBE), UK, May 1989; Publications: The Nigerian Economy (Enugu, Fourth Dimension, 1987) and many articles in national and international learned journals; Hobbies: chess, squash, cooking, cycling, studying (history and mathematics); Official Address: Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Secretariat Complex 1, 31-36, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
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