{"id":10620,"date":"2017-02-15T12:09:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=10620"},"modified":"2017-11-16T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:15:57","slug":"okoh-professor-samuel-edward-nwabueli","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okoh-professor-samuel-edward-nwabueli\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOH, Prof. Samuel Edward Nwabueli"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BA, MA, PhD., economist, university teacher, born December 29, 1942, Ekwuoma, Ika, North East Local Government Area, Delta State; married Florence Mordi 1968, four sons, one daughter; Education: St. Ebenezer’s C.M.S. School, Ekwuoma, 1951-56; Secondary Modern School, Igbodo, 1957-58; Northwestern Polytechnic, London, 1964-66; Bishop College, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1966-69, North Texas State University, Denton,USA, 1969- 70,Southern Methodist University and North Texas State University, Denton,USA 1973; Career: Appointed Clerical Officer, Nigeria Civil Service, Federal Ministry of Economic Development, Lagos, 1961-64; Clerical” Officer, British Civil Service Ministry of Technology, London, 1965-66; Summer Instructor\/Hall Administrator, Bishop College, Dallas, Texas, USA 1969; Graduate Assistant\/Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, North Texas State University, Denton Texas USA, 1969-70;Senior Administrative Officer, United States Information Service, American Embassy, Lagos, 1972- 73; Banking Operation Officer, Federal Re serve Bank, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1973; Regional Marketing Administrator, General Electric Company, Dallas, Texas, USA, Dalla, Texas, USA, 1974-75; appointed Lecturer, Grade II, University of Benin, 1975- 77; Lecturer Grade I in Economics & Statistics, 1977-80; Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Benin, 1980-88; Associate Professor of Economics & Statistics, University of Benin, 1988-91; Head, Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Benin, 1990-96; appointed Professor of Economics, University of Benin, 1992-Date; Acting Dean, Faculty ofSocial Sciences, University of Benin, 1992-96; Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin, 1996-Date; member, Committee On the Review Policy Objective of Bendel State Government, 1974, 1979; member, Governing Council, College of Education, Warri, 1980-83; member, Board of Owena River Basin Development Authority, 1982-83; Chairman, Appointment & Promotion Board, College of Education, Warri, 1980-83;President, Ekwuoma Development Union, Benin Branch, 1983-Date; Chairman, Board of Directors, Bendel Broadcasting Service, 1984-87;member, Governing Council, Nigeria Economic Society, 1989-99; member, NUC Accreditation Panel to the Department of Economics & Geography, University of Calabar, 1991; member, NUC Accreditation Panel to the Department of Economics, Bendel State University, Ekpoma, 1991; Associate Editor, Nigerian Journal of Economics & Social Studies, 1991-93; Vice- President, The Nigerian Economic Society, 1993-99; Editor-in-Chief, Economic and Financial Review Journal, 1995-99; Editor-in- Chief, Benin Journal of Social Sciences, 1996-Date;member,Governing Council, Financial Institution’s Trading Centre, Lagos, 1998-date; member, Senate of University of Benin, 1989-date; Co-ordinator, Faculty of Social Sciences General Studies Programme, 1977; Chairman, Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, Department of Economics & Statistics Academic Programme, 1989; Life Member, Nigerian Political Science Association, Life Member, Population Association of Nigeria; Publications: Co-author, Socio-Economic Development In Nigeria, 1981; and over 60 academic articles in National & International journals; Foreign Honours: Listed in Who’s Who In The World by Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England, 1998; Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, New Jersey, USA, 1995; Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World’s Finance& Industry, New Jersey, USA, 1994; Listed in Who’s Who in Nigerian Universities & Research Institutes by African Biographical Centre Limited, Lagos, 1991; Awards\/Honours: Recipient, Phelpstokes Fellowship Award, 1966-69; recipient, United Negro College Fund Scholarship Award, 1966-69; recipient, North Texas States University Teaching Fellowship Award, 1969-70; recipient. Catholic Students International Fellowship Award, 1969-70; United Negro College Fund Scholarship Award, 1972-73; Hobby: tennis; Official Address: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin, P.M.B. 1154, Benin City, Edo State, E-mail: Ecostat. uben@ alpha. Telephone: 052-600-653; Home: Senior Staff Quarters, Ugbowo Campus, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10620","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10625,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10620\/revisions\/10625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10620"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}