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President @MBuhari has constituted an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) made up of the following members:
1/Prof Doyin Salami – Chair
2/Dr Mohammed Sagagi – Vice-Chair
3/Prof Ode Ojowu – Member
4/Dr Shehu Yahaya – Member
5/Dr Iyabo Masha – Member
6/Prof Chukwuma Soludo – Member
7/Mr Bismark Rewane – Member
8/Dr Mohammed Adaya Salisu – Secretary (SSAP, Development Policy)
2/Dr Mohammed Sagagi – Vice-Chair
3/Prof Ode Ojowu – Member
4/Dr Shehu Yahaya – Member
5/Dr Iyabo Masha – Member
6/Prof Chukwuma Soludo – Member
7/Mr Bismark Rewane – Member
8/Dr Mohammed Adaya Salisu – Secretary (SSAP, Development Policy)
The Economic Advisory Council (EAC) will advise the President on economic policy matters, including fiscal analysis, economic growth and a range of internal and global economic issues working with the relevant cabinet members and heads of monetary and fiscal agencies.
Chair of the EAC Dr. Doyin Salami is a 1989 doctorate degree graduate in Economics of Queen Mary College, University of London. In December 2017, he successfully completed 2 terms (4 years each) as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Dr. Salami is a member of the Board of Directors of @officialNESG and was Co-Chair of the Central Organizing Committee for the Nigerian Economic Summit in 2009. In 2015, he served as Vice-Chair of the APC Presidential Transition Committee for President @MBuhari
He is presently MD & Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting Ltd. He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Lagos Business School (LBS),Pan-Atlantic University. Until June 2017, he was a full-time LBS Faculty member & attained the rank of Senior Fellow/Associate Professor.
Vice Chair Muhammad Sagagi is an Economist and Development Consultant with a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick, Coventry, England (1985), and extensive private sector experience in Nigeria.
Over the years, he has participated in a number of Federal, State and Local Governments of Nigeria reform
programmes including the privatization and commercialization of state-owned enterprises, development of the Nigeria Vision 20:2020, and the Kano State Development Strategy.
programmes including the privatization and commercialization of state-owned enterprises, development of the Nigeria Vision 20:2020, and the Kano State Development Strategy.
He also has extensive experience in the Nigerian banking sector, having served in various positions, including General Manager/Company Secretary at Meridian-Equity Bank and Executive Director/Ag Managing Director at Century Merchant Bank.
Secretary of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Dr Mohammed Adaya Salisu, holds a PhD (1990) in Economics from Lancaster University, UK; a 1986 MSc in Economics from University of Maiduguri, Nigeria; and a 1982
Bachelors degree in Economics, also from University of Maiduguri.
Bachelors degree in Economics, also from University of Maiduguri.
Dr Salisu is currently the Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Development Policy, in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. Prior to this he was a Senior Economic Adviser to the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia.
He has also held the positions of
Chief Economist & Head of Research, Gulf One Investment Bank, Bahrain/Saudi Arabia; Principal Research Economist, African Development Bank, Tunisia;
and an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Lancaster University, UK.
Chief Economist & Head of Research, Gulf One Investment Bank, Bahrain/Saudi Arabia; Principal Research Economist, African Development Bank, Tunisia;
and an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Lancaster University, UK.
Dr Salisu has published over 40 research papers in refereed journals, & book chapters; published 24 business and policy research reports on thematic issues & produced over 250 weekly reports on macroeconomic developments, capital markets, commodity markets, and currency markets.
