prof. akpan ekpo

Board Member
He is currently the Chairman of the Foundation for Economic Research and Training (FERT) Lagos, Nigeria and also on board as one of the directors of the Foundation. He was the Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) in Lagos, Nigeria from May 2009 to December 2018. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Ekpo is also a former Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Ekpo received a scholarship from the Federal Government of Nigeria to attend University in the United States of America, after completing his secondary school education. He graduated from Howard University, Washington, DC, USA, in 1976 with a Bachelor’s degree (Cum laude – ­with honors) in Economics and obtained a Masters in Economics from the same University. He was in the Dean’s List of the University throughout his undergraduate studies and on full scholarship based on his academic performance. In 1975, as the best and honors student, he won the American Economic Association Fellowship to study briefly at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. In 1980 and 1983 he obtained the MA and PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.