Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the
appointment of a seasoned Economist from the Department of Economics,
University of Ibadan, Dr. Musibau Adetunji Babatunde, as his Chief
Economic Adviser.
The Governor, in a statement endorsed by his Chief Press Secretary,
Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that Babatunde’s appointment takes
immediate effect.
Governor Makinde, who had announced a four-point developmental agenda
for Oyo State, had named the expansion of the state’s economy as one
the key pillars.
He wished the newly-appointed Economic Adviser success in the
endeavour to join him make a good turnaround in the economic situation
of Oyo State.
The statement indicated that Dr. Babatunde, who was a recipient of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) Doctoral Internship Visiting Scholar
Support Award, Geneva, Switzerland, in September 2005, was educated at
the Nigerian Premier University, the University of Ibadan, where he
graduated with a B.Sc Economics degree.
He also obtained his Masters and Ph.D degrees from the same
institution and had also served as Director in the Industrial Policy
Course in Africa and Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Investment for
African Policy Makers with the United Nations African Institute for
Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar, Senegal.
Babatunde emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Student in the
Masters of Science Degree in Economics at the University of Ibadan and
became a recipient of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC),
Nairobi, Collaborative PhD Scholarship Award for African Scholars.
The statement added that Babatunde had equally served as Consultant to
the National Factsheet on the Impact of Economic Partnership Agreement
on Selected Sectors of the Nigerian Economy; Export Supply Response
Capacity Constraints In Nigeria; Output Market Initiatives.
Babatunde’s public sector assignments had seen him work as the Chief
Consultant on Niger State Economic Development Strategy in December
2008; Coordinating Consultant on Niger State Vision 3:2020 Document
and Niger State Local Governments Vision 3:2020 Document in March
2010.
The Economics lecturer was awarded the Doctorate Degree in Economics
on June 30, 2007. He joined the Department of Economics, University of
Ibadan as an Assistant Lecturer on November 1st 2006. He is a
currently a Senior Lecturer in the Economics Department and currently
being assessed for the rank
