Achike, Azubike

Azubike E. Achike has a PhD in Economics and MBA (Accountancy) as well as Administrative Staff College Certificate (ASCON). His job experience covers both administrative and academic duties. As a Deputy Director in Anambra State public service he assisted in planning, execution and supervision of various government programmes among other assignments. He was Special Assistant to the Head of Service of Anambra State, making submissions and drafting letters on specific policy matters. Dr. Achike has also served as a resource person in manpower training for the Anambra State Universal Basic Eduction  programme. Furthermore he has served as a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Vocational Teacher Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and also a Facilitator for the Central Bank sponsored Entrepreneurship Development programme in the same University. Currently he is the Managing Director of Zukahari Services Limited, a private company that deals on research consultancy, training and logistics.

Dr. Achike has attended both local and international conferences and has six local and international publications to his credit. He has served in different research projects and has received research training on modeling with GAMS, Impact Evaluation techniques and the use of such analytical tools as Stata, Eviews and R as well as locating and using materials on the internet for academic work.