Tag: Economic Adviser

Barely 160 days to polls, President Buhari sets up another advisory group on economy

Aminu Imam

…Presidential candidates consult World Bank, IMF on Nigeria’s economic woes With less than a hundred and sixty days before the next general election, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed yet another high-level committee to advise him on the myriad of economic challenges facing Nigeria, which if unresolved could make his tenure the most miserable for Nigerians. The new committee is made up of the President’s Chief Economic Adviser, Doyin Salami, who holds a doctorate in Economics but is already the Head of another Presidential Advisory Council. The Deputy on the Economic…

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Buhari appoints Doyin Salami as Chief Economic Adviser

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Doyin Salami as his Chief Economic Adviser. This was contained in an issued statement released yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Currently, Salami is chairman of the presidential economic advisory council, (PEAC). According to the statement, Salami is a doctorate degree holder in Economics from Queen Mary College, University of London. “Doyin Salami, 59, is Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting Limited, and member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Lagos Business School…

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