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Dr. OSMOND CHIGOZIE AGU

Reader / Associate Professor

Faculty of Social Science · Department of Economic and Development Studies

Specialization Energy Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Development.

Office: Department of Economics, Federal University

Phone: 08065128698

Email: osmond.agu@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Dr. Osmond Chigozie Agu is a Reader/ Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Dr. Agu had his BSc. Economics from Enugu State University of Science & Technology, MSc. Economics from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. He bagged his PhD. Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Dr. Agu has Supervised more than 200 undergraduate students and more than 10 postgraduate students. He has attended 10+ local and international workshops/conferences. He has also published more than 50 articles in reputable local and international journals. He was a Postdoctoral fellow in the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Research Interests

Foreign Direct Investment, private investment, credit management, banking, governance, manufacturing sector performance, and post-COVID-19 restructuring of Africa oil exporting countries.

Qualifications

Selected Publications

  1. Monetary Policy and Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria
    Authors: Dogara Egbiku Joshua D.E, Agu, O. C., Amodu, O. O. & Elegu, U. S.
    Lafia Journal of Economics and Management Sciences (2025)
  2. Domestic Debt, Interest Rate and Economic Growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C. & Ayegbe, A. A.
    FUOYE Journal of Economics and Emerging Issues (FUJEEI) (2025)
  3. Exchange Rate, Inflation Uncertainty and Savings In Nigeria: An Asymmetric Approach
    Authors: Asubiojo, A.S and Agu, O. C
    Xi'an Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/ Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition (2025)
  4. Fiscal Policy Shocks and Industrial Sector Output Growth in Nigeria: A Structural Vector Error Correction (SVEC) Approach
    Authors: Agu O. C & Ohonba A.
    Journal of Xidian University (2025)
  5. Economic Policy, Institutional Quality, and Bank Deposit Growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu O. C & Ohonba A.
    Agrociencia (2025)
  6. Inflation Rate And Non-Oil Export In Nigeria
    Authors: Nwosa, I. P, Mbah, A. S. & Agu, O.C
    Polac International Journal of Econs & Mgt Science (Pijems) (2024)
  7. The Efficiency and Firm Performance Analysis of Nigeria Manufacturing Firms: Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis Technique.
    Authors: Mbah, S. A & Agu, O. C.
    The Journal of Developing Areas (2024)
  8. The Impact of Health Inputs on Health Outcomes In Nigeria: A Nardl Approach.
    Authors: Agu O. C. & Ohonba A.
    Xi'an Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/ Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition (2024)
  9. Determinants of Maternal mortality rate: evidence from west african countries.
    Authors: Ohonba A. & Agu O. C.
    Xi'an Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/ Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition (2024)
  10. Does Chinese Loan Impede Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?
    Authors: Ohonba A. & Agu, O. C
    African Journal of Business and Economic Research (2024)
  11. Public Health Expenditure and Income Inequality in Nigeria: An Application of the ARDL Model
    Authors: Eke A. F., Agu, O. C., Ojide M.G. & Eke I.C
    Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University (2023)
  12. A Test of Microstructure Model on Listed Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria.
    Authors: Asaolu, A. A. & Agu, O.C.
    Journal of Economics and Finance (JEF) (2023)
  13. Inadequacy of Potable Water Supply by Water Corporation in the South East and South West Geo-Political Zones of Nigeria
    Authors: Agu O. C., Ajoje O. I, Efuntade O. O., Joshua K. D. & Idris A. I
    Studies in the Social Sciences (2023)
  14. The Impact of Non-Oil Revenue on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
    Authors: Adegboyo, O. S., Ajoje , O., & Agu, O.C
    EuroEconomica (2023)
  15. Can Nigeria Debt Be Sustained in the Face of Increasing Debt Profile?
    Authors: Agu, O. C., & Asaolu, A. A.
    EuroEconomica (2023)
  16. Socio-Economic Status, Savings and Income Inequality in Nigeria: The Behavioral Mechanism Approach
    Authors: Agu, O. C, Nwosa P.I. & Ajoje I.A.
    Iranian Economic Review (2023)
  17. Bubbles and Sunspots: Investors’ perception of the Nigerian Capital Market
    Authors: Asaolu, A. A. & Agu, O.C.
    Arts and Social Science Research, (2022)
  18. Mobile Money Agents and the Financial Inclusion Drive of Central Bank of Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C., Alli A. K., & Ajoje, O. O.
    Abuja Journal of Economics and Allied Fields (AJEAF) (2022)
  19. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Exchange Rate and Nigeria’s Economy: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach
    Authors: Agu, O. C. & Asaolu, A. A.
    Fuoye Journal of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2022)
  20. Reassessing the influence of oil price on economic growth and some macro-economic indicators in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C., Ajoje, O. I. & Efuntade, O. O.
    Fuoye Journal of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2022)
  21. Restructuring and Reshaping Africa Oil Exporting Countries Post COVID-19 – A Participatory Development Strategy Approach.
    Authors: Agu, O.C. & Omolade, A.
    Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia (2022)
  22. Trade Openness and Poverty: An Empirical Study of Nigeria’s Economy
    Authors: Mbah, S.A., Agu O.C., Fasina, O.T. & Oshodi, A. F
    African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER) (2022)
  23. Nigerian economic policy response to COVID‐19: An evaluation of policy actors' views
    Authors: Ojide, M. G., Agu, O. C., Ohalete, P., & Chinanuife, E.
    Poverty & Public Policy (2022)
  24. Debt and Economic Growth in Arab Countries
    Authors: Mbah, S. A, Kharusi S.A and Agu, O. C
    Empirical Economics Letters (2022)
  25. Interactive influence of monetary and fiscal policies on economic growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C., Okoli, B. C., & Olaosebikan, O.
    Fuoye Journal of Finance and Contemporary Issue (2021)
  26. Does the Expected Crude Oil Price Influence Inflation in Nigeria?
    Authors: Agu, O. C. & Nyatanga, P.
    African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER) (2021)
  27. Savings, Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Autoregressive Distributive Lag Approach
    Authors: Agu, O. C & Adeleke, O.
    Acta Universitatis Danubius (2021)
  28. Does Internal Security Expenditure Impact on Economic Growth in Nigeria?
    Authors: Mbah, S. A., Agu, O. C. & Aneke, C. E.
    Acta Universitatis Danubius (2021)
  29. An Assessment of the Nexus between Manufacturing Sector Growth and Oil Sector Growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C., Mbah, S.A., Aneke, C.E. & Emma-Ebere, O.
    Social Science Review (2020)
  30. An ARDL Bound Testing Approach to the Effects of Foreign Debts on Domestic Growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O.C., Attamah, N., Mbah, S.A, Obajaja, C.K & Ngwoke, Ifeanyi
    Studies in the Social Sciences(SSSc) (2020)
  31. Graduate Underemployment Challenges and Future Labour Market Uncertainties in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O. C., Ojide, M. G. & Mbah, S. A.
    EuroEconomica (2020)
  32. Socio-Economic Appraisal of Agitations by Local Oil Communities: Evidence from Nigeria
    Authors: Ojide, M. G., Eke, F. A., Agu, O. C. & Ojide, K. C.
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. (2020)
  33. Oil Price Fluctuation, Macroeconomic Indicators and Poverty in Nigeria.
    Authors: Agu, O.C. & Nyatanga, P.
    African Journal of Development Studies (formerly AFFRIKA Journal of Politics, Economics and Society. (2020)
  34. An Investigation into the Crude Oil Price Pass -Through to Economic Growth in Nigeria
    Authors: Agu, O.C & Nyatanga, P.
    ACTA Universitatis Danubius (2020)
  35. Performance of hospitals in Cross River State, Nigeria: a comparative analysis of rural and urban public secondary care institutions using productivity indicators.
    Authors: Eke, F. A., Ojide, M. G. & Agu, O. C.
    African Journal of Applied and Theoretical Economics (AJATE) (2019)
  36. Child Labour and Economic Development in Nigeria – a case study of Ekiti Municipal
    Authors: Agu, O.C.
    International Journal of Economic Perspectives (2015)

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