Dr. STELLA ADA MBAH
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Social Science · Department of Economic and Development Studies
Specialization DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
Office: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI
Phone: +2348034957774
Email: stella.mbah@fuoye.edu.ng
Biography
Dr. Stella Ada Mbah is a senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti. She holds Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Masters Degree in Economics and PhD in Economics. As a researcher, Dr. Mbah’s interest is focused on issues relating to industrial and development economics in which she has many publications in reputable journals.
Research Interests
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION, AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY
Qualifications
- B.Sc Econs, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1995)
- M.Sc Econs, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (2011)
- Ph.D Econs, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, (2024)
Selected Publications
- Public Debt and the Growth of the Manufacturing Sector: The Nigerian Experience.
Authors: Mbah, S. A., Olaosebikan, O. I., & Joshua, D. E.
FUOYE Journal of Economics and Emerging Issues, 1(1&2), 62 – 76. (2025) - The Determinants of Firms’ Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector.
Authors: Mbah, S. A., Oshodi, O. F., Amodu, O. O., Ahmad, A. I. & Ajoje, O. I.
The Nigerian Journal of Business and Social Sciences, University of Lagos, vol. 12, 172 -189. (2025) - Impact of Macro Measures of Education on Fertility in Nigeria: A Time Series Analysis.
Authors: Ntoimo L. F. C. & Mbah S. A.
Ife Social Sciences Review. Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Nigeria. 32(2), 12-28. (2024) - The Efficiency and Firm Performance Analysis of Nigeria Manufacturing Firms: Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis Technique.
Authors: Mbah S. A., & Agu O. C.
Journal of Developing Areas (2024) - Determinants of Manufacturing Firms’ Performance in Nigeria: A Sub-sectoral Comparative Analysis.
Authors: Mbah S. A.
Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies (formerly known as Iranian Journal of Management Studies) (2024) - 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). Vol. 17, (Issue 1), Pp255 – 274. (2022) - Does Internal Security Expenditure Impact on Economic Growth in Nigeria?
Authors: Mbah S. A., Agu O. C, & Aneke C. E.
Acta Universitatis Danubius. ŒCONOMICA. Vol 17, No 2. Pp 159 – 176. (2021) - Graduate Underemployment Challenges and Future Labour Market Uncertainties in Nigeria.
Authors: Agu O. C., Ojide G. M., & Mbah S. A.
EuroEconomica. Issue 3(39), 60-71. (2020) - External Debt and Economic Growth. : The Case of Emerging Economy.
Authors: Al Khatusi, S. & Mbah, S. A.
Journal of Economic Integration. Vol.33 No.1, pp. 1141~1157 (2018)
Membership of Professional Bodies
- NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SOCIETY - NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SOCIETY (2024)
Paper Presentation - International
- Impact of External Debt on Economic Growth in Nigeria: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach. - Fifth Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking held at Al Murooj Rotana Hotel, Dubai- UAE, (2016)
Undergraduate Project Supervision
- UMUNNA GODWIN UCHE - AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (2015)
- BELLO BISOLA HASSANANT - THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON INDUSTRIAL SECTOR OUTPUT IN NIGERIA; A TEST FOR STRUCTRAL STABILITY (2016)
- DADA TOLULOPE ROSELINE - THE IMPACT OF OIL PRICE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA 1970 - 2015 (2017)
- EMMANUEL PRECIOUS OKE-OGHENE - IMPACT OF TAXATION ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA (2022)
- MEDAYEDU TEMITOPE HELLEN - IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (2024)
- OJEWALE ENITAN ABIDEMI - IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1980-2024) (2025)
Course Teaching
- ECN 203 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECOMICS 1 (2020/2021)
- ECN 204 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS 2 (2020/2021)
- ECN 303 - INTERMEDIATE MACROECOMICS 1 (2021/2022)
- ECN 304 - INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS 2 (2021/2022)
- ECN 405 - ECONOMIC PLANNING 1 (2023/2024)
- ECN 410 - MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 2 (2023/2024)
- ECN 103 - MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMISTS 1 (2024/2025)
- ECN 104 - MATHEMATHICS FOR ECONOMISTS 2 (2024/2025)
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