Perekunah Eregha

Perekunah Eregha is a distinguished economist and policy adviser, currently serving as Special Adviser on Macronomic Policy to the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, following his recent reappointment. He previously held the role of Special Adviser on Economic Policy and Fiscal Coordination to Mr. Wale Edun, the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.

He is Professor of Economics at the Pan‑Atlantic University, Lekki, a member of the University Senate and has also served as a Visiting Professor at the CPEEL, University of Ibadan. In addition, he is an International Fellow of the University of Economics, Vietnam.

Professor Eregha’s professional experience spans academia, public policy, and international development. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lagos and served as a Senior Economist at the NDIC, Abuja. His global exposure includes engagements as a Visiting Scholar with both the IMF and the AfDB, as well as macroeconomic modelling consutlant for the German development agency, GIZ.

He is an internationally recognised voice on African development, having been invited on three occasions by the University of Oxford to present papers on key development issues. He has also contributed to high-level policy discourse as a panelist at African Union meetings on trade and industrial development, and as a delegate to several IMF/World Bank Spring and Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C.

At the national level, Professor Eregha played a pivotal role as Co‑Coordinator of Nigeria’s Agenda 2050 Drafting Committee and served as a Member of the Senior Technical Review Team for the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021–2025.

Prof Eregha holds a PhD degree in Economics specialising on Macroecnomics and has participated in several trainings from IMF, World Bank, AERC and University of Surrey, UK