A celebrated economist and former Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jackson Osana Odonye, has reportedly been penciled down for a ministerial portfolio in President Bola Tinubu’s government.
Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised Nigerians an all-inclusive government that represents all shades of interest, cutting across party politics, ethnic, religious and gender identities. His Renewed Hope agenda is to create a better Nigeria for all.
As the political cloud gets clearer, Nigerians at home and in the diaspora expect to see more of technocrats than politicians driving the Renewed Hope agenda for Nigeria.
“The choice of Odonye Osana Jackson, an ex-IMF technocrat from Nasarawa State is no doubt a fit for purpose according to the stakeholders routing for his nomination.
“The President would find him a discovery because of his industry experience, and the quest to aggregate a team of experts in the new administration that will man or superintend key sectors of the economy, head-hunted within the country and the diaspora.
“Odonye presently consults in the fields of finance and development economics for governments, notably in developing and emerging economies, having reached the pinnacle of his career as Alternate Executive Director at the IMF, as well as Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“With Odonye’s expertise in monetary and fiscal policy, the Tinubu administration will no doubt find him useful in helping to re-oxygenate and rejuvenate the nation’s comatose economy.
“A celebrated Washington DC based Senior Consultant, Odonye presently offers policy advice to several countries on monetary economics, fiscal policy and development finance; and interacts with key policymakers, including officials of
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to enhance a robust macroeconomic stability, sustainable and inclusive growth.
“His major focus has been to enhance the quality of country engagement with technical partners and building interests of the authorities to address key macroeconomic challenges,” the Nassarawa Youth Vanguard said in a statement on Monday.
The group noted that Odonye is particularly proficient in providing coherent fiscal and monetary policy frameworks; and matched structural reforms, targeted to the peculiarities of individual countries to achieve the needed economic growth and sustainability.
Born on January 2, 1962, Odonye is a trained economist and stable hand to behold. During his days as Executive Director and IMF Board Member, he played crucial collaborative role for conducting the day-to-day policy operations of the global institution, navigating the major challenges facing economies in the world, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession.
His additional accomplishments included the task of joint representation and advocacy by a team of three, who represented the interests of 23 African countries, including the home country, Nigeria in the Africa Group of countries in the Washington-based IMF.
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