Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has been appointed as an Academic Visitor by the University of Oxford, UK.
A statement issued by the appointee indicated that the appointment would be for the period of the University’s Michelmas Term, spanning October to December 2021.
During the period, Moghalu, will be an Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow hosted jointly by the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations and Oxford Martin School, a social science research centre established to address the most pressing opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
As an academic visitor, the former CBN deputy governor, will deliver lectures on political economy, lead a seminar on the Nigerian economy, and complete work on two forthcoming books.
He will also share his knowledge and experience with students and the teaching faculty at Oxford, and hold consultations with members of the UK political, business and civil society communities.
Moghalu was a Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, USA.
He previously worked for the United Nations (UN) for 17 years in nation-building, international security, legal affairs and development finance roles at the global organisation’s headquarters in New York and other duty stations in Cambodia, Croatia, Rwanda, and Switzerland.
Earlier, he had obtained his LL.B. degree at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an M.A. at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in International Relations at the London School of Economics, and is the author of four published books.
It would be recalled that penultimate week Moghalu had announced his intention to contest the 2023 Presidential election as a candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
