Dr. OlaOluwa Simon Yaya
Senior LecturerDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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OlaOluwa Simon Yaya is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Statistics (Economic and Finance Statistics Unit), University of Ibadan, Nigeria & University Professor, Global Humanistic University, Curacao. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research (CEAR), Ibadan, Nigeria. He is an International Research Fellow at the Institute of Business Research, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is a regular consultant for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) and National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Abuja. He also partners with READT Consultancy Lagos. Consultant to the CBN, Department of Statistics, Monetary Policy and Research Departments for CBN for Research projects implementation, Training/Workshop for staff of the Bank. Journal Review and Editorial of CBN Journal of Applied Statistics: Many projects and tasks have been carried out for the Bank and the abridged reports published in reputable journals. This consultancy started in 2014 and it is still on. Consultant to WAIFEM. WAIFEM coordinates the capacity development of five central banks (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia). New staff employed by central banks are trained in econometric modules and recently, economists in the banks are trained in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models. This consultancy started in 2020 and it is still on. He is also a Consultant Time Series Econometrician at the Nigerian Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria, where on regular bases, he with his team organizes and teaches postgraduate courses at the Centre. He facilitates time series econometric courses for the Statistics programme of NMC. He is a Member of Accreditation Team of the Chattered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria and the Associate Editor of Journal of the Chattered Institute of Statistician of Nigeria (JCISON).