DR. EZIKE CHIMEZIE CAJETAN
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PERSONAL PROFILE:
A Cooperative and Development Economics expert, a purpose-driven lecturer with ten years of experience in delivering large and small group lectures, seminar planning, course design, research and conference presentation, as well as a number of administrative tasks.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES
Imo State University Owerri, 2025B.Sc Economics
Enugu State University of Science and Technology 2023
Ph.D (Cooperative Economics and Management
National Teachers’ Institute 2019
PGDE
Imo State University Owerri 2018
M.Sc (Development Economics)
Imo State University Owerri 2013
PGD Economics
Federal Polytechnic Nekede 2009
HND (Cooperative Economics and Management)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Management, Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bayelsa.
Teaching Cooperative Policy and Legislation, Artisanal and Informal Sector
Cooperative and Principles and Practice of Cooperation 2023- Present
Part-time lecturer: Department of Cooperative Economics and
Management, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri.
Taught Cooperation in Nigeria, International and Comparative Cooperation,
Economics of Cooperation and Industrial and Workers Cooperative 2011-2023
RESEARCH INTEREST
development.
Focusing on how cooperatives enhance financial inclusion, improve member livelihoods and
contribute to sustainable rural and urban economies through democratic governance and
member participation.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management (CIPDM)
PUBLICATIONS
Ik-Ugwoezuonu, L. & Ezike C.C (2024). Accessing the Effectiveness of Mobile Apps in
Delivery in Nigeria._African Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Development.5(2), 13-31
Ik-Ugwoezuonu, L. & Ezike C.C (2024). Regulatory and Supervisory Frameworks: Their
Performance of Credit Cooperatives in Enugu State, Nigeria._Open Access Journal of
Management Sciences Research.2(2), 1-15.
Ezike C.C et al. (2022). The Effect of Advanced Agricultural Technology on Members and
Non – Members of Cassava Producer Cooperatives in Imo State, Nigeria. IAA Journal of
Social Sciences (IAA-ISS) 8(1):103-124.
Cooperative as a Panacea to Small and Medium Size Scale Enterprises (SMEs) Development
in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects. Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference of the Institute
of Cooperative Professionals of Nigeria (ICOPRON), July 5 – 7th, 2017. 87- 96.
Ezike C.C (2014). Banking Sector Reform and Economic Growth in Nigeria. International
Journal of Muti-Disciplinary Studies and Research, 1, 294 – 314.
Ezike C.C (2016). Intellectual and the Strategies for Coping with a Changing World.
Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Science and Sustainable
Development, 9, 272 -279.
Ezike C.C (2016). The Nigeria Oil Sector and Economic Development: A New Agenda for the
Buhari Administration. The International Journal of Academic Studies and Research, 1(3), 225
– 235
CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED
on Humanities, Science and Sustainable Development, July 25 – 28th
, 2016. 9(2) 272 -279
Cooperative as a Panacea to Small and Medium Size Scale Enterprises (SMEs) Development
in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects. Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference of the Institute
of Cooperative Professionals of Nigeria (ICOPRON), July 5 – 7th, 2017.
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