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Sagiru Mati

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Good at both written and spoken English

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Sagiru Mati

B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD

Personal information

First Name: Sagiru
Surname: Mati
Place Of Birth: Gabasawa, Kano State
Sex: Male
Nationality: Nigerian
State Of Origin: Kano
City: Gabasawa
Marital Status: Married

Education

Near East University

Ph.D, Economics

Nicosia, North Cyprus

September 2016 - January 2020

Thesis: Macroeconometric Modelling of Optimum Currency Areas, Political Business Cycles and Trade for the Assessment of the ECOWAS Monetary Unification (supervised by Prof Dr. Irfan Civcir and Prof Dr. Huseyin Ozdeser)

Near East University

M.Sc, Economics, High Honour (CGPA: 4.00/4.00), best graduating student in 2014.

Nicosia, North Cyprus

September 2012 - July 2014

Thesis: Exchange Rate Volatility and the Nigerian Oil and Non-Oil Trade: an ARDL Approach. (supervised by Prof. Dr. Irfan Civcir)

Bayero University Kano

B.Sc, Economics, Upper Second Class Honours

Kano, Nigeria

November 2004 - January 2009

Employment History

Lecturer II

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

January, 2018 – till date

Assistant Lecturer

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

March, 2015 – December 2017

  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Supervision of students’ projects
  • Level coordination
  • Presenting paper or educational materials at the departmental and faculty seminars and workshops
  • Orientation of new students
  • Membership of various ad hoc committees such as accreditation committee.
  • Convocation of students

Assistant Director, Business Development

African Community Bridge Foundation

Abuja, Nigeria

August, 2014 – Feb, 2015

  • Searching and compiling the list of relevant tenders available online or on print media.
  • Writing business proposals and Expression of Interest for the tenders
  • Facilitating partnership with international organisation such as European Union and ECOWAS to execute some development or humanitarian projects.
  • Facilitating partnership with fund donors and other NGOs to execute some development or humanitarian projects.
  • Facilitating partnership with Government agencies such as Central Bank of Nigeria and National Human Right Commission to execute some development or humanitarian projects; for example giving vocational training through Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC).

Manager

Zeeto Bureau de Change

Abuja, Nigeria.

January, 2009 – Jul, 2014

  • Conducting and writing feasibility studies before establishing new bureau de change.
  • Purchase and sale of foreign currencies
  • Safeguarding the proceeds based on trust

Teaching Experience

Online tutorials on dynamic and reproducible reports using Eviews, R and R Markdown

SMATI Academy

https://academy.smati.com.ng

2019 - till date

  • Teach reproducible and dynamic reports
  • Teach Eviews Programming and R programming
  • Teach working with R Markdown

International Economics (BUS4313)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2019/2020 session

Economic Theory and Principles (ECO1201)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2019/2020 session

Macroeconomics (ECO2302)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2015/2016 session

Mathematics for Economists II (ECO3210)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2015/2016 session

Nigerian Government and Economy (General Studies) (GSP2208)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2015/2016 session

Introduction to Statistics I (ECO1203)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2015/2016 session

History of Economic Thought I (ECO2208)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2015/2016 session

Economic Theory and Principles II (ECO1202)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2014/2015 session

History of Economic Thought II (ECO3211)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2014/2015 session

Microeconomics (ECO2301)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

Second Semester, 2014/2015 session

Economic Theory and Principles I (ECO1201)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2014/2015 session

Mathematics for Economists I (ECO2203)

Yusuf Maitama Sule University

Kano, Nigeria

First Semester, 2014/2015 session

Economics Teacher

Auchi Poly Secondary School

Etsako West, Edo State, Nigeria

July, 2009 - June, 2010

  • Teaching Economics to the students at Secondary School level

Professional experience

Reviewer

International Journal of Finance and Economics

SSCI

2020

Reviewer

Journal of Applied Economics

SSCI

2019

Co-founder

Foundation of Continental Applied Researchers

Professional organisation

2019

Founder

SMATI Academy

Free Online Academy

2019

Publications (published)

EviewsR: EViews knit-engine

Comprehensive R Archive Network (R package version 0.1.0)

2020

Mati, S.

gretlR: knit-engine for gretl

Comprehensive R Archive Network (R package version 0.1.0)

2020

Mati, S.

DynareR: A Seamless Integration of R and Dynare

Comprehensive R Archive Network (R package version 0.1.0)

2020

Mati, S.

ECOWAS Common Currency: How Prepared are its members?.

Investigacion Economica (SSCI)

2019

Mati, S., Civcir I., and Ozdeser H.

Trade-Volatility Relationship in the light of Nigeria and the Euro Area.

Journal of Applied Economic Science (SCOPUS)

2017

Mati, S., Akalpler E., and Ozdeser H.

Exchange Rate Pass-Through Elasticty to Domestic Consumer Prices in Nigeria and Taylor’s Hypothesis: a Structural Vector Autoregression Analysis.

American Journal of Economics, 7(5), 201-210.

2017

Mohammed A.A, Mati, S.,and Hussaini, M.

Oil and Non-Oil Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Evidence from Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model.

American Journal of Economics, 7(4), 194-200.

2017

Hussaini, M., Mati, S.,and Mohammed A.A

Publications (UNDER REVIEW)

Election synchronisation and OCA-compatibility.

PSL Economic Review (ESCI)

under review

Mati S., Civcir I., and Ozdeser H.

ECOWAS Common Currency, a Mirage or Possibility?

Panoeconomicus (SSCI)

under Review

Mati, S., Civcir I., and Ozdeser H.

EviewsR: an R package for dynamic and reproducible research using Eviews, R and R Markdown.

R Journal (SCI, Q1, Free and Open-Access)

Under Review

Mati S.

Structural and AI-based modelling of interest rates for Nigeria.

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting (SSCI)

Under Review

Mati S., Hussaini, M., and Mohammed A.A

Asymmetric Relationship between ECOWAS-Eurozone Trade (EET) and Exchange Rate Volatility.

Review of Managerial Science (SSCI, Q1)

Under Review

Mati, S., Civcir I., and Ozdeser H.

Revisiting Hooper-Kohlhagen Trade-Volatility Theory in the Light of Asymmetry.

Financial Innovation (SSCI, Q1, Free and Open-Access)

Under Review

Mati S.

Demystifying knitr Package: essential Recipes and Easy Steps for Adding Knit-Engines

R Journal (SCI, Q1, Free and Open-Access)

Under Review

Mati S.

Do as your neibhours do: assessing the impact of lockdown and reopening on the active COVID-19 cases

Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases (SCI, Q1)

Under Review

Mati S.

Referees

Professor Irfan Civcir

Department of Economics, Ankara University, Turkey

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Professor Huseyin Ozdeser

Department of Economics, Near East University, North Cyprus

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Dr. Atoyebi Joseph,

Chairman, Governing Council,
Goshen International Business School, Abuja, Nigeria.

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