Fidelis Izunna Ikem
Fidelis Izunna Ikem
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Fidelis Izuekenuwa Ikem is an alumnus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA Honors) degree in Modern Languages (French) and a Diploma in Cooperative Studies from the Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan. His entire thirty-five year working career was with various Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
As a Corper, he served with the Nigeria Army Intelligence Corps and had the singular privilege of being in the peace initiative team of five to Chad led by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.
The initial post service years were with the Bendel State Book Depot, an arm of the State Library Board and later had a stint in the State Ministry of Commerce, as an Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
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The final and longest phase of his working career was in the Research Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where he rose to the status of Deputy Director in the Research Department. He was seconded to the West African Monetary Institute, Accra, Ghana, as Chief of Finance and Administration in January 2001. While in Accra, he undertook several surveillance missions to member countries of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), in addition to other assigned responsibilities.
On his return from Accra to the Central Bank of Nigeria in June 2007, he took on the role of Administrator of the Research Department, during which period he proofread and edited the flagship publication of the Bank; the CBN Annual Report, and other economic publications, for several years.
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He retired from the services of the Central Bank of Nigeria in June 2011.
