Dr. Mohammed Shuaibu is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Abuja, where he teaches macroeconomics, econometrics, and international economics at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He previously held a similar position at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Dr. Shuaibu has provided consultancy services to various international and national institutions, including the World Bank, where he focused on macro-fiscal issues, trade policy, regional integration, and trade facilitation. He supported development lending operations such as SFTAS, SABER, and ARMOR. His macro-fiscal work includes sub-national fiscal analysis that contributed to the development of Nigeria’s first subnational fiscal and debt database and enhanced the World Bank’s fiscal engagement with state governments. He has also contributed to World Bank’s flagship reports, including the Nigeria Development Update (NDU) and the Country Economic Memorandum (CEM).

In addition to his work with the World Bank, Dr. Shuaibu has consulted for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) project; the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on the impact of exchange rates on different segments of the Nigerian economy in 2016, and for the Nigerian government on the AfCFTA impact and readiness assessment, which informed Nigeria’s assent to the regional trade agreement in 2019. In 2012, he also provided consultancy for ECOWAS on external reserve pooling and the ongoing harmonization of budget processes and practices of Member States. A widely published scholar, Dr. Shuaibu holds a BSc in Economics from Bayero University Kano, and an MSc and a PhD in Economics from the University of Ibadan.