Email: ASHAKAH.FELIX@DELSU.EDU.NG

  • Area of Specialization: MONETARY
  • Department of Economics

  • Dr. Felix Onoriode Ashakah is a faculty member in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. He obtained a master’s degree in economics, specialising in business and economic forecasting, from Kingston University London. He also obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics, second class upper division with honours, from Delta State University, Nigeria. Dr. Felix Onoriode Ashakah enjoys teaching; his teaching competence broadly spreads in macroeconomics and specifically in development economics, financial economics, international economics, and applied econometrics. He joined Delta State University in January 2023 after spending about ten (10) years at Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State. Dr. Felix Onoriode Ashakah is passionate about research. He has published several articles in local, national, and international journals of repute, with a significant number of the articles published in Scopus-indexed international journals. His research covers development economics, financial economics, international economics, and macroeconomics. Before joining Western Delta University in 2013, he worked with Industrial and General Insurance Company Plc, Lagos, from 2003 to 2006, as a human resources officer. He also worked with Intercontinental Bank Plc as an operations staff member from 2006 to 2011 before proceeding to the United Kingdom for a master's degree programme in economics in September 2011. Dr. Felix Onoriode Ashakah is a Fellow of the Centre of Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), a research institute of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, and a member of the Nigerian Economic Society and the Royal Economic Society, UK. Dr. Felix Onoriode Ashakah is married to Susan Felix-Ashakah, and they are blessed with three daughters: Michelle, Sharon, and Christabel.
    My Publications
  1. Ashakah, O. F. (2025). (2025) Impact of Energy Consumption on Economic Growth in Nigeria: An ARDL Estimation Approach., Jalingo Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390018159_Impact_of_Energy_Consumption_on_Economic_Growth_in_Nigeria_An_ARDL_Estimation_Approach Vol.6(2) Pages: 254-266

  2. Ashakah, F. O., Mgbomene, C., Metieh, F. C. & Opara, F.N. (2025). (2025) High Inflation in Nigeria: A Demand-Pull or Cost-Push Phenomenon?, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
    http: www.econjournals.com Vol.15(4) Pages: 283-291

  3. Hadi, S., Sulistyawati, E., Kirana, K. C., Dianti, C. A. I., Purnasari, E. & Ashakah, F. O.(2025). (2025) Abusive leadership and turnover intention: How employee and work engagement act as shields., International Journal of Economics and Management Research
    file:///C:/Users/Felix%20Ashaka/Downloads/36809-Article%20Text-120138-132632-10-20250215%20(3).pdf Vol.3(1) Pages: 55-70

  4. Ikechuckwu, K.C., Maku, O. & Ashakah, F.O. (2025). (2025) Impact of Government Expenditure on Economic Growth in Nigeria: Implications for Policy, International Journal of Economics and Management Research
    https://doi.org/10.58765/ijemr.v3i1.257 Vol.3(1) Pages: 56-70

  5. Mgbomene, C., Ashakah, F.O., Metieh, F. C., Okoro E. N., Dim, H. C. & Opara, F. N. (2025) (2025) Crude Oil Price Volatility and the Nigerian Economy, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
    http: www.econjournals.com Vol.15(3) Pages: 390-402

  6. Ashakah, F. O., Irogbo, P. U., Ezeh, M. C., Owhe-Ureghe, A. O., Igben, H. & Opara, F. N. (2025). (2025) External Debt, Debt Service and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from the ECOWAS Sub-Region., International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
    http: www.econjournals.com Vol.15(1) Pages: 422-430

  7. Saputra, W.A., Hadi, S., Kirana, K.C., Iswantoro, I. Y. & Ashakah, F.O. (2024). (2024) Enhancing Service Recovery: How Human Capital Drives Performance with Employee Commitment as a Mediator., International Journal of Economics and Management Review
    10.58765/ijemr.v2i2.199 Vol.2(2) Pages: 57-77

  8. Onabeyake, C., Maku, O. & Ashakah, F. O. (2024). (2024) The Determinants of Commercial Bank Profitability in Nigeria: A Panel Data Approach, Jalingo Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    Vol.6(2) Pages: 254-266

  9. Ashakah, F.O. (2023) (2023) Government Expenditure, Tax Revenue, and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria., Jalingo Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    Vol.5(1) Pages: 263-276

  10. Ashakah, F. O. (2023) (2023) Monetary Policy and Investment in Nigeria: A Critical Nexus., Journal of Social and Management Sciences. (Delsu, Abraka, Nigeria)
    Vol.18(1) Pages: 41-49

  11. Ashakah, F. O. & Ogbebor, T.O. (2022) (2022) Infrastructure, Human Capital Development and Economic Growth In Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation, Igbinedion Journal of Economics and Development Studies (Benin, Nigeria)
    Vol.1(2) Pages: 144-162

  12. Edo, S. & Ashakah, O. F. (2022). (2022) Fiscal Imbalance, Financial Development and External Debt Accumulation in Selected African Countries., International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance
    10.1504/IJMEF.2022.10048786 Vol.15(6) Pages: 542-566

  13. Ashakah, O. F. & Wanogho, O. A. (2021) (2021) ECOWAS Economic Integration and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria., Journal of Economics and Allied Research
    Vol.6(2) Pages: 1-11

  14. Ogbebor, T. O. & Ashakah, O. F.(2021) (2021) Access to Electricity and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There an Energy-Growth Nexus?, Journal of Economics and Allied Research
    Vol.6(1) Pages: 103-119

  15. Ogbebor, T. O. & Ashakah, O. F. (2021). (2021) Access to Credit and Economic Performance of Sub-Saharan African Countries., Igbinedion Journal of Economics and Development Studies (Benin, Nigeria)
    Vol.1(1) Pages: 30-46

  16. Ogbebor, T. O. & Ashakah, O. F.(2020). (2020) Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges., Journal of Banking and Finance(Benin, Nigeria)
    Vol.7(1) Pages: 87-102

  17. Ashakah, O. F. & Ogbebor,T.O (2020) Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Key Emerging Markets., Journal of Economics and Allied Research
    Vol.5(1) Pages: 57-71

  18. Ashakah, O.F. & Ozor, L. P. (2020). (2020) Human Capital Development and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from the ECOWAS Sub-Region., Confluence Journal of Economics and Allied Sciences
    Vol.3(2) Pages: 33-54

  19. Ashakah, F.O. and Osekwe, J.(2019) (2019) Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from the ECOWAS Sub-Region., Lafia Journal of Economics and Management Sciences
    Vol.4(2) Pages: 38-53

  20. Okungbowa, O.G. and Ashakah, O. F. (2018). (2018) Bank Credit, Industrial Output and Economic Growth in Nigeria, Lafia Journal of Economics and Management Sciences
    Vol.3,(1) Pages: 74-94

  21. Ashakah, O. F. & Okungbowa, O.G. (2020). () Effect of International Trade on Economic Growth in ECOWAS Sub-Region., Confluence Journal of Economics and Allied Sciences
    Vol.3(2) Pages: 55-75

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    Vol.15(4) Pages: 283-291