Dr. Jacob Sesugh Angahar is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Wigwe University, bringing over a decade of distinguished academic and leadership experience to the institution. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics (Second Class Upper Division) from Kwararafa University Wukari, an M.Sc. in Economics from Benue State University Makurdi, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Federal University of Lafia. He is a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered (NIM) and an Associate Member of the Nigerian Economic Society (FMNES).
A forward-thinking academic and accomplished educator, Dr. Angahar has a proven record of excellence in delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with a particular focus on macroeconomics, public finance, econometrics, mathematical economics, and monetary economics. Prior to joining Wigwe University, he progressively rose through the academic ranks at Kwararafa University Wukari from Graduate Assistant to Senior Lecturer demonstrating sustained commitment to student success and institutional development.
Dr. Angahar has held several strategic leadership and administrative positions, including Head of the Department of Economics (2025-2026), Deputy Dean of the College of Management and Social Sciences (2022–2025), Director of General Studies (2019–2022), College Examination Coordinator (2017–2022), and Departmental Examinating coordinator (2016-2022). He has made substantial contributions to university governance through active participation in a wide range of institutional committees. His committee engagements at Kwararafa University Wukari span over a decade and include membership of the Senate Budget Committee, the Accreditation Technical Committee, the NUC Data Gathering Committee, and the KUW Strategic Plan 2017–2027 Retreat. He has also served multiple cycles of the University Central Examination Committee, the Students Examination Misconduct Committee, the Summer Semester Examination Committee, and the University General Examination Timetable Committee, and Convocation Honorary Degree Committee (2024). These engagements reflect his deep commitment to institutional integrity, academic standards, and the strategic development of the university.
Dr. Angahar has demonstrated strong commitment to student mentorship and academic supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has supervised over fifty undergraduate final-year projects covering a broad range of economic themes including oil price shocks, exchange rate dynamics, public expenditure, tax revenue, agricultural financing, human capital development, banking sector reforms, and monetary policy. At the postgraduate level, he has supervised PGD projects, and M.Sc. dissertations. This breadth of supervisory experience underscores his role as a dedicated academic mentor committed to producing research-competent graduates
Dr. Angahar’s multidisciplinary research interests span macroeconomics, public finance and fiscal policy, monetary economics and banking, agricultural financing, energy economics, external debt and economic growth, financial development, and international trade. He is proficient in advanced econometric methods and has applied these to generate policy-relevant insights on the Nigerian economy. His scholarly output includes several peer-reviewed journal articles in national and international outlets, books, book chapters, monographs, and conference papers.