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Projects and professional experience
Selected assignments from 2010 to 2026. Each entry states Prof. Uba’s role, the work and the documented output. Where several consultants worked on an assignment, only his part is described.
EU Global Gateway technical assistance, Nigeria
Mar 2025 to Mar 2027 (contract term) · Nigeria
Client
GFA Consulting Group, for EU Global Gateway priorities in Nigeria
Role
Governance (PFM and public sector reforms) Key Expert from March 2025; Team Leader from March 2026
Problem addressed
Public and private stakeholders in Nigeria and EU Member States need structured routes to invest in digital, transport, health and governance priorities.
Work undertaken
Engages government institutions, EU Member States, private actors and development partners. Collects economic and sectoral intelligence to identify investment opportunities, supports policy dialogue and contributes to cooperation frameworks and roadmaps. As Team Leader, leads project delivery, expert coordination and reporting to EU contractual requirements, and the development of sector investment and bankability roadmaps.
Documented output
Ongoing assignment. Deliverables belong to the client and are not described here.
Subnational climate finance readiness assessments
March 2026 · Nigeria, subnational
Client
FCDO PACE project
Role
PFM and Climate Finance Readiness Expert
Problem addressed
State governments need public financial management systems and planning processes that can attract and manage climate finance.
Work undertaken
Assessed institutional frameworks, PFM systems and technical capacity, and how far state systems meet climate governance requirements in planning, budgeting and project development. Identified the gaps in governance, fiscal systems and investment readiness, and ran validation workshops with government, development partners, civil society and the private sector.
Documented output
A reform implementation plan, support for a pipeline of bankable and near-bankable climate projects, and a policy briefing note.
Budget performance review and advocacy capacity, Kano State
Nov 2025 to Mar 2026 · Kano State, Nigeria
Client
FCDO PLANE Nigeria
Role
Budget Performance and Advocacy Capacity Building Consultant
Problem addressed
Budget reform initiatives in Kano State needed regular performance review and stronger advocacy capacity.
Work undertaken
Supported K-SAFE in quarterly budget performance and analysis reviews, including three reform initiatives. Held stakeholder consultations, assessed institutional capacity, analysed budget documents and identified advocacy entry points. Delivered workshops on the budget cycle and policy advocacy and facilitated the launch of a new reform initiative.
Documented output
Briefing notes documenting findings, methods, outcomes and recommendations.
Health budget process reforms, Kano State
Jul 2024 to Sep 2025 · Kano State, Nigeria
Client
Results for Development (R4D)
Role
Health Budget Process Reforms Consultant
Problem addressed
The state health sector needed an annual operational plan and budget that fit together, with performance tracked through the year.
Work undertaken
Wrote the concept note and workplan and managed the reform programme in the state. Assessed baseline capacity of the Planning and Budget Committee and planning cells, built a framework and customised training modules, and ran a three-day training to align annual operational plans with the health sector budget. Adapted the Budget Performance Monitoring tool for state use and trained committee members to pilot it for quarterly reports. Supported operational plan and mock budget workshops for the 2025 budget.
Documented output
Customised capacity-building modules, an adapted Budget Performance Monitoring tool piloted for quarterly reporting, policy briefs and knowledge products.
Costed roadmap for multiple micronutrient supplements, Kano State
Apr to Sep 2025 · Kano State, Nigeria
Client
Results for Development (R4D)
Role
Health Budget Process Reforms Consultant
Problem addressed
Kano needed a funded plan for moving antenatal supplementation from iron and folic acid (IFA) to multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS).
Work undertaken
Led the costing of the roadmap for the transition. Identified resource mobilisation options within current antenatal care supplementation, set out short- and long-term funding options, and facilitated peer learning and communication materials.
Documented output
A costed transition roadmap with funding options.
Evaluation of the European Union's cooperation with Nigeria
Jul 2024 to Nov 2025 · Nigeria
Client
Ecorys Group
Role
National Consultant
Problem addressed
Country-level evaluation of European Union cooperation with the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Work undertaken
Collected documents and data, mapped interventions, analysed stakeholders, reconstructed the intervention logic and contributed to the evaluation design. Carried out field-phase data collection, wrote up field findings, discussed them with stakeholders and contributed to the overall assessment, conclusions and recommendations.
Documented output
Contributions to the evaluation report and its field-phase findings. The report belongs to the client.
Internal audit manual for a state government
Jan to Mar 2025 · Nigeria
Client
DAI Global
Role
PFM Expert
Problem addressed
State internal audit practice needed a manual grounded in the state's own PFM, audit and fiscal responsibility laws.
Work undertaken
Reviewed PFM laws, audit laws, financial regulations and fiscal responsibility frameworks, and consulted stakeholders. Drafted a context-specific Internal Audit Manual, prepared training materials, ran a validation session with state partners and delivered a three-day training on internal audit procedures.
Documented output
A validated Internal Audit Manual and a three-day training workshop.
External audit manuals for state audit offices
Apr to Jun 2024 and Aug to Oct 2024 · Adamawa, Sokoto, Bauchi and Ebonyi States
Client
DAI Global
Role
Public Sector Audit Consultant; Team Lead on the second assignment
Problem addressed
State and local government audit offices needed external audit manuals that match their laws and regulations.
Work undertaken
Reviewed state audit laws, financial instructions, procurement law, manuals, regulations and circulars. Prepared external audit manuals and checklists for the Office of the Auditor General (State) and Local Governments, then prepared training materials and facilitated three-day training.
Documented output
External audit manuals and checklists, with training for the audit offices.
Tax audit and investigation manual for six states
Dec 2023 to Apr 2024 · Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Sokoto, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi States
Client
DAI Global
Role
Tax Audit and Investigation Expert and Team Lead
Problem addressed
State revenue services needed consistent procedures for tax audit and investigation.
Work undertaken
Reviewed internally generated revenue (IGR) documents and tax laws, regulations, guidelines and circulars. Prepared a draft tax audit and investigation manual, reviewed and quality-assured the adapted manual prepared by other consultants, and prepared generic training materials from the validated manual.
Documented output
A draft manual, a quality review of the adapted manual and training materials based on the validated version.
Taxpayer registration reform, Adamawa and Akwa Ibom
Apr to Oct 2023 · Adamawa and Akwa Ibom States
Client
DAI Global
Role
IGR Process Improvement Specialist
Problem addressed
Accurate taxpayer registers are the base of internally generated revenue.
Work undertaken
Reviewed revenue codes, regulations, registration forms and processes. Assessed the internal revenue services' arrangements and staff skills in registration and taxpayer database management. Designed registration processes, including a single integrated registration for all core taxes, tighter controls on registration and deregistration, database accuracy and detection of changes to the register.
Documented output
A model taxpayer registration policy and standard operating procedures manual, with staff training.
PFM assessments and political economy analysis, USAID STATE2STATE
Nov 2020 to Sep 2022 · Sokoto, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi States
Client
DAI Global, for the USAID State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (STATE2STATE) programme
Role
Senior Public Policy Analyst and PFM Consultant; Political Economy Analysis Team Lead
Problem addressed
State teams needed evidence on PFM performance and on the political economy of service delivery before planning reform.
Work undertaken
Carried out PFM assessments modelled on PEFA across seven pillars: budget planning, administration and execution; budget transparency; domestic resource mobilisation; procurement; financial reporting and internal controls; audit; and debt management. Interviewed state ministries, departments and agencies, parliament and civil society, reviewed evidence and indicator scores and contributed to the assessment reports. Developed the political economy analysis framework, trained teams and conducted key informant interviews.
Documented output
Contributions to PFM assessment reports and political economy analysis reports.
IGR expansion strategy and property valuation, USAID STATE2STATE
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 · Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Sokoto, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi States
Client
DAI Global, for the USAID STATE2STATE programme
Role
IGR Expansion Strategy and Capacity Development Consultant; PFM Consultant and Team Lead
Problem addressed
States needed to grow internally generated revenue and keep sound property records.
Work undertaken
Developed an IGR expansion strategy and trained staff on revenue enforcement, administration, forecasting, risk management and revenue modelling. Facilitated a two-day public-private dialogue on IGR, covering tax relief, filing extensions and harmonisation of state and local taxes. Developed property enumeration, valuation and assessment templates and procedures, and trained officers from the lands, accountant general, budget, revenue and finance offices.
Documented output
An IGR expansion strategy, property enumeration and valuation templates and SOPs, training modules and activity reports.
Budget consultation procedures and State Action Plans, USAID STATE2STATE
Jun to Oct 2021 · Adamawa, Sokoto, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom States
Client
DAI Global, for the USAID STATE2STATE programme
Role
PFM Consultant; Consultant Facilitator
Problem addressed
Citizens, committees and state agencies needed defined entry points into the budget process, and state transformation committees needed workable action plans.
Work undertaken
Facilitated stakeholder engagement with ministries, departments, agencies and Citizens Budget Committees on public budget consultation, and mapped entry points for consultation. Led the facilitation of the Akwa Ibom and Sokoto State Transformation Committee retreats that produced State Action Plans.
Documented output
Standard operating procedures for budget consultation, an inventory of consultation entry points, State Action Plans for Akwa Ibom and Sokoto, and activity reports.
Subnational public procurement capacity
Oct 2021 · Nigeria
Client
Praeceptor Consulting
Role
Procurement Review Consultant
Problem addressed
State and local governments needed procurement procedures and a way to assess their own capacity needs.
Work undertaken
Reviewed procurement laws, policies, programmes and systems, and helped management establish procurement procedures. Developed a procurement guide and manuals and a framework for assessing capacity needs of state and local governments, and coordinated the capacity development plan and training modules.
Documented output
A procurement guide and manuals, a capacity assessment framework, a capacity development plan and training modules.
Capacity needs assessment for PFM reform
Mar to Apr 2022 · Nigeria
Client
Praeceptor Consulting
Role
PFM and Capacity Building Consultant and Team Lead
Problem addressed
Spending entities' finance units needed the tools and skills to implement a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
Work undertaken
Reviewed policies, institutional structures, budget committees, budgeting tools and procedures. Analysed MTEF implementation, including challenges and lessons from budget execution against plans, and reviewed public consultation and communications for MTEF awareness.
Documented output
A capacity building plan, an analysis of MTEF implementation and the assignment report.
Subnational domestic revenue mobilisation study
Aug 2022 · Nigeria
Client
ACUF Initiative for Policy and Governance
Role
IGR Consultant and Team Lead
Problem addressed
Subnational governments need to know where their revenue systems are strong and weak.
Work undertaken
Reviewed existing domestic revenue mobilisation policies and programmes of the subnational government, set out principles and practices, produced a framework of benchmarks and indicators for tracking results, and recommended implementation mechanisms.
Documented output
A final report with a benchmark and indicator framework.
Analysis of the 2021 federal budget and social protection brief
Feb to Mar 2021 · Nigeria
Client
The Knowledge and Policy Management Initiative
Role
Consultant
Problem addressed
Civil society needed an accessible reading of the enacted 2021 federal budget, especially for social sectors.
Work undertaken
Analysed the enacted 2021 federal budget, focusing on the macroeconomic framework and the social sectors: education, health, water and sanitation, and social action.
Documented output
A social protection budget brief and a budget memo for advocacy.
Assessment of federal government reforms, 1999 to 2015
Dec 2014 to May 2015 · Nigeria
Client
FCDO (formerly DFID) Nigeria
Role
Team Leader and Governance Reforms Expert
Problem addressed
Which federal reforms worked, which did not, and why.
Work undertaken
Assessed federal reforms through desk research, focus group discussions, key informant discussions and stakeholder engagement. Mapped reforms in the period, including infrastructure financing and public-private partnerships, and identified the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Documented output
A project report with policy recommendations on keeping effective reforms and avoiding earlier mistakes.
Social protection programmes in Nigeria
Jan to Jul 2012 · Nigeria
Client
African Institute for Applied Economics, with IDRC
Role
Social Protection Expert and Team Lead
Problem addressed
Nigeria had many social protection programmes and little evidence on which ones worked.
Work undertaken
Mapped the social protection landscape and evaluated programmes on participation, equity, efficiency and sustainability. Profiled the programmes that met these criteria, analysed whether they could be scaled up, and designed strategies for scaling successful schemes and introducing new ones.
Documented output
A mapping and evaluation of programmes with strategies for scale-up.
Federal budget implementation, 2005 to 2009
Jul to Nov 2010 · Nigeria
Client
Fiscal Responsibility Commission
Role
Budget Expert
Problem addressed
Why federal budgets were not fully implemented or delivering the projects they funded.
Work undertaken
Reviewed and assessed the federal budgets from 2005 to 2009 to identify challenges to implementation and to budget and project performance, including infrastructure and utility capital planning and budgeting.
Documented output
Policy recommendations for addressing the implementation challenges.
Ibadan Solid Waste Management Master Plan
Jul 2022 to Apr 2023 · Oyo State, Nigeria
Client
SMEC Holdings
Role
Finance Analyst
Problem addressed
An infrastructure master plan needed financial analysis behind the recommended investments.
Work undertaken
Responsible for the financial analyses, finance-related assessments, studies, model development and planning for the master plan, and prepared the finance chapters, documents and reports.
Documented output
Financial analysis, a financial model and report chapters for the master plan.
Costs of sexual and gender-based violence in Africa
Feb 2015 to Jul 2016 · Nigeria, within a study covering Egypt, Kenya and South Sudan
Client
Oxfam GB
Role
Nigeria National Lead Economist and Project Quality Assurance Expert
Problem addressed
The social, economic and political costs of sexual and gender-based violence in Africa.
Work undertaken
Reviewed economic, social and political literature, developed an interview guide to standardise data collection across countries, and consulted more than 20 stakeholders, including ministries, civil society, the judiciary and UN agencies. Consulted survivors in camps for internally displaced people and facilitated validation workshops with Oxfam Nigeria.
Documented output
Country findings and recommendations validated with stakeholders.
Governance reform assessments for the South East
Sep 2016 to Dec 2019 · South East Nigeria and nationally
Client
FCDO-funded Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), including its Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability component
Role
Public Sector Management Consultant; Consultant
Problem addressed
State governments needed evidence on what makes service delivery reforms work and which new reform opportunities to pursue.
Work undertaken
Assessed state reform models, delivery chains and lessons, assessed South East states' readiness for the World Bank SFTAS project, and documented emerging reforms. Developed an Open Government Partnership advocacy tool, facilitated learning events and a South East innovation summit, and profiled women in governance and designed a programme of support for them.
Documented output
Reform assessments, an Open Government Partnership advocacy tool, learning events and a support programme for women in government.
Governance and management training for public bodies
2020 to 2023 · Nigeria
Client
Manad and Associates; FITC
Role
Lead Facilitator; Faculty Member
Problem addressed
Boards and senior staff of public bodies need clarity on their roles and on managing people and money.
Work undertaken
Developed content and facilitated board retreats for the Nigerian Communications Commission (2023) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (2021), including review of establishment laws and operating procedures. Facilitated workforce management training for the Universal Basic Education Commission (2023) and the National Teachers Institute (2021), results-based project management training for ECOWAS project managers (2023), and a session on the future of board governance at the CBN-FITC Directors Programme (2020).
Documented output
Training modules, facilitated retreats and, for the two commissions, procedures and operational guidelines.
Prof. Chiwuike Newington Uba, Ph.D.
Professor and PhD Advisor, Global Humanistic University
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