Uwuigbe Olubukola Ranti

Name

Qualification(s)

B.Sc. Accounting ; MBA; MSc Accounting; Ph.D. Accounting

Membership

1) CGMA: Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA) 2) ACMA: Associate of Cost and Management Accountants (UK) 3) ACTI: Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria 4) FCFIP: Fellow International Institute of Certified Forensic Investigation Professionals, USA 5) FAFAR: Fellow Association of Forensic Accounting Researchers (Nigeria)

Position

Professor of Accounting

College

College of Management and Social Sciences

Department

Accounting

Research Interests

Ø Corporate Governance

Ø Auditing and Accounting Ethics

Ø Management Accounting

Ø Gender diversity

Award & Honours

ü Recipient of recipient of the 2020/2021 grant for Africa Call for Accounting & Finance Research Initiative, by Pan African Federation of Accountants

ü Travel Grant by the European Academy on Internal Audit and Corporate Governance Conference held at CASS Business School, UK

ü Ph.D. Research Grant by Covenant University Centre for Research & Development (CUCERD) (2010).

Current Postgraduate Supervision

M.Sc. supervised:

ü Name: Olalowo Funmilayo (2014)

(2Topic: An Evaluation Of Stakeholders’ Perception On The Effects Of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (Ipsas) Adoption On Accountability and Governance in the Nigerian Public Sector

N Name: Erin Olayinka (2016) Topic: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Stock Market Behaviour in Nigeria

ü Name: Opeyemi Ajetunmobi (2017)

Topic: Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: A Comparative Study of Listed Financial and Non-Financial Firms in Nigeria

ü Name: Dosunmu Benjamin (2017)

Topic: Corporate Governance and Management of Unclaimed Dividend in Nigeria

ü Name: Ozordi Emmanuel (2018)

Topic: Corporate Diversity and Corporate Social Environmental Disclosure in Nigeria.

ü Name: Ikumapayi Tolulope (2018)

Topic: Impact of Information Technology on Tax Administration in Nigeria

Name: Alabi Oluseyi (2019)

Topic: Board Diversity and Risk Management among Listed Banks in Nigeria

Ph.D. Students (Supervised to completion):

ü Name: Nwaze Chukwuma

Topic: Forensic Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting Credibility among listed Firms in Nigeria

ü Name: Umukoro Olaoluwa

Topic: Corporate Strategies and the Level of Cash Flow among Listed Financial Institutions in Africa

ü Ph.D. Students (under supervision :

Name: Asiriuwa Osariemen

Topic: Corporate Characteristics, Tax Aggressiveness and Timeliness of Financial

Information in Nigeria

ü Name: Ozordi Emmanuel

Topic: Governance Cost, Board Quality and Financial Services Efficiency in Nigeria

OYEGOKE Adebusola Adebola

Corporate Governance and Financial Performance: A Comparative analysis of Troubled and Non-Troubled Listed Financial Firms in Nigeria

Conferences Attended

1. Umukoro O.E.,Uwuigbe O.R.,Uwuigbe U.,Adegboye A.,Ajetunmobi O.,Nwaze C. (2019)

Board Expertise and Sustainability Reporting in Listed Banks in Nigeria.

International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment

2. Chukwu N.,Asaolu T.O.,Uwuigbe O.R.,Uwuigbe U.,Umukoro O.E.,Nassar L.,Alabi O.

(2019)The impact of basic forensic accounting skills on financial reporting credibility among listed firms in Nigeria. International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment. Covenant University

3. Oluseyi-Sowunmi, S.O., Owolabi, A.A., Iyoha, F.O., Uwuigbe, O.R. (2019) Corporate

ethical standard and the quality of sustainability reporting: Empirical evidence from commercial banks in Nigeria International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment. Covenant University

4. Erin, O., Uwuigbe, U., Eriabie, S., Uwuigbe, O. (2020) Risk governance and firm

performance in Nigeria’s financial sector. Proceedings of the 33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2019: Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020

5. Otekunrin, A.O., Iyoha, F.O., Uwuigbe, U., Uwuigbe, O.R. (2017) Adoption of

International Financial Reporting Standard, capital structure and profitability of selected quoted firms in Nigeria. Proceedings of the 29th International Business Information Management Association Conference – Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020: From Regional Development Sustainability to Global Economic Growth, 2017, pp. 3788–3797

Olusanmi, O., Uwuigbe, U., and Uwuigbe, O, (2013) The effects of risk management

on banks’ financial performance in Nigeria, 2013 IBIMA Conference Held in

Spain

Uwuigbe, U. and Uwuigbe, O. R. and Iyoha, F. O. (2013) Environmental Tax as a Tool

for Flood Reduction in Nigeria: A Study of Lagos State. 2013 IBIMA Conference Held in Spain http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JSABR/jsabr.html

Biographical Info

Professor Uwuigbe Olubukunola ‘Ranti graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University with a B.sc (Hons) Accounting and MBA (Master of Business Administration). She is a Ph.D holder in Accounting from Covenant University and she also attended University of Lagos, where she read M.Sc. Accounting.

Prof. Uwuigbe Olubukunola joined Covenant University as a lecturer in June 2004 and has since remained in the services of the University. She has served in various capacities which include, but not limited to the followings: She was the Head, Department of Accounting, Covenant University Ota, from 2016 to 2018. She is also Chairman, College of Business and Social Sciences Vision 10:2022 committee, 2018 – till date. She is the sub-head, research cluster on Environmental, Sustainability and Integrated Reporting Issues.

In her professional quests, she is an Associate member, Chartered Management Accountant (UK); Associate, Chartered Global Management Accountants United Kingdom (CGMA); Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI), Fellow International Institute of Certified Forensic Investigation (FCFIP). She is also a Fellow, Association of Forensic Accounting Researchers.

Prof. Uwuigbe has published several articles in learned journals and chapters in books. She was a recipient of several achievements/scholarship, Fellowships and Prizes and awards. She is a recipient of the 2020/2021 AAFA/PAFA research grant

She has been a visiting lecturer to many schools like Landmark University, Bells University, Elizade University etc. Recently, she has assessed professorial candidates from both private and state universities.