Magnus L. Kpakol

• Comment: @Anne Delong, APerson, RadioFan, and DGG: This hasn't been significantly edited since APerson's decline of November 10 for lack of notability, but that is at odds with Anne Delong's comment of July 31. I was going to summarily decline as "no change since last decline" but then I noticed Anne's comment. Pinging past reviewers/commenters for input. My take: I have not checked the references for suitability, but if even a few of them are suitable and, together, the suitable references provide significant coverage, then WP:GNG is met. If not, then it is not met, but the person may still be notable, in which cases the submission should either be accepted and tagged as needing better references or declined pending better references. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nigeria may be a good place to ask for help if this isn't a clear-cut "accept" or "reject." @Ola olus: This would've been a lot easier to accept if you had edited the article after November 10 in a way that clearly addressed APerson's concerns of a lack of notability, and/or if you had worked with him on his talk page or at the AFC Help Desk to see what those concerns were. Also, a note for any reviewer that might accept this page: Please ask an administrator to help review the deleted versions of Magnus Kpakol and Magnus L. Kpakol to see if a history-merge is necessary. You can file this request at Wikipedia:Cut-and-paste-move repair holding pen. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:16, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

• Comment: A copy of the expired-prod version deleted in January 2012 can be found at http://live.dbpedia.org/page/Magnus_Kpakol . At the time, the page had the following issues: {{one source}}, {{POV}}, {{COI}}, and {{tone}}. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

• Comment: An article with the name Magnus L. Kpakol was deleted by @Jimfbleak: on 2012-03-05 as "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: unsourced biography of a living person".
  An article with the name Magnus Kpakol was deleted by @Fastily: on 00:30, 5 January 2012 as "Expired PROD, concern was: Promotional biography with only self-published reference".
  I have some concern that a WP:HISTMERGE to one or both of these older articles may be needed for attribution purposes. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

• Comment: This submission probably needs more sources that reference the notability of the subject. APerson (talk!) 13:41, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

• Comment: It seems as though Mr. Kpakol is a notable person, so it's important that his article be appropriately neutral and properly sourced, so that it will not be deleted again as has happened once already. First, please do not cite Dpedia, which copied the text from the now deleted Wikipedia article; this is circular referencing. Second, the references have been written in a way that it is difficult to tell the source of the information. Each reference should have only it's actual title, not on that you have made up expressing a point of view, plus the name of the publisher and date, and the name of the journalist or other author who wrote it if available. I have fixed one for you (Business Today). Mentioning Mr. Kpakol's accomplishments is appropriate, but commenting on their importance or effectiveness is not; the article writer should hold a neutral point of view about everything in the article. When these issues have been resolved, please submit the article again. —Anne Delong (talk) 21:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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Magnus Lekara Kpakol was the Principal Consultant at VIJONS International in Dallas Texas and a visiting professor of economics at the University of Dallas where he taught economic development and international economics before being appointed in 2001 as Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria by President Olusegun Obasanjo. He is the CEO and Chief Strategist at the Economic and Business Strategies, with offices in the United States and Nigeria.

Dr. Magnus L. Kpakol

Early Life and Education

Magnus Lekara Kpakol, Ph.D. was born in B. Dere, Gokana in Rivers State of Nigeria. He attended St. Pius X Secondary School, Bodo, and Baptist High School, Port Harcourt before leaving for the United States as a teenager in the mid 1970s. He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin, (1978); did graduate studies in Economics and Industrial Relations at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and in 1982, obtained a Master of Science Degree in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at the University of North Texas in Denton. In 1983 he received an M.A. in Political Economy from the University of Texas at Dallas from where in 1988 he also obtained a Ph.D in Political Economy, specializing in economic development and international economics.

Presidential Advisor

Magnus Kpakol was Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria from July 2001 to May 2003. While serving as Chief Economic Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, he was also the Chief Executive Officer of the National Planning Commission, and a member of cabinet in the Federal Executive Council, working with the Minister of Finance, and Governor of the Central Bank on fiscal and monetary policies.

Beginning in June 2003, he served for eight years as a Senior Special Assistant to the President and was also the National Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication Program (NAPEP). His administration at National Poverty Eradication Program developed a unique Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program (COPE) with a Poverty Reduction Accelerator Investment (PRAI) component. He also adopted the Village Economic Development Solutions (Village Solutions); and initiated the Promise Keeper Partnership (PKP) program for poor people in faith based organizations. In respect of some of these programs he implemented at NAPEP, stories were published in the media about his being indicted by the Nigerian Senate, with claims of misappropriation of funds and scam, and also of his and the Senate's refutal of such stories

Recent and Other Professional Experience

Magnus Kpakol lives in Dallas, Texas, where he is the Chairman, CEO and Chief Strategist at the Economic and Business Strategies (EBS); he is also the host of Magnus Kpakol gvA , a global economic trends show on Africa carried around the world on Africa Independent Television. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Economic Growth and Development Center (EGDC), the initiators of SHAFRI and Village Solutions; Chairman of VIJONS, an International Business and Management Consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas.

Before working with the government of Nigeria as an advisor, he was a senior economist in the Planning & Research department of JCPenney Company based in Plano Texas. He was also a visiting professor of economics at the University of Dallas and previous to that an adjunct professor of economics at the same university; he also taught in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Dallas. He was also an adjunct lecturer and professor at the University of North Texas in Denton, and North Lake College in Irving, Texas. He was the Director and Principal Consultant at VIJONS, based in Dallas Texas.

He served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), He has spoken at conferences around the world and appeared on various radio and TV programs and publications . He founded MAGONI Productions, the creators of Magoni music with roots in Ogoni rhythm.

Kpakol was a member of the Board of Trustees of John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He is a member of the Dallas Economists’ Club, where he was chairman of the Education Committee. He is also a member of the American Economic Association, the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) and its International Roundtable.