ADEKUNJO FELIX OLUYEMI

Economics

At the Economics department office

Appointment on Visitation important

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (Economics)	University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2019

Assessing the willingness to pay for HIV Counselling and Testing Service in Nigeria A contingent valuation Survey in Lagos State

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ADEKUNJO FELIX is a Lecturer I at the Department of Economics

ADEKUNJO has a Ph.D in Economics from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia