Email: egokoro@delsu.edu.ng

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  • Area of Specialization: CORPORATE REPORTING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING THEORY
  • Department of Accounting & Finance

  • Dr. OKORO Godsday Edesiri is a born scholar. He was born on the 14th of January 1986 in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria to the family of Rev (Dr.) and Mrs. Thomas Okoro of Okolor-Inland, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Okoro G. Edesiri educational career commenced with Ekrovie Primary School, Otor-Iyede, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1995. Subsequently, he had his secondary education in Kes College, Ughelli, Delta State where he obtained his West African Secondary School Certificate in 2002. He got admitted into the Delta State University, Abraka where he obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Accounting with 2nd Class Honours (Upper Division) in 2008. Given his thirst for knowledge and career advancement, Okoro G. Edesiri furthered his studies at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizk), Awka and obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc. Accountancy) in 2014; immediately, he registered for a PhD programme at the same University (Unizik) where he bagged the Doctorate in 2019 in Accountancy. Okoro G. Edeisri started his teaching career under the employment of the Delta State University, Abraka in 2018 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance. He is a devout Christian and a husband of one wife, Mrs. Nichola Edesiri. His areas of academic research include Corporate Reporting, Financial Management, and Accounting Theory and also a Financial Consultant. He has written intriguing and groundbreaking papers in Accountancy (Peace Accounting, Accounting Alchemy and Spiritual Accounting). He has served in the capacity as Secretary, Research and Seminar Committee of the Department of Accounting and Finance, Abraka, Course Adviser to undergraduate degree students as well as Assessor for CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group.
    My Publications
  1. Jeroh, E. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2019) Do taxes influence corporate borrowing? A case of publicly quoted Nigerian firms, Anambra State University (ANSU) Journal of Arts and Social Sciences
    Vol.7 Pages: 53-63

  2. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri & Egberi, K.A (2019) Peace accounting and its implication on economic growth: An Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) Approach, Journal of Advanced Research in Management
    https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=822375 Vol.10 Pages: 70-74

  3. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri & Ekwueme, C.M. (2018) Determinants of bank performance in Nigeria: The dynamics of internality and externality measures, Acta Oeconomica Universitatis Selye
    https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=708849 Vol.7 Pages: 108-120

  4. Egbunike, P.A. & Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2018) Does green accounting matter to the profitability of firms? A canonical correlation, Economic Horizons
    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Does-green-accounting-matter-to-the-profitability-A-Patrick-Edesiri/e3da7455e77bfd8b3d3207110b55403cd5aa9a15 Vol.20 Pages: 15-23

  5. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri & Egbunike, P.A. (2017) Impact assessment of foreign direct investment, oil revenue on economic prosperity in Nigeria, Journal of Academic Research in Economics, Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Constanta
    https://ideas.repec.org/a/shc/jaresh/v9y2017i2p130-136.html Vol.9 Pages: 130-136

  6. Egbunike, P.A. & Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2017) Impasse of the 21st century accountants: Need for ethical revolution, enforcement of accounting guidelines and discipline, Business Trends: Journal of the Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemian, Czech Republic
    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Impasse-of-the-21st-century-accountants%3A-need-for-Egbunike-Okoro/d42dd06cec5efefdf01c3a11de2fdc3653a32166 Vol.7 Pages: 59-67

  7. Mafiana, U.I. and Okoro Godsday Edesiri (2017) Impact of globalization and the international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) on the reported performance of money deposit banks in Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi
    Vol.6 Pages: 1-7

  8. Okoye, E.I. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri & Salubi, I.L. (2017) Fraudulent financial reporting and factors impairing auditor’s detection of fraud in Nigeria: Is there really a correlation?, Kaduna State University (KASU) Journal of Management Sciences
    Vol.8 Pages: 1-12

  9. Egbunike, P.A. & Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2017) Managing fraud in an economy under recession: Nigeria Experience, In A.D. Nkamnebe, E. Nnabuife, E.I. Okoye (Eds.) Management Sciences in Nigeria quest for development: A festschrift in honour of Professor Pita Ejiofor and a memento to mark the silver jubilee of the Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka: SCOA Heritage Nigeria Limited
    Vol. Pages: 273-290

  10. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri and Okoye, E.I. (2016) Pension investment funds analysis: A variance-comparison tests of non-contributory (pre) and contributory (post) schemes in Nigeria, The 2017 International Conference on African Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainable Development (AEISD)
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319406262_PENSION_INVESTMENT_FUNDS_ANALYSIS_A_Variance-Comparison_Tests_of_Non-Contributory_Pre_and_Contributory_Post_Schemes_in_Nigeria Vol. Pages: 65-75

  11. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2016) Time series behaviour and the predictive ability of accounting numbers: Evidence from listed firms in Nigeria, Journal of Academic Research in Economics
    http://www.jare-sh.com/downloads/abstract_jul_2016/edesiri.pdf Vol.2 Pages: 34-42

  12. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri and Jeroh, E. (2016) Does related party transaction affects financial performance of firms in Nigeria? (Evidence from publicly quoted firms), Business Trends: Journal of the Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemian, Czech Republic
    https://dspace5.zcu.cz/bitstream/11025/22491/1/Okoro.pdf Vol.6 Pages: 47-53

  13. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2016) Stock market performance and the augmentation of frontier economies: A comparative scrutiny of Nigeria and Mauritius, Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Issues
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3367/8d4499b64eef24d2305335b8d5f8800d25b5.pdf?_ga=2.83642003.468530473.1586939281-317952963.1586795763 Vol.23 Pages: 13-20

  14. Jeroh, E. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2016) Effect of environmental and dismantling costs on firm performance among selected oil and gas companies in Nigeria, Sahel Analyst: Journal of Management Sciences
    Vol.14 Pages: 14-26

  15. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri & Egbunike, P.A. (2016) Cost of peace accounting and national security in Nigeria: Does it really matter?, Trends Economics and Management, Faculty of Business and Management, Brno University of Technology
    https://trends.fbm.vutbr.cz/index.php/trends/article/view/trends.2016.27.49/314 Vol.10 Pages: 49-56

  16. Jeroh, E. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2016) Evaluating the effect of IFRS adoption on the financial position of commercial banks in Nigeria, Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice, Faculty of Economics and Administration
    https://dk.upce.cz/bitstream/handle/10195/64722/JerohE_EvaluatingTheEffect_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Vol.36 Pages: 130-140

  17. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri and Okoye, E.I. (2016) Taming creative accounting via international financial reporting standards: The Nigerian scenario, Business Trends: Journal of the Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemian, Czech Republic
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8861/b5e3d937e9b07f5db6ca1e74db4ad93727b5.pdf?_ga=2.109658496.468530473.1586939281-317952963.1586795763 Vol.6 Pages: 11-17

  18. Jeroh, E. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2015) Corporate governance and disclosure practices in the Nigerian banking industry, Nigerian Journal of Management Sciences
    Vol.4 Pages: 348-358

  19. Jeroh, E., Ekwueme, C.M. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2015) Corporate governance, financial performance and audit quality of listed firms in Nigeria, Journal of Academic Research in Economics, Spirut Haret University
    https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:shc:jaresh:v:7:y:2015:i:2:p:220-231 Vol.7 Pages: 17-29

  20. Jeroh, E. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2015) An empirical analysis of share price determinants in Nigeria: A dividend and net asset replica, Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice
    https://dk.upce.cz/bitstream/handle/10195/64662/JerohE_AnEmpirical_2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Vol.33 Pages: 46-54

  21. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2014) Testing the relationship between interest rates volatility and market capitalization: The case of Mauritius, Journal of Economic and Business Research
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e8fb/df4e4d0ec01612223915ef1f8e61b8cc5301.pdf?_ga=2.87245213.468530473.1586939281-317952963.1586795763 Vol.20 Pages: 137-148

  22. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2014) Augmented dickey fuller and Johansen co-integration tests of oil price volatility and stock price in emerging capital market: A case of Nigeria, International Journal of Management and Business Research
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7bd0/6d7eb249c7bc70fb63cebc0e4bd05d6a3f26.pdf?_ga=2.186804525.468530473.1586939281-317952963.1586795763 Vol.4 Pages: 265-271

  23. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2014) Financial leverage behaviour and firm performance: Evidence from publicly quoted companies in Nigeria, Acta Universitati Danbius
    http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/oeconomica/article/view/2416/2648 Vol.10 Pages: 99-106

  24. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2014) Oil price volatility and economic growth in Nigeria: A vector auto-regression (VAR) approach, Acta Universitatis Danubius
    http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/oeconomica/article/view/2113/2058 Vol.10 Pages: 70-82

  25. Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2014) Accountancy profession and IFRS adoption in Nigeria: Benefits and demerits connected with IFRS implementation, Journal of Management and Social Sciences
    Vol.9 Pages: 68-70

  26. Ideh, A.O. and Okoro, Godsday Edesiri (2011) Time series behaviour and the predictive ability of value added data, Journal of Management and Social Sciences
    Vol.7 Pages: 23-30