ABSTRACT The inspiration for the creation of ECOWAS came from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), which had divided Africa earlier in the1960s into regions for purposes of economic development. The ECOWAS Treaty seeks to establish an economic and monetary union based on the removal of duties and equivalent taxes, the adoption of a common external tariff, and a harmonization of economic and sectoral policies. In 1993, ECOWAS revised its Treaty to introduce among other me...
Household economy involves the production and consumption at micro level of human organisation and is characterised by cultural forces that influence actions taken to prevent and/or cure illnesses in rural communities. Existing studies on household economy in rural communities of Nigeria have focused on production and consumption patterns, without paying considerable attention to how local economic system influences health-seeking behaviour. This study, therefore examines the cultural st...
ABSTRACT This study examines the causes of the Nawuri-Gonja conflict, which broke out in 1991 over allodial land rights. In Alfai, as is the case of other Ghanaian societies, the modes of measuring allodial land rights are embedded in the historical traditions of the people. By right of autochthony and autonomy, allodial land rights in Alfai in the pre-colonial period resided in the Nawuri. However, Alfai’s encounters with the colonial enterprise led to the evolution of new constructs of al...
ABSTRACT There is a dearth of literature on return migrants from the Gulf region and their migration experiences while abroad. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the experiences of migrants from the Gulf region have been characterised by a lot of abuses and inhumane treatment on the part of the employers of these migrants. Therefore, the objective of the study was to explore the migration experiences of return migrants from the Gulf region. The research design that was adopted for the study wa...
ABSTRACT This study is a critical analysis of Nigeria's Mass Communication Policy . It examines why, two decades after it was enunciated, not much has been achieved in terms of advancing the frontiers of mass communication in the country to meet the basic minimum standard of the United Nation's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to which Nigeria belongs. The study seeks to prove that there were some conceptual errors in the formulation of the policy, which, ab initio,...
ABSTRACT This study is primarily conducted out of the conviction that Nigeria's role in international information gathering and dissemination has left much to be desired. The propelling aim of this study, therefore, is to critically examine the various factors bedeviliing Nigeria's effective performance in the international information system. Secondly, the study attempts to map out appropriate implementable strategies that would enhance Nigeria's role in the international information system...
ABSTRACT Prior to the deregulation of the broadcast industry in Nigeria in 1992, the broadcast landscape was one characterized by monopoly and lack of space for showcasing news that will enable audience to choose according to their preferences. Indeed what was obtainable then was a situation where every state established and controlled its own broadcast outfit in such a manner that the audience was left with no alternative. The establishment of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission by the Bab...
ABSTRACT KMS are IT systems that manage the knowledge of organizations, these systems aid organizations generate new knowledge, record, utilize and allocate knowledge. This study examines the adoption of knowledge management systems at the American University of Nigeria. Centred on the UTAUT2 theory, this study puts forth a framework and then investigates its constructs to explain individual’s behavioural intentions to adopt knowledge management system. This work also examines the moderati...
ABSTRACT Flooding is undoubtedly one of the global natural disasters with the most debilitating effects on both humans and other living things alike. It is the leading and most frequent cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. It has become such a global concern that both developed and developing countries give maximum attention to it in finding ways of minimizing, if not preventing, its effects. The objective of this study is not to describe the impact of flood events on human populat...
ABSTRACT This study focuses essentially on analyzing the extent of collaboration between World-Vision Ghana, the Government of Ghana and schools in ensuring the provision of quality education, as a way of promoting development across the country, with special reference to the Ga-West, Fanteakwa, and Afram Plains Districts. The study is purely qualitative and relies primarily on literature review and interviews for data collection and analyses. The main objective of the study was to assess the...
ABSTRACT This thesis attempts to situate Kwame Nkrumah‘s intellectual works, in the development of Ghanaian national consciousness and to examine his contribution on African cultural traditions to the evolution of Ghanaian national consciousness in 1944 to 1966. This is done on two main strands. First, it determines Nkrumah‘s earliest writings including ‗Primitive Mind and Thought,‘ ‗Primitive Education in West Africa‘, ‗Education and Nationalism in Africa‘, ‗Educational tre...
ABSTRACT Infant mortality has declined globally, however, sub-Saharan Africa still experiences high rate of infant deaths. Despite efforts made to reduce infant mortality in Ghana, the rate is still high. This study examines the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana using the six successive Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS). The general objective is to examine the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana from 1988-2014 using 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 20...
ABSTRACT Infant mortality has declined globally, however, sub-Saharan Africa still experiences high rate of infant deaths. Despite efforts made to reduce infant mortality in Ghana, the rate is still high. This study examines the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana using the six successive Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS). The general objective is to examine the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana from 1988-2014 using 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 20...
Abstract The thesis is a feminist stylistic study which used the works of Ifeoma Okoye as a case study for a reassessment of the feminist discourse. It aimed at examining and unravelling how Ifeoma Okoye deployed language and style in her works to establish a non- radical and non-rebellious feminist message which preached complementarity of the sexes. It could be said that radical feminism had yielded little dividends in Africa and this was not unconnected with the fact that female radicalis...
ABSTRACT Incidences of children educational neglect are prevalent in third world countries although children are considered as important future pillars of every nation. The role of Government in providing education has hitherto not achieved total coverage despite several reforms. In recent times, Religious Non-governmental Organisations have augmented government efforts to provide an array of services as development partners and one such critical dimension of services is Education Relief Serv...