Abstract In this study, the institutional mechanisms for combatting corruption in Nigeria‟s public service were critically and empirically analysed by appraising the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Primary data which were obtained through the instrumentality of questionnaire only. This was subjected to a chi square analysis in other to determine the activeness, effectiveness and problems of the set up institutional mechanisms for combatting...
ABSTRACT Sexual harassment has become a bane globally and while most organizations have adopted some form of resistance towards it, others have treated it like a “white elephant”, and would rather adopt a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with respect sexual harassment. One very important global institution is the United Nations. The purpose of this research is to provide an insight into sexual harassment and how deep this phenomenon has eaten into society. In doing so, this paper ...
ABSTRACT Ambiguity is a linguistic phenomenon in which more than one meaning, or deep structure, may be represented by the same expression, or surface structure; the same word or similar sounding words forexample can have multiple meaning. It arises from different sources; phonology, syntax and punctuation. In this task, ambiguity is the preoccupation of this task. It is a point where two sentence overlap with respect to their syntactic category.
ABSTRACT The government of Ghana has begun processes to introduce Genetically Modified foods (GM foods) into the country’s food chain despite opposition by some civil society groups. In 2011, parliament passed the Biosafety Act, 2011 to permit the testing, production and commercialisation of GM crops in the country. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is undertaking confined field trials of some GM foods as part of approval procedures before government will give the green l...
ABSTRACT The study has proposed a narrative grammar for reading Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Fragments, and Why Are We So Blest? A narrative grammar is a distinct set of models and narrative categories to analyze a story. Tzvetan Todorov, Claud Levi- Strauss and Vladimir Propp are major proponents of this theory. Each uses a personal GRAMMAR, that is, a distinct set of models and narrative categories to analyze the “story”. This concept involves constants and...
ABSTRACT This is a phenomenological study which explores how rural women conceptualise intimate partner violence (IPV) from their own perspectives. The study also examines the lived experiences and resilience of women who have been victimised in their intimate relationships. Two theoretical strands form the framework of this study and they are, the Integrative Feminist Model and the Strengths Perspective. The research combines two qualitative designs namely, in-depth interviews, and communi...
ABSTRACT The study involves farmers, charcoal producers, and plantation developers in Weila, a community in Kintampo, a district in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Plantation suggested as a sustainable alternative for charcoal production does not support other rural livelihoods and rural inhabitants are excluded from its development due to the high capital required. The nature of integration between farming and charcoal production and tree plantation is investigated. Also the study examines...
ABSTRACT Jogo is one of the three Mande languages (Bisa and Wangara/Dyula) spoken in Ghana. Jogo is a dialect of the language commonly known as Ligbi, spoken in Banda and Menji, in the Banda and Tain Districts respectively. The other dialects of Ligbi are Weila, of Namasa; Ntɔleh of Kwametenten and Ntɔgɔleh (also referred to as Numu/Atumfuɔkasa) of Brohani, all of the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. This thesis investigates the sound system, the syllable type, and some...
Abstract Background Vaccination undoubtedly remains one of the most cost-effective ways of decreasing child morbidity and mortality globally. Ga East Municipality is one of the districts with a low operational vaccination coverage in the Greater Accra Region. The municipality in 2015 recorded 71%, 78% and 74% as its BCG, Penta3 and Measles 2 vaccination coverage. Accumulation of unvaccinated population lowers herd immunity thereby lead to disease outbreaks. This study sought the factors assoc...
ABSTRACT Literary records representing women in the ancient Athenian society are heavily dependant on the writings of men and that has influenced the portrayal of women. However, the ancient Athenian society has some outstanding similarities and differences in areas such as: the performance of rituals, family life and shared values in the society. The positions of women in the Athenian society are characterized by male domination. From childhood the girl comes under the authority of her fath...
ABSTRACT The study is an analysis of the content of political party television advertisements preceding the 2012 general elections. The study, among others, aimed to find out which of the two major political parties, the ruling NDC and the opposition NPP, relied on negative advertising to achieve their aims. It also sought to find out which issues the two parties focused on. The study was anchored in the functional theory of political campaign discourse. A content analysis of seventy-one te...
ABSTRACT Background: Non-use of contraceptive have received a global recognition, but despite the danger of an unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease adolescent rarely use contraceptives. Promoting contraceptive use among adolescent has become a major challenge even though it has proven to reduce maternal and child mortality, teenage pregnancy and STDs. In spite of it, enormous benefit contraceptive uptake among adolescent still remains low. Objective: The main objective of the ...
ABSTRACT Newspapers play an important surveillance role in exposing all activities in society and bringing them to the attention of their patrons. In turn, public attention to these exposures and representations become the subject matter of public discussion and determination of issue salience within society. This study examined newspaper coverage of cocaine issues in Ghana by content analyzing sampled editions of the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide in 2014. The study set out to examine th...
ABSTRACT This is a study on ihe causes and impact of labour unrest on some selected organizations in Accra. Labour unrest in Ghana has in recent time led to legal battles between perpetrators and the National Labour Commission which is an administrative body charged with settlement of industrial conflicts. Others too have led to forfeiture of workers’ salaries and some to job loss. These battles and losses, even though not novel, have gained so much notoriety in Ghanaian industrial relatio...
ABSTRACT Society has put up invisible barriers to the idea of marriages involving persons with disabilities and not much is known about the marital experiences of persons with physical disabilities. This study, therefore, sought to (a) explore the pre-marital experiences of persons with physical disabilities and their spouses (b) ascertain the marital experiences of persons with physical disabilities and their spouses (c) identify the coping strategies employed by persons with physical disab...