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STATE BEHAVIOUR AND REBELLION IN WEST AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF LA CÔTE D’IVOIRE

ABSTRACT This study appraised the impact of state behaviour on rebellion in La Côte d’Ivoire. It was occasioned by the continued recurrence of rebellion in that country, despite efforts at ensuring peace. Rebellion undermines political and socio-economic development; hence the need to investigate the extent to which state behaviour has contributed to rebellion in La Côte d’Ivoire. The research set out three objectives. First, it sought to examine the relationship between state behaviour...

AN ASSESSMENT OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN STATES: CASE STUDY OF GHANA AND BOTSWANA

ABSTRACT This study particularly focuses on the existing relationship between the practice of liberal democracy and socio-economic development in Africa. The concept and practice of liberal democracy is one that is widely popular in the international system and states continually strive to adhere to and uphold the values of liberal democracy. In as much as it is largely believed that Liberal Democracy goes a long way to affect the socio-economic development of states, this assertion is contra...

THE CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN POST-CONFLICT AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF SIERRA LEONE

ABSTRACT Wars and conflicts have been dominant in the history of the world, particularly in Africa for some time now. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) records that the continent of Africa experienced an approximately 630 state-based and non-state armed conflicts between 1990 and 2015. These conflicts have been caused by a multiplicity of factors and have negatively impacted the economic development of states. The youth have often been involved in these conflicts. Sierra Leone experien...

PERCEPTION OF MOTIVATION PRACTICES OF MINING CAMPANIES ON EMPLOYEE MORALE: INSIGHTS FROM NEWMONT GHANA GOLD LIMITED

ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to: identify employee motivation practices of Newmont Ghana; determine extent to which the motivation practices meet the expectations of the employees of the company; and determine employee perception of the effect of non-monetary motivation practices on their morale. Exiting literature on employee motivational practices helped generate questionnaire to collect data. Twenty items were pretested and appropriate corrections made to ensure the reliabilit...

ANALYSIS OF TENSE ERRORS IN STUDENTS’ WRITTEN ESSAYS: A CASE STUDY OF WOBIL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ABSTRACT Education is key to the development of every nation and to deepen the benefits of education communication is necessary to aid the expression of ideas, opinions, thoughts and feelings either written or orally. There is however evidence that students in Junior High Schools lack the required depth of knowledge in English language. Students of Wobil Junior High School tend to make errors that suggest they do not have a full grasp of the rules of grammar; however, no comprehensive study h...

ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN URBAN GHANA A CONTRIBUTION TO AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK

ABSTRACT This project work describes the different methods of analyzing the economics of a solar water heating system to determine its economic viability and potential in Ghana. The economic variables in relation to cost that were considered in the analyses are the annual cost of owning the collector, storage unit and associated controls, the annualized life-cycle cost (ALCC) of operating the system, the yearly cost of maintenance, life-cycle savings (LCS), life-cycle cost (LCC), the payback ...

EFFECTIVENESS OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG HEADTEACHERS OF BASIC SCHOOLS AT ASOKORE MAMPONG CIRCUIT IN THE ASHANTI REGION..

ABSTRACT The study investigated shared responsibilities of basic school headteachers at Asokore Mampong Circuit. The objectives of the study were to investigate the dominant responsibilities shared by headteachers of basic school, identify the factors that hinder effective sharing of responsibilities process in basic schools, and to determine how to improve effective shared responsibilities in basic schools at Asokore Mampong Circuit. Three research questions were formulated to guide the stud...

CHALLENGES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE SUNYANI WEST DISTRICT

ABSTRACT This study focused on females in political leadership positions. The purpose was to examine the experiences of females in political leadership positions in the Sunyani West District. This study adopted qualitative approach. A total of 14 participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected using interviews. Thematic analysis was used for the data analysis. The results showed that females in political leadership positions perceive leadership in three different ...

ANALYSIS OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SELECTED BASIC SCHOOLS IN ATWIMA KWANWOMA DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The rationale for this study is to do systematic investigation into the prevalence of corporal punishment, kinds of offences that attract corporal punishment, the long and short term effects of corporal punishment, and the alternatives to management of misbehavior. The design used for this work is descriptive survey. The researcher wanted to describe the characteristics of the targeted population and their phenomenon. This made the researcher to use descriptive survey. The investigat...

FEMALE MIGRATION AND DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL IN PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOLS IN A LUMBERING COMMUNITY IN THE ASANTE AKIM SOUTH DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore female migration and drop out in the Ashanti Akim South district. The objectives of the study were to identify the perceived school factors that dominantly cause school dropouts, determine the perceived home factors that dominantly causes school dropouts and to find out the perceived effects of school dropouts in the district. The researcher used descriptive survey design with closed ended questionnaire as the research instrument for the study. The ...

THE GRADUATE PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY – A CASE STUDY IN HO MUNICIPAL

ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to investigate the graduate perception towards the hospitality industry, using Ho Municipality as a case study. This study adopted the case study design. The study used both quantitative and qualitative research and a combination of both approaches. The population for the study was two hundred and forty (240). The population of the study was made up of young hospitality graduates and their managers working in the Ho Municipality. A sample size of one...

THE INFLUENCE OF MUSLIM ORGANIZATION ON THE LIFE OF MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The paper examines the impact of muslim organization on the life of muslims and islam in Nigeria.

LEARNERS DIFFICULTIES IN NOUN IDENTIFICATION IN CONTEXT

ABSTRACT This study sought to find out why the class four pupils of Saint Martin’s Anglican Primary School find it difficult to identify nouns in sentences and also find remedies to the problem. The researcher did a qualitative study and used observations, interviews and tests in diagnosing the cause of the problem with regard to noun identification in sentences. From the findings, it was realized that, the pupils did not pay attention in class whenever the English Language was being taught...

A Comparative Study of the Teaching of Islam in Selected Nigerian Universities

ABSTRACT This paper attempts to examine the inner dialectics in the teaching of Islam in some selected Nigerian Universities with a special focus on  Crescent University of Abeokuta, Nigeria. A comparison is made between the teaching of Islam there and at other universities involved in the academic study of Islam especially ill south-western Nigeria. One common factor to the teaching of Islam in these universities is the Islam inclusion of logic, philosophy and critical thinking in th...

Effects of Modern Games on Muslim Youths: A Case Study of Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi State

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page………………………………………………………….. I Approval page………………………………..…………………… II Dedication………………………………………………………….. III Acknowledgement……………………………………………..…. IV-V Table of contents ..………………………………………………. VI-IX CHAPTER ONE…………………………………………………. 1 1.2...


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