ABSTRACT Habitual reading is considered as one of the most important exercise for enhancing one’s academic performance. Regular reading increases one’s vocabulary and ability to think, improves one’s verbal and writing abilities, and broadens one’s horizon Thus, it is important for students to adopt the reading culture for improved academic performance. The main objectives of the study is to: investigate the reading habits of students of St. Johns Grammar Secondary School, find out th...
ABSTRACT Natural resource governance simply refers to the managing the use of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on managing or governing how the identified natural resource affects the quality of life for both present and future generations of a people (Starik, 1995). In the process of managing these resources, often than not certain aspects of community interests in the natural resource are affected. In Ghana, the construction of the Ako...
ABSTRACT In Mali, the main problems limiting the productivity and production of potatoes is the nonavailability of quality seeds in adequate quantities and at affordable prices for the farmers. To meet quantity and quality requirements for potato seeds in Mali, this study proposes to undertake two experiments to improve the techniques adopted in the IPR/IFRA plant biotechnology laboratory in Mali. The evaluation of the effects of three (3) concentrations of coconut water and two (2) concentra...
Abstract This study was set to examine the role of formal journalism education on journalist’s professional practice in Enugu state. The population for the study is the entire registered journalists practicing in Enugu. Multi-stage sampling procedure which involved cluster and simple random sampling techniques was used to draw a sample size of 137 journalists from the population of 210 registered journalists in Enugu state. Survey methodology was adopted for the study, while two theories we...
ABSTRACT The failure of the conventional theories of economic growth to significantly reduce poverty in Africa has led to a new focus on poverty reduction that emphasises on participatory policies that benefit the poor directly. One outcome of this has been the introduction in Ghana of the social grant scheme, Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP). The LEAP programme is a social cash transfer facility which provides cash and health insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana t...
ABSTRACT Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as theorized by Fairclough, Van Dijk, and Wodak, this thesis attempts a detailed analysis of proverbs in Ewe which describe, prescribe and circumscribe ways of being male and female. Forty (40) selected proverbs, grouped into four categories, are analysed under three stages in Fairclough’s model: the Descriptive, Interpretive and Explanational stages. The literary and linguistic features of the proverbs and their socio-cultural contexts ...
ABSTRACT The focus of the study is to examine the role of religious institutions in governance in Africa using as a case study the Ghana Catholic Bishops‘ Conference and its interventions on governance issues in Ghana since the inauguration of the Fourth Republic. In all 35 documents were carefully examined. The documents include Communiqués, Pastoral letters, Joint statements and other special messages found in the archives of the GCBC at the National Catholic Secretariat in Accra. Each d...
ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of information technology, the proliferation of computer and media devices and the rapid growth in the use of ICT and the Internet for organisational management has brought new forms of crimes and made financial crime to be easier to commit. This study focused on the use of information communication technology (ICT) to combat financial crime in Ghana. It is a case study of the Ghana Police Service Commercial Crime Unit. The study used the Adaptive Information Secu...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine The Influence of Nollywood Movies on Social Behaviour of Students in Public Secondary School in Enugu. It adopted the Survey method with the questionnaire as its instrument of data collection. The study population was made up of the students in Enugu North based on Post Primary Schools Management Board’s record of population of 12,689. Using Taro Yamani’s formula as its sampling technique, a sample size of 154 respondents was drawn from...
Abstract The high rate of recidivism in many countries questions the effectiveness of incarceration as a means to prevent crime as well as the criminal justice system. Recidivism leads to prison overcrowding and poor prison conditions. This study investigated factors that contribute to recidivism in the Nsawam Prison. The objectives of the study were to (a) find out why recidivists in the Nsawam prison re-offended, leading to their re-incarceration, (b) identify challenges faced by prison off...
ABSTRACT The proliferation of small arms and light weapons has been a major problem on the African continent for many years. It has been considered as the main driver of conflict on the continent, leading to massive displacement of people, increases in transnational crime, reversing democracy and development, and fueling the increase in criminal behavior in African states. The study is, therefore, an exploration of the proliferation of SALW in Africa, using Ghana as a case study. Relying on t...
ABSTRACT Consensually united elites are said to be very rare and as such limit the possibility for the spread of liberal democracy across the world. In Africa, Ghana presents itself as a case in point, not only because it is one of the most democratic countries in Africa but also the fact that political elites have been accorded the force behind this success. The study therefore examines the place of elite consensus in Ghana’s political landscape by examining the political parties, election...
ABSTRACT The charismatic movement that has become part of the religious scene in Ghana has attracted scholarly attention including the works of Rev. Prof. Elom Dovlo, Dr. Samuel Adubofuor and Rev. Dr. Abamfo Atiemo. This notwithstanding, their works have not given the necessary attention to the indigenous evangelical leaders, some of whom laid the foundation for the current Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in Ghana. In every renewal movement in the history of the church, there have been ...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Cartoons have been a part of cinema history from the time the first motion pictures were made in the late 1800s. A cartoon is a movie made by using animation instead of live actors, especially a humorous film intended for children (Thompson, 2010). Cartoons can also be described as the making of movies by filming a sequence of slightly varying drawings or models so that they appear to move and change when the sequence is shown...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the discourse that characterizes herbal medicine advertisements on radio. The study focused on the persuasion techniques, language style, tone and style of presentation associated with herbal medicine radio commercials. Three herbal ads on Peace FM were selected as the units of analysis. The products that were studied are New Kingdom Ginseng Power Capsules, Sibor Tonic and News Angel Natural Capsules. The study was anchored on the conceptual models of ...