ABSTRACT Ghana’s decentralisation policy has the agenda of socio-economic transformation which stimulate democracy, political equity and people's active participation at the local level. Local level development planning plays an important part in the decentralisation process. This study set out to examine the prospects and challenges of citizen participation in development planning in the Ga West Municipality. The study was based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data w...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the impact of management accounting practices on financial performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive design with cross sectional survey and is both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The study used SPSS statistical procedure to analyze the data collected through the administration of questionnaires and did content analysis for the interview guide. The qualitative data colle...
ABSTRACT The study examined access to and utilization of health care facilities in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam and Upper Denkyira districts of the Central Region. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select the two districts capitals and 15 other settlements in the two districts. In all 17 settlements, seven from Upper Denkyira and 10 from Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam were selected. Four hundred and twenty respondents from UDD and 380 from AEED were included in the study. Questionnaire consisti...
The study, examine public perception of social media contribution in the fight against corruption, the Idealistic theory, was used in this research study, as different philosophies of scholars review ,is noted to make this research concrete , observed to examine , the public perception ,in Corruption, as news information is being neglected . the magic bullet theory, creates a strong effect in the media influence .The social media, has played an effective role ,in disseminating and eva...
Presidential elections were held in Gambia on 1 December, 2016. The incumbent, Yahya Jammeh, appeared confident of securing a fifth term in office. An army Lieutenant who became President of the Gambia after ceasing power in a bloodless coup d’état on 22 July 1994, President Jammeh was a quintessential African President-for-life. Behind a façade of regular presidential and parliamentary elections, President Jammeh maintained control of Gambia through the tried-and-tested techniques of a...
The Nigerian home video industry which formally began in 1992 with the production of Kenneth Nnebue's Living in Bondage has become very vibrant, producing hundreds of films per annum. The films are very popular with audiences and dominate television screens on the African continent and in the African Diaspora in Europe and America. The industry employs a large number of Nigerians as actors, scriptwriters, directors, camera men and costumiers while many others are involved with distribut...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the use of videos as teaching/learning materials in the study of French as a foreign language (FFL). Our main objectives were to find out the frequency of the use of videos in French teaching/learning, as well as the difficulties associated them. We also aimed at finding out the perceptions of teachers and students concerning the effective integration of these videos in the teaching/learning of FFL. We conducted an exploratory study in two secondary schools in t...
ABSTRACT There are different ways in which conflicts can be handled. For any conflict handling mechanisms to be successful, people’s attitudes, behaviour and root causes or contradictions have to be addressed in the light of genuine commitments of all parties engaged in the peace process. Absence of such genuine commitments can result in serious challenges. The study was undertaken to examine the management mechanisms of the Nkonya and Alavanyo conflict in the Volta Region of Ghana. The stu...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the effect of organisational climate on the job satisfaction of staff at the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS). Quantitative research design was adopted for the study. A total of 119 respondents were sampled from a population of 169. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for collecting data from the respondents. The data were processed by SPSS version 21. The data were analysed based on the research objectives. Descriptive stat...
ABSTRACT The right to fair hearing as enshrined in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights is one of man’s fundamental need. However, this right may be repressed due to power embedded in the language. The strategic role of language in promoting or repressing the rights of the individual to fair hearing as actualized in Ghanaian law courts was the thrust of this study. The study investigated how the linguistic structures inherent in counsels’ elicitation strategies and defendants/witnes...
ABSTRACT This study looks at some difficulties of learners in written French at the SHS level in the Tamale Metropolis. The purpose was to find out the nature of difficulties students have in French essay writing with regard to the use of cohesive elements (anaphors and connectives) and syntactic structures. The data collected as a basis for this study were through three instruments namely, indepth interview for the teachers, questionnaire and essay writing test for the students. The target g...
The crisis of the earth is beginning to take centre stage in world affairs. The concern globally hinges on the need to rescue the environment from an impending ecological crisis. Over the years, changes in climate conditions have intensified a near desperate quest to salvage humanity from eco-degradation. The irony however, is that these changes are largely orchestrated by human activities. This study investigates the preoccupation of drama and the dramatic text in Nigeria with a view to...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship of Work family conflict on organizational commitment among medical practitioners in Cape coast metropolis. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between WFC and affective commitment, WFC and continuance commitment and WFC and normative commitment. There were one predictor variable, work family conflict and one criterion variable, organizational commitment. Both variables were measured through questionnaires and interviews. WFC wa...
ABSTRACT Language use in academic discourse has received considerable attention from researchers over the years. These researchers have shown how language is used as a tool to communicate effectively and to enact power. The study investigated and examined the language used and its functions in thesis defence, using Conversation Analysis (CA) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as analytical frameworks. The investigation and examination of the language used and its function was done using se...
ABSTRACT The leisure and tourism indllstry is one of the leading global econOOllC act!'itit.'s. .- mul(i-billion~dollar indusrrv. with 700 million imematlOnal tr~('eJlers pcI' yc:ar around the ,"'orld. tourism has become an avenue for employment Jnd income crealion. especially in poor countries. As an industry, there is di"ision of labour by gender at all levels of the travel and tourism sectors. Vomen are the IllOSt employed. yet rhey have the least dignified positions in the industr.) The s...