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The impact of public sector accounting on financial control system of local government in Nigeria

ABSTRACT  This research was aimed at finding out the impact of public sector accounting in Nigeria financial control system using local governments in Nigeria as a case study. The purpose was to find out if the control of public fund adopted by the local government is appropriate, to determine whether the public sector accounting principle applied by the local government is appropriate and effective and also to investigate whether the source of revenue to the local government is enough f...

The Economic and Political Impact of Corruption on Governance and Democracy: A case study of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's led Administration 2006/2016

ABSTRACT Corruption is a form of or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority often to acquire personal benefit. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement: though it may also involve practices that are legal in many countries. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "u...

A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT Banking is in the midst of change that has arisen due to economic depression. As government seek to improve economic efficiency and better allocation of resources to solve the problem of economic depression, policy makers are shifting towards openness, competitiveness and market discipline.  In response to the developments, Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria engaged in financial sanitizing, management strengthening, corporate refocusing, Business Process Reengineerin...

CAUSES EFFECT AND SOLUTION TO YOUTH UNEMPLOYEMENT

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to look into the causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment problems in Nigeria. The rate at which unemployed graduates roam the street after the National Youth Service constitutes social malice to the country as a whole. The data for this paper was collected from secondary sources using descriptive approach of previous researches and analysis of scholars to gather empirical data. The findings revealed that unemployment in Nigeria among you...

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING WORKERS MORALE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE TRANSPORT COMPANY (ENTRACO)

"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ABSTRACT mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Improving workers morale and productivity. It is very pertinent to improve the workers morale so as to enhance greater level of productivity. Any organization that has no consideration on how the morale of the workers can be improved is liable to face a lower level of productivity. This strategy...

Testing of random walk hypothesis of Rwanda stock market returns

ABSTRACT The behavior of stock market returns is a central issue to the theory and practice of asset pricing, asset allocation, and risk management. The supporters of the Efficient Market Hypothesis claim that stock price indices are basically random and as such any speculation based on past information is fruitless. These papers investigate the Random Walk (RW) behavior of stock market return of Rwanda. The naïve random walk model was estimated using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method ove...

THE IMPACT OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS.

ABSTRACTAs Nigeria is striving hard to play a leadership rolein Africa, particularly in the period of pragmatic and computer science andtechnology, there is an urgent need to pay more prominent attention to theimprovement of mobile communication in the development of small and mediumscale enterprise. This entails the adoption of information, communicationtechnology (ICT)in the small and medium scale enterprise.This study is specificallyset out to achieve the following:1. To appraise the role ...

THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLAN ON CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND EFFECTIVENESS (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE HOUSING CORPORATION)

ABSTRACTThe research work was undertaken to examine THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLANON CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND EFFECTIVENESS USING ENUGU STATE HOUSING CORPORATIONas a case study. To carry out the study, research questions and hypotheses wereformulated and a sample of 100 was selected from the corporation staff andgiven questionnaires for their honest opinion on the subject matter. Data werecollated, analyzed and presented in a simple table of frequency and percentage.Hypotheses were test...

THE ROLE OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis research workfocus on the role of microfinance bank in small and medium scale industries inNigeria with a specific reference to a case study of ifelodun  micro finance bank ltd ikirun . An analysisof the profile of SMEs shows that most SMEs area their Micro stages since theyemploy less than six people and these ctoris considerably dominated by thecommerce sub-sector. There search also indicates that MFIs have had a positiveeffect on the growth of SMEs. Some of the critical contr...

THE ROLE OF THE AUDITOR IN SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY SOME SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, UYO)

ABSTRACTJust like large organization, small and medium scale businesses need auditors to survive. The role of auditors in helping small business owners keep accurate and concise financial records cannot be underestimated in corporate Nigeria today. Concerning methodology, data was collected by means of questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed with the aid of percentages. Further analysis was done on relevant information. The statement of research hypothesis was tested using chi-square ...

THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE MORALE ON ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LAGOS STATE CIVIL SERVICE AND CADBURY NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT This study was primarily aimed at assessing the impact of employee morale on organizational effectiveness using a comparative approach at Lagos civil service and Cadbury. To achieve this aim, the study perused relevant publications and textbooks to develop a conceptual framework.  Moreover, it used the survey design and questionnaire/interview as research instruments to obtain data.  A total of 200 questionnaires (i.e. 110 each) were given to staff of some selected Lagos civil ser...

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria

ABSTRACT  This research work examines the impact of the MDGs on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria followingsome progress on the achievement of the MDGs, given the modest recovery of theNigerian economy since the 1990s and the various efforts of all stakeholders.Although, poverty was till pervasive, and child mortality and maternal healthstill precarious, yet literacy level were rising, gender equality andempowerment of women are improving. HIV/AIDs pandemic, malaria and othercommunicable disea...

Arms Proliferation and Insecurity in Plateau State

This researchwork examines arms proliferation and insecurity in Plateau State. Particularemphasis was on sources, methods of SALWs flows, factors responsible for SALWs,implications of SALWs on security in Plateau State and the measures adopted bythe Nigerian as well as the Plateau Governments to control SALWs proliferationinto Nigeria and indeed the State. Basically, the study revealed that in thelast one decades, the state has been particularly plagued by violent conflicts.There have been ...

THE ROLE OF MICROFINANCE BANK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN RURAL ,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SEEDVEST MICROFINANCE BANK ,DUGBE IBADAN.)

ABSTRACT The introduction of microfinance banks in Nigeria is the inability of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks to provide sufficient financial service to the rural poor. Microfinance banks have taken up the challenges of the gap created by the Nigerian Deposit Money Banks. Microfinance banks can be seen as an economic growth method intended to advantage the low income part of a given country like Nigeria, both rural poor and urban poor. The objective of this study is to determine the impac...

THE ROLE OF MARKETING IN IMPROVING THE PROFITABILITY OF AN ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF CADBURY NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS.)

ABSTRACT This project is centered on the role of marketing in improving the profitability of an organization with reference to Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Lagos This research work is necessary and imperative so as to determine the role of marketing in improving the profitability of an organisation. The researcher distributed questionnaire to workers in company under study. Personal interviews were also conducted with some workers in the department. The data gathered was analyzed on differ...


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