ABSTRACT This research study laid emphasis on the issue of women and political discrimination in the society c:ind has been a major concern for social analysts, law enforcement agencies and human rights activists across the country. It is pertinent to note that discrimination against women in politics is the unfavourable treatment of women in the political sphere or arena which results in their unfavourable position within the distribution of all important political resources and it is b...
ABSTACT The importance of employee satisfaction and work motivation is growing all the time in various sector of education in Nigeria and how salary serves as a form of motivator to workers. If a person is committed to his or her work, he or she has self-control and commitment is also dependent on the reward a person gets from his or her performance. This study investigated work motivation and salary as predictor of perceived job satisfaction among secondary school staffs in Ado Ekiti. ...
Abstract The involvement of men in the concept and treatment of reproductive health has only been in the context of the supportive roles they are expected to play without taking cognizance of the fact that men also have reproductive health needs. Till date, the impact of male reproductive health challenges within the conjugal relationship has not been brought to limelight or conspicuous in the literature. This study examined male reproductive health challenges and conjugal relationship among...
ABSTRACT A key element of public policy is the promotion of good health in order to attain broad based economic growth. Based on this paradigm, many countries devote huge budgetary allocation to health. However, in most developing countries, this huge health expenditure failed to translate into better health status. Thus, this paper investigates how the effectiveness of public health expenditure is affected by governance in Nigeria. Data on public health expenditure is regressed on infan...
Human beings have been exerting growing impact on earth’s ecosystems as they seek various ecosystem services resulting in ecosystem degradation. To mitigate degradation, motivational approaches such as Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) have been used to provide incentives to land owners to undertake environmental conservation measures. Due to degradation in River Malewa upper catchment resulting from agricultural production, PES scheme was introduced to provide incentive for farmers to c...
Master of business administration (MBA) programs are under intense pressure to improve efficiencies, lower tuition, and offer refreshed curriculum that is of high quality and regarded as relevant by the marketplace. In light of this environment, this study proposes a framework for effectively employing operations management (OM) practices in the design and execution of MBA programs. The study investigated the important role that operation management practices play in curriculum design and fac...
Firms‟ ownership may be used to increase firms‟ value and also solve problems associated with managers and shareholders. Firm size is gaining importance among researchers as far as performance is concern. To-date the government has divested several SOEs using different approaches among the most popular being; public offering, pre-emptive rights and competitive bidding and direct sales. The study intended to analyze relationship of firm ownership structure and size and performance listed s...
The large scale maize farming is often faces diverse risks that undermine the financial viability of the farming venture. These risks include variability in prices occasioned by changes in market factors, risks of pests, climate change, theft, low yield and poor seed quality. These risks work to undermine the financial performance of the large scale maize farming. This study sought to examine the manner in which enterprise risk management practices impacts on the financial performance of comm...
The real estate market plays a very important role in any economy. It is known to have a dramatic multiplier effect and it is a key economic indicator. The real estate market has experienced significant growth in the last decade with many countries experiencing house price fluctuations.TheKenyan real estate market has been experiencing a boom in the past ten years and the latest findings have shown that the trend will continue into the foreseeable future. The study therefore sought to investi...
The study was on the Impact of Financial Control Mechanisms on Local Government Autonomy in Delta State, Nigeria, 1999-2008. The general objective of the study was to establish the nature of relationship between financial control mechanisms and autonomy with a view to exposing the contradictions between policy objectives of government and the actual realisation of the objectives of local government in Delta State. The specific objectives of the study were to: identify the existing financial c...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the Contribution of Joint Forest Management in Improving Conservation and Local Livelihood in Rufiji District. The study was carried in three villages, namely Mkupuka, Mangwi, and Muyuyu which are administratively in Rufiji District. Data were collected by using household survey, key informants interviews, observation, focus group discussions, and archive information. A total of 90 households, 10 key informants, and focus group discussion (FGD) of 9 members were ...
ABSTRACT Drug and Substance Abuse has been talked about worldwide and Nigeria is part of that globe. Teachers, parents, church officials and other stakeholders have been at the forefront trying to find out the causes and ways of controlling it. Therefore, there is a need to curb this vice. This study aimed at finding out what makes adolescents abuse drugs and the effects that arise out of this practice with reference to Oye Ekiti, Nigeria. The study also suggested measures that can be ta...
ABSTRACT Gambling is a form of behaviour that has been identify to have serious consequences on gamblers health, study-habit, academic performance, and has been reported to be related to some criminal related behaviour. This project examines the prevalence and determinant of gambling behaviour among undergraduate students of Federal University Oye Ekiti. In executing this research, social learning theory of gambling was adopted, which postulate that gambling as a form of behaviour is hi...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the determinants of women involvement in criminal activities in Ado Ekiti. The major objective of the study is to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of females who have involved in criminal activities in Ado-Ekiti. Also, another important objective of the study is to examine the prevalence of female involvement in criminal activities in Ado-Ekiti. In achieving the objective, data was collected from two hundred respondents, through administering ...
ABSTRACT Local governments, face enormous challenges which limit their efficiency in setting and implementing their budgets. This situation is caused by the unsatisfactory implementation of development projects and to compel these local based institutions to highly dependence on donor funds. This study was therefore, put in place to investigate on the Challenges which limited the efficiency of local government budgets by taking a case of Kongwa District. The study specifically, had the follo...