Abstract The study examined gender differences in retirement livelihood and living conditions of formal sector retirees in Lagos State. The relationship between sources of retirement livelihood arid living conditions of retirees in the public and organized private sector was essentially examined. The study covered retired men and women from three tiers of government -Federal, State and local Government as well as organized private sector retirees. This involved a cross-sectional survey of 1.3...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess the performance indices of frame hive beekeeping technology. The objectives were to establish the factors influencing the adoption of frame hives within selected beekeeping groups in Kitui County and compare honey production and household incomes among beekeepers using frame and traditional hives. Data were collected through formal interviews by way of a structured questionnaire, in four locations of Kitui County. Systematic random sampling was appli...
ABSTRACT Poor performance in the Kenya public sector consistently hindered the realization of sustainable economic growth and development since the country attained her independence in 1963. Among the noted factors that contributed to poor performance included: excessive regulations and control, frequent political interference, poor management, outright mismanagement of resources and poor guiding vision, unclear focus as to what is expected from employees and poor or no methods of measuring p...
ABSTRACT One of the main pillars of Kenya’s vision 2030 is anchored on infrastructure development and economic development .For this reason investment in the nation’s infrastructure has been given a high priority to ensure the economy of the country grows. Over the years, transport infrastructure has been a key player in determining the growth rate of urban towns in Kenya . However, the recent past has seen Narok town starting to face the problem of traffic congestion. The study area bord...
ABSTRACT The main motivation of the study was to determine the influence of corporate governance practices on working capital efficiency of manufacturing firms in Nairobi County. The study used descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all five hundred and fifty four manufacturing firms registered in trade and Industries Ministry of the Nairobi County. The sample size was one hundred and eleven firms. The study used questionnaires, interview guide and docume...
ABSTRACT Concern with free flow of factors of production, particularly of high level manpower, rests on the need to ensure balanced socio-economic development among the states as well as promoting an efficient and integrated labour market for skilled manpower in Nigeria. The national concern for balanced development has been adequately reflected in Nigeria's various National Development Plans. In a situation such as in Nigeria where shortage of high level manpower is everywhere acute, one mai...
ABSTRACT This research work focused on determining the effect of investment decisions on financial performance of Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kitui Central Sub-County. This is was due to the observed decline in performance of SACCOS in Kenya due to a low investment culture. The research adopted four objectives as a drive towards the results as follows; to assess the effect of Replacement decision on Financial Performance of SACCOs in Kitui Central Sub-County, to find out the effects of...
ABSTRACT Despite the initiative by the government to introduce devolved funds in Kenya, the real effect of these devolved funds is yet to be experienced on growth of the youth enterprises. There has been overemphasis by previous studies on the issues that address challenges and administration of devolved funds with less regard on the real influence on development. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of devolved funds on growth of Youth enterprises and develop a framework to im...
ABSTRACT Adolescent pre-martial sexual activities often come with sexual health problems such as HIV/AIDS and pregnancies not planned for. While society contends with this social problem, the forces of globalization through the internet offer a wide range of sexuality related information, some of which expose adolescents to risk-bearing practices. Earlier works on adolescent sexuality in Nigeria bare drawn attention to the roles of family socio-economic background, peer influence, prolongatio...
Abstract The study examined the influence of personality traits, gender and religious affiliation on posttraumatic growth among some adult outpatients of Igbobi orthopedics hospital in Lagos. The study was survey which employed purposive and expost-facto sampling techniques. The population consisted of adult outpatients of Igbobi orthopaedics hospital who were recovering from traumatic event of accident. The study sample consisted of 59 outpatients (54 males and 25 females) within the age ran...
ABSTRACT A major economic policy of the first military regime in Nigeria, 1966-79, was the indigenisation of the national economy. The aim was to put Nigerians, to a greater extent, in control of the economy of the nation. The history of the nation's indigenisation policy, close to policy flirtation by the colonial masters, was broached in 1946, and again in 1956. In 1964, under a post-colonial government, the policy was mooted, but a concrete formulation, perhaps delayed because of the polit...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to identify specific human resource management strategies, which have implications for organizational performance within an economic market and their non-union stance. The research analyses employee/employer relationship in non-unionized banks in Nigeria, and examines the use of the Human Resource Management Strategy (HRMS) as a union avoidance technique. Human Resource Management Strategy on the one hand and the absence of trade unions in these banks ...
Abstract National and international organizations continue to express concerns on older persons worldwide, and have suggested measures for improving their lives and overall well-being within the framework of sustainable development. Citizenship cannot be assumed to have the same significance for the young and old. A common experience is that of disentitlements of the older persons regarding their person and other rights. Theoretically, older persons are not a homogenous group. It has been ob...
ABSTRACT This Dissertation analyses the functionalist assumptions and evaluates then in the light of ECOWAS experience. An important retionale for this is to ascertain the degree to which a European based origin of functional ist theory despite the underdevelopment character of the ECOWAS sub-region makes functionalism as a theory of integration an attractive policy guide in the sub-regions developmental process. An important proposition investigated in this dissertation is the contention tha...
ABSTRACT The thesis is on fiscal federalism in Nigeria particularly since 1967 and proposals for future revenue allocation in Nigeria. As a background, it sketches the framework of a federal as distinct from a unitary system of government, noting the role of the public sector in the former. It reviews the developments in fiscal federalism in the two decades 1946 - 1966, a period that witnessed the evolution from a unitary to a federal form of government and also the corresponding changes in t...