ABSTRACT Agricultural products like Cocoa, Palm Kernel/ Oil, Groundnut, Cotton, Timber amongst others, formed the bedrock of the Nigerian economy in the pre-independence period. Hence, non-oil exports sustained the Nigerian economy and served as the source of the country's foreign exchange earnings from around 1 900 up to 1 9 6 5 . However, the discovery o f crude oil i n commercial quantity resulted to a decline in the agricultural sector. Revenue generated from the non - oil export ...
ABSTRACT The emergence of Abuja as urban centre today is traceable to the quest for a new capital city for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Being a new artificial creation, it should be expected that the inhabitants whose land had been acquired for the development of the new capital city be justly compensated and resettled . However, since the promulgation of the enabling Decree that created the new federal capital in 1976, the question of resettlement and compensation to the original inhabit...
ABSTRA CT This thesis provides information on the Management of Public Enterprises in Nigeria: A Case Study of Nigerian Telecommunication, a Federal Government statutory public corporation, dealing with communication aspect in Nigeria. It focused attention on all relevant bodies that have connection with communication. This project attempt to explain the general concepts of public enterprises, and its management, thereby relating it to the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited. The constraints o...
ABSTRACT Ever since Nigeria's independence in 1960, Leaders, Elites and Scholars have engaged in various debates on the notion that political independence without economic independence would be ridiculous. Which simply put, national yearnings and aspirations of Nigerian Leaders and Scholars have both economic and political connotations. There is this general consensus that where economic power is concentrated in the hands of foreigners, the economy 1s undersiege as foreign investors drain the...
ABSTRACT Most Nigerian public corporations/parastatals have been accused of negative attitudes to work and producing below capacity. These ugly situations have affected their productivity. Consequently, it has resulted in the repeated calls for their privatization and commercialization. The Federal Capital Territory-Agency For Mass Education is one of these parastatals bedevilled with such problems. While the workers are exonerating themselves from the allegations of productivity and responsi...
AnSTnA('T j cfficic.:nl and c.:llcclive civil service is a sinequanun ror a country like .lJ/ I lr.1 Nigeria, which yearns to catch up.lather nations in the race towards socio-economic nd industrial development after almost a cenrury of backwardness under British rule. However an effective civil service had eluded us as a result of the imperfections inherent in the nations socio-economic and political systems. Since independence there have been a growing dissatisfaction with civil servic...
ABSTRACT This research study investigated the impact of staff development policy on productivity with particular reference to nasarawa state civil service. Nasarawa state government has been making genuine effort to train and develop its employee.
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of the National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) on youths' development with particular focus on its Community Development Services (CDS). Thus, the study set out to, among other things, investigate the ways NYSC CDS programmes have contributed to the development of Corps' members as well as to ascertain ways NYSC CDS programmes have benefited youths in the immediate community of service. The study further employed a survey research design, and in order to co...
ABSTRACT The aftermath of disasters in Ghana most especially in recent years calls for an enquiry into the nature and approach of disaster management organizations in dealing with such situations. As threats of terrorisms, flooding and earthquakes increases, there is greater demand on disaster management and response organizations to enhance their efficacy by engaging measures to reduce impact of these various types of disasters. In light of this, this study seeks to examine disaster managem...
ABSTRACT This research is a cross sectional study which assessed the follow-up appointment and visit system at the neurology clinic of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, from patients and health provider’s perspective. The specific objectives were; to explore how the perceived attributes of the follow-up appointment system affect clients adherence and use of the system, to determine client knowledge on the follow-up appointment system and how it affects their acceptance of the system and satisfac...
Abstract The issues of economic reforms, deregulation, 1 iberal isation or economic adjustment programme began in the early 80s, particularly i n the Afr i can c o n t i nent. Even though the terms are used synonymously, there are d iffe r i ng e m phasis and applications i n government pol icies, jou r nalistic and economic parlance. Whatever the case may be, the application of these terms began w ith the ac.loption, at least i n the Afric::in co11ti11e11t, or the Economic Structural Adjus...
ABSTRACT Background: Irrespective of an individual’s race, sex, religion and finances, health must be rudimentary and an indispensable benefit to all, generally making healthcare supreme to every person. Nonetheless, for the reason that children are confronted with special health problems linked to the phases of their physical and mental development, which make them vulnerable to malnourishment and infectious diseases, health care is more critical for children. Objective: To assess the con...
ABSTRACT More than half the world’s population in recent times lives in cities. Urban growth is over 90 percent in developing countries, with an annual increase of about 70 million migrants migrating from rural areas to urban areas. The number of urban drawlers is expected to increase in the world’s two poorest regions (South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) in the next two decades. The study aims at the relationship between rural-urban migration and urban poverty in Ghana with a focus on so...
.ABITR.ACT It is a lon g held belief tha t the grea test a rea of wa ste, corrup tion and misapp rop ria tion in the pu blic sector is on p rocu remen t and con tra ct mana gemen t. These executive excesses a re largely a ttribu ted to la ck of p rop er regula tion and ad equa te con trol. This resea rch is design ed to look in to the issu e. The en tire resea rch work wa s focu sed on the effect of the govern men t du e p rocess policy on pu bl ic p rocu remen t and con tra ct mana gemen t u...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed at identifying the problems of development-policy making in Obudu local government area of Cross River state. The theoretical framework adopted in this study is the planning theory propounded by Fainstein (2000). This research adopted the survey method given the nature of data. The population of the study consists of the staff of Obudu local government of Cross River state which is one hundred and eight seven (187) respondents. The sample technique adopted in th...