ABSTRACT The Rio Conference in 1992 highlighted the need for co-management of natural resources. The conference challenged the centralized management of forest resources by the State and encouraged the involvement of other actors in the management of forest resources. Ghana has also been practicing co-management over a decade now. In Ghana however, although there have been forestry policy reforms intended to encourage co-management, it is uncertain whether or not these policy reforms have met...
ABSTRACT Housing deficit is one of the major problems of urban managers. This has adversely led to the unbearable demand for public infrastructure such as social housing; roads; sewage works; water and sanitation; ports; electrification; health care; telecommunication networks; education and security; entertainment transportation; public health institutions; and employments poverty, pollution, overcrowding, congestion and shortage of affordable housing in the urban centers. This study focused...
Abstract This study set out to examine the role of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Ghana in resolving the transportation challenges in Accra. The study employed qualitative research approach with semistructured interviews as its main instrument of data collection. In all, a sample size of thirty includes policy makers of Bus Rapid Transit affectionately called Ayalolo at the Ministry of Transport, management members of the BRT. The study was conducted only in Accra, where the BRT has been pilo...
TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgement Table of content CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problems 1.3 Objective of the Study 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Hypothesis 1.6 Scope of the Study 1.7 Limitation of the Study 1.8 Significant of the Study 1.9 History of Power Holding Company 1.10 Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Origin and Evolution of Public Corporation in Nigeria 2.2 Reason for the Establ...
ABSTRACT Social protection programmes are redistributive programmes carried out by various governments to enhance the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable in society. Unfortunately, these programmes are confronted with errors, fraud, and corruption (EFCs), thus rendering them ineffective. This study seeks to contribute to the existing knowledge gap in social accountability mechanisms within social intervention programmes. The study seeks to examine the extent of effectiveness of social accou...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the prospects and challenges of Ghana’s current industrialization policy the 1D1F, using the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly (ANMA) as a case. Using qualitative methodologies, the case study design was used. Primary data for the study was collected by interviews, and they were supplemented with secondary data from scholarly materials, reports, and bulletins. The study found that three 1D1F factories have been set up in the municipality so far. The roles pla...
ABSTRACT Central governments recognize the key role played by local governments in the developmental agenda of these local areas, especially the effort at generating sufficient revenue locally to fund their own projects and programs. Local governance requires that stakeholders are involved in the planning and implementation of policies geared towards reducing and subsequently, eliminating poverty and improving upon the living standards of the residents. In lieu of the aforementioned, t...
ABSTRACT The study examined how students perceive their participation in decisionmaking processes in Wesley College of Education in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In all, one hundred and ninety-two student leaders, fifty-five teachers and three college administrators were purposively sampled for the study. The main research instrument for the study was the questionnaire. Three sets of questionnaire were designed for respondents. The findings of the study suggest among others, that st...
ABSTRACT Many scholars have found that, in the midst of ineffective and unproductive states in developing countries, there exists exceptionally well-performing public organizations that deliver their mandates effectively and productively. There is renewed research to understand why and how these pockets of effective and productive public organizations managed to emerge and persist in a context where failure of public organizations is the norm. The study explored the factors that have accounte...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at evaluating the performance of the KNUSTSM, Tarkwa, for the period that it has existed as a tertiary institution todate, a time span of twenty-five years. The School will celebrate, in October 2001, its silver jubilee of nurturing by the mother university, KNUST, Kumasi. Even though it is at the threshold of becoming a University College, no formal evaluation has been made about how the School has so far performed. The study also sought to establish whether...
ABSTRACT As part of its conditions of services the Ghana Education Service (GES) offers career advancement opportunities to its staff to progress from one rank to another. The practice of promoting teachers has been bedeviled with some challenges which have caused a lot of discomfort in the teaching fraternity within the GES. Hence, this study assesses the Staff Promotion of Teachers in the Accra Metro Education Directorate, using the interpretative paradigm to analyse qualitative data, colle...
ABSTRACT This research dissertation: Personnel Recruitment and Primordial Factors in the Civil Service ; A Case Study of Kogi State Civil Service Commission stems up as a result of the interest of the researcher in the management of Civil Service. The existence of the civil service carries responsibilities of not only maintaining law and order, but also ensuring that life is made comfortable for the majority of citizens in a country. This is the reason why every government is ever compel...
This study focuses on investigating the relationship between the Inspectorate Cadre ranking system and the decline in discipline, professionalism and work performance in the Nigeria Immigration Service (a case study of Osun State Command). The research employed the Likert type questionnaire to collect data from a target audience of one hundred and seventy six (176) officers and men of Osun command. This data was subjected to a quantitative analysis. Also, the formed hypotheses were analysed ...
INTRODUCTION: Organizations are demanding more from their employees when it comes to speaking up, accepting responsibility, and taking initiative. This is as a result of increased competition, consumer expectations, and more focus on quality (Quinn & Speizter,1997). Organizations need people to survive. Not just people but those who are responsive, can stand up for themselves and their team beliefs, not scared to share ideas and information and are able to respond/tackle challenges of the...
ABSTRACT This research work was designed to see the role of auditing in controlling fraud in government Establishment with Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State as a case study, data for this study was collected from two major source, the primary and secondary sources of data collection. The primary sources was the use of questionnaire and the secondary sources was the use of texts books and journals. The data collected was analyzed using table and percentages to interpret data. Based on...