ABSTRACT This study attempts to investigate the problems of internal revenue generation in the local government system in Nigeria, using Aninri local government council of Enugu State as a case study. In doing this, we were able to determine whether Paucity of trained and skilled revenue collectors constrain Aninri Local Government council from generating enough internal revenue and to investigate whether corruption among revenue collectors hinders Aninri Local Government council from generat...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine and evaluate social service delivery in Umuahia North local government. Six wards were selected out of the twelve wards through sample survey. The wards that were selected are Aguiri wards, Ibeku East ward, Umuhu ward, Nkwoachara ward, Ndume ward, Urban ward 2, The data obtained were analyzed using simple percentages for easy interpretation. The findings showed that Umuahia North local government do not provide effective and efficient service del...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to establish the actual role of media in the policy making process in Uganda. It was guided by the following , to examine the effectiveness of media policy making process in Uganda, the level of awareness of government media policies in Uganda and also establish the contribution of media in the policy making process. The study adopted descriptive design which used qualitative and quantitative research methods on a sample of 150 respondents purposely selected f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish whether there is a relationship between the present leadership of Somaiiland and the good governance in Hargeisa. In order to achieve the objectives of the study the researcher used descriptive quantitative and qualitative research study as a research study design. In gathering the information, the researcher employed both primary and the secondary sources, questionnaire and interview were employed together primary data and documentation and ...
ABSTRACT Since independence in 1960, successive governments in Nigeria have come up with various poverty alleviation strategies aimed at empowering Nigerians in rural and urban areas. Several of these programmes not withstanding, poverty in Nigeria remains an issue of great concern as over 75 per cent of the citizens live below poverty line. The study is an assessment of poverty reduction programmes in Enugu State from 2003 to 2011. The research sought to find out among others, if the various...
ABSTRACT The work is on the critical re-appraisal of staff training programme in University of Nigeria Nsukka. Specifically, it examined the types of existing training programmes, the beneficiaries, the utilization of trained staff in the University, and the effect of these on the worker’s performance in the institution. To guide the work, four hypotheses were formulated. Questionnaire were administered to a sample of 280 staff, drawn from two cadres of staff population. Some management off...
ABSTRACT 7 Poverty is general phenomenon in less developed countries including Nigeria. It is a common problem that cannot be easily wiped out but can be alleviated through concerted effort by stake holders. The problem of poverty has brought about low standard of living of people in both rural and urban area that attention of individual, Federal, States and Local Government has been drawn to alleviate it to better the living standard of the rural area. This work was undertaken to look into t...
ABSTRACT Conflict management is inherent in any organization since conflict is inevitable in our contemporary organizations. Effective management of conflicts had become a problem in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Tertiary institution where solely established to meet the needs of human resources required for national development. In regard to the current context of higher educations, the essences of instituting the tertiary institutions seem to have eluded Nigeria. As a result of interdepend...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the Niger Delta Crisis and its Impact on Socio-economic Development in Nigeria. The region accounts for the huge revenues to the government generated from its oil wealth. Despite the fact that the region’s major resources serves as the mainstay of the economy, the region is characterized by lack of social infrastructure, poverty, unemployment and environmental degradation, which is usually as a result of oil spillages and leaks from the oil exploration activit...
ABSTRACT Somalia has been confronted with the challenge of object poverty that lasted well over two centuries. Local government decentralization is one of the strategies adopted by its government in the hope that its implementation could engenders a downward review of the nation’s poverty profile.This study is aimed at investigating the role of local government decentralization in poverty alleviation in Galmudug-Somalia. The objectives of the study were; to determine the nature of local gov...
ABSTRACT Globally, prominent among the current greatest threats to human existence, are poverty and hunger. In fact, to state that the scourge of poverty has assumed the dimension of a global epidemic, is a repetition of the obvious. We have a situation where a greater of the world population lives below one dollar a day or can hardly afford a meal. In the third world countries, of which Nigeria is one, the situation remains pathetic and pitiable. Subsequently, the 189 United Nation member-St...
ABSTRACT The study was an assessment of the Implementation of Millennium Development Goal Two (Universal Basic Education) in Enugu State of Nigeria. The poor infrastructural facilities in the school system and high rate of school drop out in the state necessitated the study of the implementation of the UBE in Enugu State. The research was guided by three hypotheses which were drawn from the problem statements and objectives of the study. Related literatures were reviewed in the study. The dat...
Abstract The study examined staff training and utilization in the Nigerian civil service with specific focus on the Ministry of agriculture, Enugu. Specifically, it investigated whether the staff of the Ministry of agriculture, Enugu undergo training, whether the selection of staff for training is informed by training needs of the Ministry as well as whether the selection of staff for training is based on merit. Utilizing the system theory and randomly selected sample size of 274, the study a...
Abstract The role of security agencies in the management of elections in Nigeria occupies a significant and strategic position in the election process, and, by implication, the consolidation of electoral democracy. Since such agencies play significant roles in organising democratic elections, their actions and inactions could make or mar elections. Owing to this glaring fact, this study was aimed at ascertaining the impact of the role of security agencies in Nigeria elections, using the 2011 ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this thesis is to assess the leadership and human resource development with a focus on Okrika Local Government Area (LGA). Interestingly, despite the numerous reforms, which had granted autonomy to the local governments for good performance, not much success has been achieved by the local governmTent. The study highlighted the importance of human resource development in building the leadership capacity of local governments in Nigeria using Okrika Local Government of Rivers...