ABSTRACT This study is a critical review of the implementation of the Namibian rationalisation policies during the period 1993 - 2004. The main objective of this study was to analyse the rationalisation policies and to assess the extent to which they had an impact on the structure, shape, (and to a lesser degree) the effectiveness of the civil service. It examined the gaps and discrepancies between policy intentions, the implementation process and eventual outcomes, in terms of the siz...
ABSTRACT Corporate governance systems are in a constant phase of adaptation due to changes in governance. After the extreme corporate failures of Enron and MCI WorldCom in 2001, corporate governance became an important issue throughout the world. Many shareholders had lost confidence in businesses and corporate governance codes of best practice were the main means of restoring investor confidence. However, according to the special requirements of a country, many different corporate governance...
ABSTRACT This study attempts to fill a knowledge gap by investigating corporate governance practices of Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited (NamPower), Telecom Namibia Limited (Telecom), Air Namibia (Pty) Limited (Air Namibia), and Namibia Ports Authority Limited (Namport). It focuses on the role of the government as the sole shareholder, the supervisory role of the board, the executive role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and how each influences corporate governance practices a...
ABSTRACT At the beginning of the new millennium, it was estimated that about one-fourth of the world’s population (1.6bn people) have no access to electricity; the majority of those living in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa sits on some of the most significant potential fuel reserves in the world. Research suggests that, globally, no more than 20%, in some countries less than 5% of the population (2 % in rural areas) has access to electricity. In sub-Saharan In Africa, only about ...
ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the commercial banks on lending to the productive sectors in Namibia. The problem that the study has identified is that the commercial banks are reluctant to lend to the productive sectors of the economy. Most of the deposits that are mobilised locally by the commercial banks are not used to develop the domestic economy. Commercial banks in Namibia do not see it as their business to lend to risky long-term investments which are the ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page - i Approval Page - ii Dedication - iii Acknowledgements - iv Table of Contents - v CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study - 1-4 1.2 Statement of Research Problem - 4-6 1.3 Objectives of the Research - 7 1.4 Research Hypotheses - 7 1.5 Scope and Limitations of the Study - 8 1.6 Significance of the Study - 8-9 1.7 Schemes of Chapter - 10-11 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction - 12-13 2.2 Concepts of Advertising -...
ABSTRACT This research project intended to examine the Impact of Sales Promotion and Consumer Buying Behavior in selected Local Governments Area in Zone A of Niger state. This is with the view to evaluate the extent that the behavior of the consumers can be affected by sales promotion. The research used random sampling methods as a sampling technique to obtain the sample size from the population case study. Primary source of data, through questionnaire were collected from 80 consumers f...
ABSTRACT This research work focused on the attitude of men towards family planning in Sokoto North Local Government, 50 questionnaires were designed and distributed among the target population in the study area multi-stage cluster sampling techniques was use to select 4 wards out of the entire ward of the study area which consists upon ended question various information gathered was presented in the table using frequency and percentage. The ended findings of this research shows that despite t...
ABSTRACT This study evolved the sex education needs of adolescents in secondary school of Anambra state. Specifically, the study determined the sex-related challenges (body changes, emotional changes and relationship with the opposite sex) of adolescents in secondary schools in Anambra State, the sex education knowledge needed by adolescents to cope with the sex-related challenges, the sex education attitude required by adolescents to cope with the sex-related challenges, the sex education s...
Abstract The thrust of this work was to establish the organoleptic attributes and acceptability of whole wheat bread fortified with moringa leaf flour. The study adopted an experimental research design. The experimental procedure used includes that the whole wheat grains were bought from Eke Awka market and milled. The moringa oliefera leaves were plucked, washed, shade dried and grounded into moringa leaf flour. Two kilograms of whole wheat flour and other bread ingredients were used for e...
ABSTRACT Recognising the need for everyone to sleep under a long-lasting insecticide-treated net (LLINs), th Roll-Back-Malaria (RBM) and African Heads of states, in April 2000, established the “Abuja targets,” which includes LLIN use by at least 60% of pregnant women and under-fives in Africa by 2005. These targets and those of the Millennium Development Goals to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality can only be achieved through high access rate of LLINs and insurance that people who re...
ABSTRACT Antisocial behaviour has been a problem among university students in the Enugu metropolis. This could be as a result of the existence of many tertiary institutions in the city and its environs. This study was designed to identify the key causative factors of some selected anti-social behaviours such as cigarettes smoking, alcohol consumption, drug abuse, involvement in illicit sex, fighting and stealing. The factors include father’s highest education, mother’s highest education,...
ABSTRACT The study developed Individualized Instructional Packages in Clothing and Textiles Crafts for teaching Home Economics students in Colleges of Education in North Central States, Nigeria.The study determined the following; objectives, tasks, material resources, step by step procedures, methods and evaluation activities, developed a draft based on feedback from specific purposes 1 – 6, validated the draft, revised the draft based on feedback from the validation and developed Individu...
ABSTRACT Rural women in Awgu currently live below the poverty line of one dollar per day. Their skill levels need to improve to take advantage of a competitive market. Government development initiatives and some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) design capacity building programme to achieve this. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the capacity building efforts of selected initiatives and the sustenance of rural women enterprises in Awgu L.G.A. using a sampl...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to develop a Peace Education curriculum for integration into senior secondary school Home Management programme in Rivers State. Specifically, the study sought to: determine objectives of Peace Education curriculum for integration into senior secondary school Home Management programme, determine content for Peace Education selected for Peace Education, find out methods for teaching Peace Education, determine instructional materials for teaching the cont...