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Exportation of Made in Nigeria Goods as a Tool for the Development of the Nigerian Economy (A Case Study of the Niger Export Promotion Council, Warri, Delta State)

An investigation into Exportation of “Made in Nigeria” goods as a tool for the development of the Nigeria Economy is a interesting topic.  The population for this study consists of all the workers of the Nigeria Export Promotion of the Nigeria Council, Warri Delta State. Information was gathered using questionnaires form thirty-one employees of which only twenty to them were returned.  The finding showed that exportation of “Made in Nigeria” have much role to play in the development...

Entrepreneurship Development: The Role of Government Support

According to Agbaeze (2012) say that every nation whether developing or industrialized, strives after development. Development is not purely an economic phenomenon, however economic progress is an essential component. Regrettably, problems of unemployment as experienced by the education youths and even the uneducated but skilled youths have become more pathetic in many developing economies, despite the neo – liberal strategies in addressing the issue of enhancing human capital. Entrepreneur...

The Effects of Poor Office Environment on Motivation of Workers

The efficiency of office employees is directly or indirectly affected by the conditions under which they are required to do their work which affect the performances of workers and the achievement of organizational objectives for this purpose, this study will focus it’s attention on the effects of poor office environment on the motivation of workers in an organization.

THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) ADOPTION BY LISTED COMPANIES (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC, IBADAN).

The Benefits and Challenges of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Adoption by Listed Companies (A Case Study of Nigeria Breweries Plc, Ibadan). ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to bring out issue and concepts of international financial reporting standard (IFRS) in general, its relationship to corporate business with specific reference to Nigeria Brewery Pic, Ibadan. The Objective of the study is to present the benefit of IFRS adoption and the problem of the study is the ...

IMPACT OF TAXATION ON SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN EKITI STATE

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of taxation on small and medium scale enterprises in Ekiti State..           The research reviewed at some literature that has some degree of relevance to the subject matter under study. The study shall adopt the non-probability sampling technique and data collection was carried out using the questionnaire method consisting of one hundred (100) respondents drawn from the study population. Frequency counts and percentages were used for ana...

THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of micro finance bank on the development of small scale enterprise (SMEs) in Ekiti State.           The research reviewed at some literature that has some degree of relevance to the subject matter under study. The study shall adopt the stratified random sampling technique and data collection was done through the questionnaire method consisting of one hundred and ten (110) respondents drawn from the study population. Frequency counts and p...

POVERTY AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN EKITI STATE

ABSTRACT           The study examined Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Ekiti State, which is crucial to the development of the Ekiti State. The broad objective of the study is to investigate the effects of youth unemployment and poverty, the causes of youth unemployment and poverty, and also to analyze the possible resolution in reducing poverty and youth unemployment in Ekiti State. Primary data was employed, and also, administering of questionnaire to elicit information on the s...

THE IMPACT OF REVENUE AND COST RELATIONSHIP OF TAX COLLECTION IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study examined “The impact of revenue and cost relationship of tax collection in Nigeria” a case study of Ekiti State Government.  Tax is not a friend of anyone, yet it must be loved by everyone, this ageless paradox has originated from time immemorial. The pathetic attitudes of human beings towards payment of tax remain progressively the same from one century to the other, from one generation to the other. Taxes being the most important source of government revenue. ...

FISCAL DEFICIT FINANCING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA (2005-2014)

ABSTRACT This study examined Fiscal Deficit Financing and Economic Development using empirical evidence from Nigeria from 2005-2014. Methodologically, the study adopted a quantitative research; employing time-series data (on Human Development Index which was used as a proxy for Economic Development and on Budget Deficit, External debt, Domestic Debt which were proxies for Fiscal Deficit Financing and on Interest Rate which was used as a control variable) sourced from the CBN Statistical Bulle...

The Effect of Overpopulation on Standard of Living in Nigeria 1985-2014

ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of overpopulation on standard in Nigeria.  Thus, Malthusian theory of population is relevant to Nigeria as a developing economy but this theory is not used in this research due to lack of empirical and scientific evidence. The study used trend analysis of the study with the scope spanning between 1985 and 2014.  The study adopted ordinary least square method of analysis in examining the time series properties using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit ro...

IMPACT OF TRADE GLOBALIZATION ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to ascertain the Impact of Trade Globalization on the Nigeria Economy with the years under consideration being 1986 to 2016. The study seeks to examine the effect of Trade Globalization on the Economy of Nigeria. To achieve this, data was sourced from the World Development Index 2016 and the CBN Statistical Bulletin 2016. The data in return was subjected to econometric analysis and was run using the Eviews9.0 statistical software. Auto-regressive Distributed...

Effective Human Resource Development in Financial Institutions: A Case of First Bank of Nigeria Plc

ABSTRACT   The study is anchored on human resource development (HRD) as the critical  element that propels the financial institutions towards achieving and sustaining  competitive advantage in this age of explosive information technology which has  brought in revolution in the global economic landscape with impact on individuals  and challenges on businesses. It assesses the relevance of Human Resource  Development in addressing the issues and also present techniques that may be  appl...

Effect of Branding Strategy on the Marketing of Rice in Benue State

The study determine the effect of branding strategy on the marketing of rice in Benue state. Statement of the Problem The demand for rice is rising speedily at an estimated rate of 10% per annum (NRDS, 2009), due to population growth and urbanization (Adejumo-Ayibiowu,2010;   Inuwa  et  al.,  2011).  Even   though,  there  is  growing  demand   for   rice  in Nigeria, corresponding increase in supply is lacking thereby leading to persistentdemand - supply gap. Market performa...

A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

ABSTRACT Banking is in the midst of change that has arisen due to economic depression. As government seek to improve economic efficiency and better allocation of resources to solve the problem of economic depression, policy makers are shifting towards openness, competitiveness and market discipline. In response to the developments, Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria engaged in financial sanitizing, management strengthening, corporate refocusing, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), mergers and...

THE ROLES OF PROJECT EVALUATION ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

ABSTRACT This research work examined the roles of Project evaluation on business activities of Construction Companies. Emphasis is made on how Construction Companies go about the evaluation and selection of Projects to be carried out. The researcher used three (3) Construction Companies in Abeokuta South, Ogun State which are: Sato Engineering Nigeria Limited (IBB Boulevard Oke – Mosan), Abayomi Construction Company (Kemta Idi Aba) and Solution Construction Company (Abule Oloni). Seven res...


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