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ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDSMEN AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE

TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT The violent conflicts between sedentary farmers and pastoral herdsmen have become a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s drive to nationhood. It has assumed a grievous dimension in recent time thereby threatening peaceful coexistence. The research examines the environmental underpinnings of the conflict between farmers and herdsmen and its effect on socio-economic development in Plateau State. The research shows that environmental scarcity plays a prominent role in the ...

Impact of customer satisfaction stiateoies

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Effects of International Financial Reporting Standard in delivery of reliable accounting information

ABSTRACT As the forces of globalization prompt more and more countries to open their doors to foreign investments and as businesses expand across borders, this has led to recognition of the benefits of having a commonly understood financial reporting framework supported by strong global accepted accounting standards. The circumstances that necessitated this recognition arose out of the need for reliability, in respect of financial information being disclosed in the published financial stat...

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (OTM) GRADUATES THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF ICT SKILLS

ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to evaluate improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the OTM graduates through the acquisition of ICT skills. The design of the study was an opinion survey research. The population consisted of 50 respondents, made up of 15 OTM staff and 35 students in Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro. The simple percentage was used to analyse the research questions. The major findings of the study  were that ICT skills are vital for OTM graduates as any defici...

Welfare Implication of determinants affecting aggregate consumption expenditure

ABSTRACT: The research on welfare implication of determinants affecting aggregate consumption expenditure was conducted by taking Rwanda as an area of study, period 1995- 2015. The researcher’s main purpose was to evaluate the impact of gross domestic product, lending interest rate, inflation rate and exchange rate on consumption expenditure in economy. To achieve the desired objectives, the researcher analyzed how independent variables of the Gross consumption expenditure (GDP, Lending Int...

Are Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) a Solution to Armed Robbery at Sea in Nigerian Waters?

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish whether Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) in Nigeria was a solution to armed robbery at sea in Nigerian waters. The Private Maritime Security Companies in Nigeria operated under rules set by the Nigerian Navy being the main custodian of maritime security in Nigeria. Although attempts were made to subvert those rules, the Navy has risen to clamp down on defaulters. It was found that what obtained in Nigerian waters was armed robbery...

THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMERS SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY IN BANK PERFORMANCE OR IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis paper examined the impact of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. The objectives were: to determine the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty and to examine the impact of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty.Survey research design was adopted for this study. Primary and secondary sources of data were used. The primary data includes a structured questionnaire used to elicit information from the target respondents who were customers of a reputab...

The impact of public sector accounting on financial control system of local government in Nigeria

ABSTRACT  This research was aimed at finding out the impact of public sector accounting in Nigeria financial control system using local governments in Nigeria as a case study. The purpose was to find out if the control of public fund adopted by the local government is appropriate, to determine whether the public sector accounting principle applied by the local government is appropriate and effective and also to investigate whether the source of revenue to the local government is enough f...

The Economic and Political Impact of Corruption on Governance and Democracy: A case study of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's led Administration 2006/2016

ABSTRACT Corruption is a form of or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority often to acquire personal benefit. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement: though it may also involve practices that are legal in many countries. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "u...

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 Reengineerin...

CAUSES EFFECT AND SOLUTION TO YOUTH UNEMPLOYEMENT

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to look into the causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment problems in Nigeria. The rate at which unemployed graduates roam the street after the National Youth Service constitutes social malice to the country as a whole. The data for this paper was collected from secondary sources using descriptive approach of previous researches and analysis of scholars to gather empirical data. The findings revealed that unemployment in Nigeria among you...

THE IMPACT OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS.

ABSTRACTAs Nigeria is striving hard to play a leadership rolein Africa, particularly in the period of pragmatic and computer science andtechnology, there is an urgent need to pay more prominent attention to theimprovement of mobile communication in the development of small and mediumscale enterprise. This entails the adoption of information, communicationtechnology (ICT)in the small and medium scale enterprise.This study is specificallyset out to achieve the following:1. To appraise the role ...

THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLAN ON CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND EFFECTIVENESS (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE HOUSING CORPORATION)

ABSTRACTThe research work was undertaken to examine THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLANON CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND EFFECTIVENESS USING ENUGU STATE HOUSING CORPORATIONas a case study. To carry out the study, research questions and hypotheses wereformulated and a sample of 100 was selected from the corporation staff andgiven questionnaires for their honest opinion on the subject matter. Data werecollated, analyzed and presented in a simple table of frequency and percentage.Hypotheses were test...

THE ROLE OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis research workfocus on the role of microfinance bank in small and medium scale industries inNigeria with a specific reference to a case study of ifelodun  micro finance bank ltd ikirun . An analysisof the profile of SMEs shows that most SMEs area their Micro stages since theyemploy less than six people and these ctoris considerably dominated by thecommerce sub-sector. There search also indicates that MFIs have had a positiveeffect on the growth of SMEs. Some of the critical contr...

THE ROLE OF THE AUDITOR IN SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY SOME SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, UYO)

ABSTRACTJust like large organization, small and medium scale businesses need auditors to survive. The role of auditors in helping small business owners keep accurate and concise financial records cannot be underestimated in corporate Nigeria today. Concerning methodology, data was collected by means of questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed with the aid of percentages. Further analysis was done on relevant information. The statement of research hypothesis was tested using chi-square ...


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