ABSTRACT Globally, developing economies have relatively high production and consumption patterns which produce huge amounts of waste which normally ends up at dump sites. This study therefore sorts to identify further the positive and negative effects of the Abokobi dump site on livelihood. In all, 122 respondents were interviewed using self administered questionnaires and interviews. They were made up of 60 waste pickers, 60 non waste pickers and two officers, one each from the municipal ass...
This thesis provides information on the Management of Public Enterprises in Nigeria: A Case Study of Nigerian Telecommunication, a Federal Government statutory public corporation, dealing with communication aspect in Nigeria. It focused attention on all relevant bodies that have connection with communication. This project attempt to explain the general concepts of public enterprises, and its management, thereby relating it to the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited. The constraints of t...
Ever smce Nigeria's independence in 1960, Leaders, Elites and Scholars have engaged in various debates on the notion that political independence without economic independence would be ridiculous. Which simply put, national yearnings and aspirations of Nigerian Leaders and Scholars have both economic and political connotations. There is this general consensus that where economic power is concentrated in the hands of foreigners, the economy 1s undersiege as foreign investors drain the re...
A cursory look at some of the reasons why governments; Federal/ Central, States and Local Governments intervene in the economic and social activities of most countries especially the developing countries gives the impression that these countries are predominantly and ideologically inclined to the pursuit of socialism In fact, planning has been ignorantly misconstrued as connoting socialism. This has been the major propagandist instrument articulated by the Western imperialism to perpet...
ABSTRACT Violence against women is the most prevalent form of gender-based violence worldwideand has being in existence for a long time, this studyinvestigated the prevalence and causes of domestic violence against married women in the Yilo Krobo District. Using random and purposive sampling techniques, 100 married women were selected from the district. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires.The data were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages, cross tabulation and ...
Nigeria, which yearns to catch up.lather nations in the race towards socio-economic and industrial development after almost a century of backwardness under British rule. However an effective civil service had eluded us as a result of the imperfections inherent in the nations socio-economic and political systems. Since independence there have been a growing dissatisfaction with civil service, if' there is doubt that Government policies once ronnulated will not he effectively and efficient...
This research work examined the impact of commercial bank credit (CBC) on Non-oil export trade in Nigeria. Four variables were used in the study. This study adopted the econometric time series analysis from 1992-2015 and the data were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. The empirical analysis that were carried out to achieve the objectives include unit root, co-integration, the long run regression model and short run error correction model. The Augmented Dickey Fuller w...
ln most organisations in the orlcl, marn1gc111enl is i11lcrcstcd i11 ,,·orking wilh_.subordinates who arc motivated to perfor111 e.celknt work lo hri11g about high productivity. Thcrcf'orc, there is often an increasing sc;1rch f(>r employees who do not only do what the superior authority but cltl what lhL' superior authority intends to do. Jn other words, management requires cmpln)ccs ,,·110 could nol only perrorm well but who have tlic c;1pahility or using their discretion at all...
Globally, youths are not only seen as essential part of an emerging society and are regarded as its strength and greatest asset in the quest for development. They are also an integral and instrumental workforce that must be carried along in the scheme of nation building. In fact, it comes to reason that no country can survive politically, economically and technologically without vibrant youths, given their pride of place as the productive working class. There are 200million people in Af...
This study centres on investment in human resources for the transformation of Nigerian economy with focus on the Nigerian Universities. Issues and problems relating to human resources development and planning are analyzed to ascertain the extent of its contribution to the transformation of the Nigerian economy. More to this was the examination of the issues surrounding the persistent yawning gap between highly skilled human labour developed at the Universities and the development of ena...
Exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency. Exchange rates this exchange rate is also used to determine the level of output growth of the country. Over the years, Nigeria has adopted various exchange rate regime ranging research work is centered on the impact of exchange rate on the Nigeria economic growth with special emphasis on the purchasing power of the average Nigeria and the level of international...
The relationship between interest rate and domestic investment has attracted the attention of economists and other economic experts. This study carried out an empirical analysis of the impact of interest rate on domestic investment in Nigeria covering the period 1980-2016. Data for the research was extracted from the central bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. The methodology adopted in the research is the multiple linear regression with the application of Ordinary least Squares (OLS) techn...
Exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency. Exchange rates this exchange rate is also used to determine the level of output growth of the country. Over the years, Nigeria has adopted various exchange rate regime ranging research work is centered on the impact of exchange rate on the Nigeria economic growth with special emphasis on the purchasing power of the average Nigeria and the level of international...
This study analysed the effect of 2004 banking sector consolidation policy on banking industry profitability in Nigeria. The study covered the period 1993 -2015, which was divided into the pre- consolidation period (1996-2004) and post-consolidation periods (2006-2014), with 2005 as breaking point. Three commercial banks (Access bank, GTbank, and First bank) formed the sample size. Profitability was proxy by PAT (profit after tax); the CAMEL (capital adequacy, asset quality, management e...
The study investigated the effects of branding on Godfrey Okoye University students’ patronage of GSM service providers. It sought to find out the most patronized GSM network by students of Godfrey Okoye University Enugu. A descriptive survey research design was used in carrying out this research work with a population of 1600 students. A sample of 309 students were used for the study. The researcher used Taro Yamane formula in determining the sample size for the students. The questionnai...