ABSTRACT This study attempts to analyze the Impact of the implementation of the Cabotage law on the Maritime Industry in Nigeria. Taking the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as the case study, the study x-rayed the level of enforcement of the Cabotage by NIMASA as a Maritime regulatory body in Nigeria. More emphasis was laid on the benefits accruable to stakeholders of coastal trade. A Comparative analysis is carried between few selected countries and Nigeria. W...
ABSTRACT This study was carried to assess the effectiveness of clean-up sites impacted by oil spill at Kpean and Buan communities in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Soil samples were collected at 0-15 and 15-39cm depths from three sampling sites(two impacted and one control sites) with soil auger and analyzed for pH, TOC, TPH, Zn, Cd, Cd, HB and HDB using standard methods. The concentrations of pH, TOC, TPH varied between 5.08 – 6.86 (6.04 + 0.24), 0.32 – 2.62 (1.18 + 0.3...
ABSTRACT Pollution of rivers, had become a major problem facing our society today. This often occurs as a result of waste washed into Rivers as in the case with Nworie River in Owerri metropolis. In order to assess the water quality of Nworie River, water samples were collected at three locations namely point A (upstream) serves as control, point B (midstream) and point C(downstream). The samples were properly analyzed with focus on some physical and chemical parameters. The result of th...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of the port concession adopted in Nigerian ports in 2006. The study is necessary in order to ascertain the impact of the model based on a painstaking study. Data was collected from the abstract of ports statistics on three major variables namely, cargo throughput, average berth occupancy and average turnaround time, from 1995 to 2012. The data was analysed using Mann- Whitney Wilcoxon (WWW) Test. The result shows that on the average, all the indices...
Abstract This study undertook a comparative analysis of direct government finance and public private partnership (PP) option for healthcare infrastructure development. The objective is to assess the cost, time and financing leverage effects of the two financing options. The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri was used as study location. Two identical building projects: Ward II funded through PPP and Ward 10 funded through direct government financing was used as case studies. A combination...
ABSTRACT This study examined the physicochemical and bacteriological analysis of ground water quality in Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) and its neigbouring Communities. Groundwater samples were collected, two from 4 different locations and were immediately transported to the laboratory for standard analyses. pH ranged between 5.24-4.71; EC (40-11.00 μS/cm); sulphate (5.94-1.58mg/L); Total Hardness (44.30-12.40mg/L); Mg (8.79- 1.20mg/L); Cl- (8.10-5.00mg/L); nitrate (0.00...
ABSTRACT The study investigated heavy metal levels in the Bonny River. Water and sediment samples, collected at four major sites selected along the river course, were analyzed for heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Ni, Cd, Cu, and As) using standard methods. The pH in water was higher (7.94) than in sediment and EPA standards (6.5-7.5) and in water; it was lower than the recommended values for EPA and WHO. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used to analyze data at PAs>Cu>Pb>Cr>Cd>Ni. ...
ABSTRACT The need to internetwork wireless mobile telecommunication systems with 3rd generation mobile network 3G with high mobility and wireless local area network WLAN with high data rates, is important in this new age of technological development. In this study, scientific and technical literature were reviewed to give an indebt knowledge of the previous design and research made in the given area of study. The current methods of internetworking heterogenous networks, the mobile IP meth...
ABSTRACT This study determined the impact of Training of workers on organizational performance and Development using Imo Broadcasting Corporation Authority (IBC) as a case study. Employing well-structured questionnaire primary data were collected from employees of IBC in addition to personal interviews on some staff of the organization using simple random process. The results indicated that IBC’s employees were not well-informed about training and development programmes in the organizat...
ABSTRACT Aquatic environmental stress of cassava effluent on catfish Juvenile (carias gariepinus) of about 5 months, 8 10cm in length and mean weight of 3.42 0.2g was investigated using antioxidant enzymes system. A total 125 Juvenile clarias gariepinus were used for the study which was further divided into five treatment groups of 25 each. Thus control, group I, group II, group III and group IV. Each of these groups were exposed to 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5% and 1% of cassava effluents respectivel...
ABSTRACT Five experiments were carried out to determine the effect of replacing maize with solid state fermented mixture of cassava root pulp and palm kernel cake on performance, carcass and meat quality of broiler chicks and pigs. First, 3 inoculation techniques were evaluated for their efficacy in solid state fermentation of the mixture namely; direct inoculation with Aspergillus niger, batch inoculation with previously inoculated samples, and spontaneous inoculation. In study 2, su...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of urban solid waste on Otamiri River water quality in Owerri. The major objective was to determine the seasonal variations of the physical, chemical and bacteriological properties of Otamiri River water. Standard procedure was used to determine the following selected parameters; Total hardness, pH, Electrical conductivity, Chloride, Nitrate, Phosphate, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen demand (COD), Total coliform count and some ...
ABSTRACT Emergency Plan and Response Management is one of the most important determinants which affect global competitiveness of the aviation industry. The study examined Nigerian airlines’ emergency planning and response management services, including seven dimensions of services defined by Gronroos t-test model with 95 percent confidence. Satisfaction of airlines customers was measured and we observed that passengers were not satisfied within 7 Dimensions of Gronroos service quality M...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the effect of cost, schedule, and quality parameters on the realization of building construction projects delivery via the traditional method and the partnering methods (design build and build own operate methods). A total of 5 traditionally procured projects, 5 design build projects and 5 build own operate projects making a total of 15 projects that were used for the study. Data set for the study were collected via the questionnaire and oral interviews from r...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the contributions of the concessionaires in the efficiency of Apapa port, Lagos.The paper x-rays the performances of the Apapa at two points in time, as pre - concession era, from 2000-2005 and2006 – 2012 as post concession era.The research identified the problems that have bedeviled the ports of Nigeria before the concession as corruptive tendencies, high tariffs, congestion, long waiting time for vessels berth, vessels delay resulting to low time around...