Abstract This study took critical examination and evaluation of the Ebonyi State Community Based Poverty Reduction Agency and youth skill acquisition in Ebonyi State from 2005 to 2015. The study aimed broadly at establishing relationship between EBCPRC and poverty alleviation in the rural communities of Ebonyi State and specifically ascertaining whether the management of EBCPRA’s fund encouraged the provision of skill acquisition centres in Ebonyi State from 2005 to 2015 and to evaluate th...
ABSTRACT Theoretical and empirical evidences support the prime role of public education expenditure in rapid and persistent economic growth. However, available statistics in Nigeria does not seem to support this view. An average of 5.72 per cent of public expenditure was spent on education between 1970 and 2010. During the same period, economic growth was not only inconsistent, but averaged 0.6 per cent. Public education expenditure, no doubt promotes educational attainment which could be reg...
ABSTRACT This study used a cross-sectional design to investigate the influence of dispositional mindfulness and spirituality on readiness to change cannabis use. Participants were one hundred and fifty seven (157) cannabis users. Their ages ranged between 17 - 44 years, with a mean age of 24.50 (SD = 4.28). Three instruments were used for data collection. Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires (Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006), Spiritual Experience Index-Revised (Genia, ...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at investigating the perception of the general public on the socio-economic implications of drug addiction in Nigeria. The study was conducted in Enugu urban and a sample of six hundred (600) respondents aged 18 years and above resident in Enugu urban were selected through simple random sampling. Structured questionnaires developed by the researcher were administrated to the respondents by six research assistants. In addition in depth interviews were conduct...
ABSTRACT This research work is on “Remuneration and Industrial Conflicts in the Anambra State Civil Service, Nigeria (1991-2011)”. The study was motivated by the frequent complaints made by the civil servants over their remuneration and the insensitivity of the Anambra State government in addressing the problem especially against the backdrop of severe economic hardship the country is experiencing. These complaints often snowball into industrial conflicts in the state. Arising from t...
ABSTRACT The menace of mob mentality has posed flagrant concerns in recent times, since time immemorial various scholars have begged the question of why human individuals defy the laws of morality to do inconceivable things. In this research, another scholastic attempt is being made to unravel. the dynamics· of the psychological factors that predicts susceptibility to mob behaviour. The genesis of this research began with the development of a susceptibility to mob behaviour scale, of which ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence and' employee empowerment as predictors of organisational among non-academic staff of Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti state. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design. A total of 240 nonacademic staff were conveniently and purposefully sampled in the study. These participants were administered with questionnaire consisting the Assessing emotions scale, employee empowerment scale and organisational commitmen...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate principals, teachers and students view on pregnancy related school dropout and also pregnant teenagers experience about pregnancy and school dropout in Oye local government, Ekiti state. The study seeks to know the factors predisposing girls to teenage pregnancy, the extent to which teenage pregnancy as lead to dropout among females and the extent to which these girls get re-admitted back after delivery. Four Principals, eight male and eight ...
ABSTRACT This work is aimed at ascertaining the exploration of training as a tool for development and productivity of workers in industry, knowing the extent to which training of workers' productivity have reduce most of the problems encountered in the organization. The research view that by the era of this work, the importance of training and development to the organization will be known. The instrument used for data collection was made up of primary data, questionnaire, and the presentatio...
ABSTRACT Discipline and academic performances are the core of our today's education. Some scholars have attributed poor performance of students in academic to high level of indiscipline among students while others disagreed. Nevertheless, it becomes essential in recent times that many schools have traded away discipline and as a result led to poor academic performance of students. This study was carried ont to establish the relationships between schools discipline and students' academic perf...
ABSTRACT Anecdotal evidences have suggested that Africans generally belief and fear voodoo or charm. However, there is no existing scale !o measure the fear of charm. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of fear of charm (Charmophobia). Twenty three (23 items) were generated based on evidences obtained in a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) consisting of 12 participants and reduced to 21 items in the content validity process. To obtaining the factor structure, ...
Abstract This research extends previous work on measuring two dimensions of self-disclosure attributes with gender and self-esteem. One hundred participants were selected using purposive sampling method. Psychological instruments were data collection. Data obtained were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Three hypotheses were tested using Two-way Analysis of Variance. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent sample t-test. The result showed that there...
ABSTRACT The overall aim of this study is to examine the extent to which birth order and parenting styles predict academic performance of private secondary school students in Alimosho Local Government Area Lagos. This study was necessary due to the high rate of students low academic performance in private secondary school. Questionnaire was used in collecting specific information from 200 participant. The questionnaire was divided into two parts (Section A and B). Section A consist items that...
ABSTRACT The research aimed to determine the influence of dispositional factors and some demographic factors on organizational citizenship behaviour among non-academic staffs ,The study examined personality traits ,age and marital status as variables to know their influence on organizational citizenship behaviour among non-academic staff of Federal university OyeEkiti, one hundred and fifty questionnaire was administered to the non -academic staff, the study hypothesized that personality tra...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of prison environment on inmates' rehabilitation and reformation process in south - western Nigeria. This is with the view of identifying prison environment as the factor that affect inmates' rehabilitation and reformation process. Quantitative method were used to obtained information from the respondents, questionnaire were administered to 120 inmates to know their perception on the effect of prison environment on inmate rehabilitation and reformation ...