Abstract This study examined the role of cumulative trauma and meaning in life on psychological wellbeing of adolescent orphans in Western Nigeria. Participants were 696 adolescent orphans (284 = males, 413 = females) who were selected from eighteen (18) orphanages in Lagos, Oyo and Ondo States, using cluster sampling technique. The average respondent age was 15.24 (SD = 2.09, ranging from 12 to 18 years). They completed the Yoruba and English versions of the Cumulative Trauma Scale-short ver...
ABSTRACT This study is on integrated strategies of crime control in contemporary Nigeria with Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra state as its study Area. It is prompted by the need to findout not just what the residents of the Local Government Area perceive the integrated strategies to be but what on how they effective perceive them to be. The findings of five indepth interview with the officials of the 5 key agents and institutions of crime control was triangulated with the resp...
ABSTRACT The paper examines NEPAD and poverty eradication programme in Nigeria. The programme is rolled-out to reduce the harsh economic effect of poverty in Nigeria. To be a benefactor of this programme, eligibility to its fund is predicated upon having undergone any of the skill training programmes as defines by the objective of NEPAD. Particularly, the paper interrogates whether NEPAD has achieved poverty eradication in Nigeria through skill acquisition programme. Also, the paper ascertai...
Abstract This study examined the contributions of work engagement and work-life balance in productive work behaviour among 250 commercial bank employees. The participants composed of 148 (59.2%) males and 102 (40.8%) females who completed self-report measures of work engagement and work-life balance. Productive work behaviour was based on the FBN productivity scorecards of the participants. Ex post facto design was adopted. The data was analysed with hierarchical multiple regression. Two hyp...
Abstract: This study examined the influence of government budget deficit on economic performance in Nigeria. The study captures government budget deficit with budget deficit ratio (Bdr) and economic performance with real domestic product (RGDP). Budget deficit ratio measures the ratio of Nigeria’s national debt to its gross domestic product while real GDP measures the value of economic output adjusted for price changes. To estimates the influence of government budget deficit on economic pe...
ABSTRACT The thrust of this work is the evaluation of the expropriation of Nigeria’s vital human resources through the brain drain and its implications for its overall development. Nigeria has been adjudged a top emigration country on account of the continuous efflux of its human resources to all parts of the world. Despite the lack of agreement about the exact migrant stock of Nigerians in the diaspora, Nigeria is listed among the top remittance receiving countries in the world. The impli...
ABSTRACT THIS RESEARCH WORK FOCUSED ON MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE IN THE Enugu State Ministry of Health, (M.O.H.) comprising both the Local Government and State Health workers. Materials for the study were gathered primarily through interviews, observations and questionnaires. Also secondary data, were collected from the database of the State Health Management information system (HMIS). From the data collected, the researcher found that workers are more active in health facilites with adequa...
Abstract There has been a lot of controversy over what influences stock prices most on the stock exchange. While some analysis believe that dividend policy is responsible for the stock price movements on the stock exchange, others claim that dividend policy is irrelevant to share price valuation. They are of the opinion that what matters to the investors are the financial performance of the companies and not the dividend payouts. It is the objective of the study to find out whether it is divi...
ABSTRACT The funding of healthcare in Nigeria has often been described as inadequate with budgetary allocation hardly exceeding 3 percent of the budget. Healthcare spending in Nigeria is segmented into private and public spending. While public expenditure in Nigeria account for 20-30% of total health expenditures, private expenditures accounts for 70-80% of total health expenditure. Most developing countries have been dependent on aid for development financing neglecting opportunities ...
ABSTRACT The collapse of the strategic oil relationship between the U.S and the Middle East suppliers brought the Gulf of Guinea and the Niger Delta into a high profile global energy partnership. The strategic shift had developed as a form of buffer or counter weight against the insecurity of supply in the Persian Gulf. This study, therefore explores the rise of the Gulf of Guinea and Niger Delta as strategic partners. It illustrates the character of strategic or resource – rich region and...
ABSTRACT This research evaluated the implementation of SERVICOM reforms in the Nigeria federal public service in South-east Nigeria, with particular reference to Federal Ministry of Works, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The study was necessitated by the continued decadence and stigmatization of the public service with over centralization, incessant conflicts between cadres, scant emphasis on results and concrete performanc...
ABSTRACT Issues of alcohol use, pornography use and poor family relationship among students is becoming a thing of concern to all departments in Federal University Oye -Ekiti. The present study investigated the influence of pornography use, family attachment and alcohol consumption on sexual aggressive behavior among late male adolescents in Federal University Oye -Ekiti. • The study adopted a survey research design. A self-report questionnaire was completed by a total number of 200 st...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess Learning Conditions Affecting Female Students Academic Performances in public Universities: The Case of the University of Dodoma. The study employed a random sampling procedure to get 115 respondents from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and College of Education at the University of Dodoma, 20 staff which includes lecturers, Heads of Departments, Deputy Deans of students and 14 undergraduate male students. Quantitative data were analyzed by u...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the influence of political will on enhancement of gender parity in decision making in the local government authorities in Tanzania. Specifically this study seeks to determine the political commitment in influencing gender political representation in local authorities in Tanzania; to assess the contribution of affirmative-action policies on administrative appointment; and to examine the extent to which public resources enhance gender-based district develo...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of consolation scheme in reducing human-wildlife conflict to the communities neighbouring Rungwa-Muhesi-Kizigo game reserve in Singida Region, Tanzania. The study was governed by four specific objectives namely;to examine the extent of implementation of consolation scheme to the people affected by wildlife in Rungwa-Muhesi-Kizigo game reserve, to assess the performance of consolation scheme in terms of people access to the scheme be...