ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of parenting style and Gender as predictors of disposition towards antisocial behavior two hundred (200) SS1 students of Secondary Schools in Enugu (Trans-Ekulu Girls’ Secondary School, Enugu, Federal Government College, Enugu, NewHaven Boys’ Secondary School, Enugu) participated in the study. Participants were within the age range of 13 and 18 years with a mean age of 15.5 using ANOVA. The results of ANOVA showed nonsignificant main effects ...
ABSTRACT Criminality, a destructive phenomenon, is deeply rooted in Nigeria. The increasing incidences of this Cankerworm stars us on the faces daily. Our radios, televisions and newspapers churn out blood chilling stories of armed robbery attacks, kidnapping, human sacrifices, embezzlement of public funds, etc daily. Our prevention and control agencies have been over burdened by the monstrous situation that they offer little or no solution to it. Consequent upon the above hopeless condition,...
ABSTRACT The work is on the critical re-appraisal of staff training programme in University of Nigeria Nsukka. Specifically, it examined the types of existing training programmes, the beneficiaries, the utilization of trained staff in the University, and the effect of these on the worker’s performance in the institution. To guide the work, four hypotheses were formulated. Questionnaire were administered to a sample of 280 staff, drawn from two cadres of staff population. Some management off...
ABSTRACT This study was the brain child of the earnest desire to unravel the impact of the incessant fluctuating oil prices on two crucial sectors of the Nigerian economy; the agricultural sector and the industrial sector which used manufacturing sector as proxy. The analysis employed the unrestricted Vector Autoregressive methodology as its empirical technique, with a quarterly time series data spanning from 1987 quarter one through 2014 quarter four which covered 112 observations. The resul...
ABSTRACT The history of mankind in all generation has been a struggle dominated by the need to enhance his material condition either as an individual or as a collectivity. The struggle for material condition has led to the evolution of different types of political systems, which include federalism. Importantly, each state is endowed with different kinds of natural resources, which has engendered development in some states and underdevelopment in others. While scholars have made substantial co...
ABSTRACT The study examines the multidimensional aspect of poverty and living condition in Nigeria. The aim is to fill the vacuum that has been left by traditional unidimensional measures of deprivation based on poverty lines, exclusively estimated on the basis of monetary variables such as income or consumption expenditure. It combines monetary and non monetary, qualitative and quantitative indicators, including housing conditions, the possession of durable goods, with a number of composite ...
ABSTRACT This research work examines the contributions of women in the development of local government areas using Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State as a case study. The study critically reviewed the dominant issues on the role and contributions of women in the development of local government areas, gender equality and women empowerment in Epe Local Government and generally in Nigeria. This study maintains that women are the most vulnerable group in Nigeria, thus, their social, politic...
ABSTRACT 7 Poverty is general phenomenon in less developed countries including Nigeria. It is a common problem that cannot be easily wiped out but can be alleviated through concerted effort by stake holders. The problem of poverty has brought about low standard of living of people in both rural and urban area that attention of individual, Federal, States and Local Government has been drawn to alleviate it to better the living standard of the rural area. This work was undertaken to look into t...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the deregulation of the downstream of Nigeria’s petroleum sub-sector as an aspect of Rolling back the state in Nigeria. Deregulation of the downstream of the petroleum sector is occasioned by the removal of subsidies on petroleum products. This leads to a hike in the pump price of petroleum products which has brought untold hardship on the people. According to government, it spends a huge amount of money on subsidizing fuel products. Thus government resources p...
ABSTRACT This study examined the socio-cultural factors associated with EBF practices in Enugu state. A cross-sectional survey of 1,734 nursing mothers who were breastfeeding their infants as at the time of the study was conducted in eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) in EnuguState. Multistage sampling procedure was employed in selecting the above sample size for this study. The major instrument for data collection was a uniform set of structured questionnaire administered by trained researc...
Abstract This work was motivated mainly by the need to support development policymaking and economic management in Nigeria with credible statistics and systematic evidence on the informal sector. This is because despite the wide range of informal sector economic processes and activities in Nigeria, current knowledge of the size, macroeconomic determinants, and revenue implications of the informal sector in Nigeria remain very scanty and inadequate. Hence, this research work was embarked upon ...
ABSTRACT Crude oil is one of the major natural resources that have contributed to the development of the Nigerian economy. It, however, poses great environmental and socio-economic challenges. As a result, the effects of oil exploration activities on the socio-economic wellbeing of host communities, like Ogoniland, have been of concern to the Nigerian government. Measurement of such socio-economic effects is an essential requirement for policy formulation and strategic planning for sustainabi...
ABSTRACT This work examined Political leadership and poverty eradication in Benue State with a focus on Benue State economic empowerment development strategy programme between 1999 and 2007. The research questions pertinent to this study were: Did the Benue State Economic Empowernment Development Strategy impact positively on poverty level in Benue State between 1999 and 2007? Did shifts in political leadership affect the performance of the poverty eradication programme in Benue State between...
ABSTRACT Natural resource discovery in a country can be the beginning of the country’s economic growth. The wealth from the resources if well managed could promote sustained economic development. The exploration and exploitation of natural resources is usually accompanied with the paradox of development and challenges. The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Ghana in June 2007, has raised the hope of Ghanaians as it regards better days to come. However, oil has its own effect on an e...
ABSTRACT This research work is a product of the researcher’s desire to contribute to the existing stock of knowledge on Christianity and autochthonous burial rites. The study aims at bringing out the essence of mortuary protocols in the traditional culture. The study also looked at the changes that have taken place in the performance of traditional funeral rites in Ovim and else where. The research adopted the qualitative method of data collection and analysis. Conventionally, in ethnograph...