The 21st century will be Africa’s century of economic development. Incomes will be rising rapidly and Africa will become one of the main engines of economic progress in the world. For this to happen, markets must be liberalized and barriers to trade eliminated. Without hindrance, businesses should be able to source anywhere, manufacture anywhere, and sell anywhere. Free trade and free competition are essential if standards of living are to rise. Countries should realize that what is good fo...
ABSTRACT Despite the numerous policies that have been set out over the years to tackle the hydra-headed problems of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, not much progress has been made towards quelling the trend. Part of the reasons why these problems seem unsolvable is due to the fact that direction of causality between the two has not been ascertained in the light determination of policy direction. The main objective of this study, therefore, is to explore the direction of causality that ex...
Abstract Since the Nigerian stock exchange started its operations in 1961, it has not yet been able to attain efficiency as is the case in other countries and as such its inherent impact on capital formation in Nigeria has not been clear enough. The main objective of this study, therefore, is to explore the role of the stock exchange on capital formation in Nigeria. Time series data were applied in carrying out this research work, using the variables; Market Capitalization, New Issues of Inst...
ABSTRACT This work examine the Role of NGO’s in the Socio-Economic Empowerment of women, the Case of Global Medicare Foundation Buea, in Eyumojock. Generally in Cameroon, although Non-governmental Organizations do one thing or the other to empower the life of women, some women seem to continue to face enormous barriers to succeed in their socio economic endeavors and have remained exposed to all kinds of poverty. They have limited access to productive resources, and they are dispropo...
ABSTRACT Most manufactured organizations are faced with the choice of the right channels to be used in order to determine sales and generate high leverage for consumer expectation and hence high profit margin. This research work is aimed at leveraging consumer’s value expectations on manufactured goods through efficient distribution. Data required for the research work were collected through both primary and secondary sources. The researcher employed tables and simple percentage to ana...
AbstractThis study evaluates the transmission channels between exchange rate, unemployment,inflation and economic growth through a multivariate trend and structural analysis. The scope of theresearch is from 1986 to 2013 using annual time series data collected from the CBN statisticalBulletin. This study employs the Vector Auto-regressive model through the ARDL bound test for co-integration.The study reveals that empirically, there exists significant relationships betweenexchange rate, unempl...
Today's organisations are increasingly recognising diversity in the workplace as a business strategy imperative that helps to increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge over competitors. This study focused on workforce diversity and employee productivity using Shorelink Oil and Gas Services Limited as a unit of study. The major objectives of the study were (i) investigate the relationship between workforce diversity and employee productivity (ii) assess the role of effective com...
This work examines the international community and the security arrangement that put in place in order to curb the threat posed by terrorism in the globe. It explains why people use terrorism for whatever purpose and why terrorism has thrived in some part of the world, while it has seen little or no success in some. It goes further to explain that for the world to be secured and for the war against terrorism to be won, nations have to join hands in the fight against terrorism/ This work prese...
ABSTRACT The biggest problem most small enterprises face is Human Resource Management. This is so because talents drive all other functional areas of organizations. Humans (Talents) are undoubtedly the greatest assets possessed by any business or organization. Yet when mismanaged, this great asset can easily be turned into the greatest of liabilities. Through an extensive review of available literature (on and offline), important aspects of talent acquisition and management were identified a...
The paper takes a look at islamophobia in Nigeria and how it helps to shape voters consciousness in each subsequent Nigerian elections. INTRODUCTION The term islamophobia was derived from two distinct terms, Islam, which refers to a religion practiced by Muslims, followers of the teachings of Prophet Mohammed, and phobia, which means fear or an object or a given situation. Islamophobia is the fear/ hatred of Muslims or people who practice Islam. It is an intense dislike/fear of Islam, especi...
The workplace today is in a state of metamorphosis with contemporary issues such as customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, revenue and expenditures, organisationalculture, technological advancement, global markets, diverse customer demands and need for effective workforce with a global mindset penetrating every aspect of the organisation. All these issues need urgent attention and most businesses do not have the technical strength to tackle them on their own. The recent downturn in the...
As a result of persistent poor performance in most organizations, the study investigated the effect of internal control systems on the performance of banks in Nigeria. Internal controls were looked at from the perspective of control environment, internal audit and control activities whereas bank performance focused on liquidity, accountability and reporting as the measures for improvement. The study also went further to establish that effective and efficient internal control system is the bes...
The study is majorly aimed at evaluating and analysing the most recent three years (1st January 2012 to 31st December 2014) business and financial performance of May & Baker Nigeria Plc. The results will be compared with that of a competitor (Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Nigeria Plc) in order to make informed decisions on the status of the company. Besides, the specific objectives to achieve are: a) To evaluate the political, environmental and economic factors affecting the financial perf...
This review impacts of human and material resources in an organization. How effectively and efficiently these can be trained, developed and put into utilization. Objectives of the study. The broad objective of this research is to assess manpower development and its utilizations in Federal parastatals using the National Teachers Institute (NTI) Kaduna as a case study. The specific objectives include; To ascertain whether the management of NT...
ABSTRACT The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has in recent years been a hotbed of conflict. The region has been embroiled in turmoil over the struggle for equitable resource allocation. Federal systems by their nature are complex administrative designs because they involve multiple levels of government. The Nigerian federal system is thus beset by a lot of complex challenges. One of such challenges is the seemingly implacable and intractable Niger Delta crisis arising from lopsidedness in reven...