Public Administration Research Papers/Topics

THE OVERVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE IN THE NEW MILLENIUM

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Finance has been a problem facing the government.  The government of Nigeria is made up of the federal, state and local government which is preferably called the three tiers of government.  But however, this work is only limited to the local government. Local government forms the third tier of government in Nigeria.  The aim of creating local government is to decentralize government so that local government which is nearest to the people will enable the people to...

APPRAISAL OF TECHNIQUES FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL IN GOVERNMENT OWNED HOSPITALS

THESIS ABSTRACT The researcher has primary examined some of the expenditure control techniques that are and could be applied in government owned hospitals. Noting the obstacles and their rate of effectiveness, emphasis are laid on the techniques already in application. Data for the research were gathered through interviews, questionnaires and financial regulations. Percentages were used in the data analysis. The following are the research findings. Budgeting, internal control and audits are c...

SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE

ABSTRACT The researcher treated about sustainable Educational policies and National Development but giving more emphasis on Educational Policy because they are government programmes or action plan meant to review existing educational practice or introduce a new method aimed at enhancing a better educational pursuit for its citizens. The impact of Educational policy makes man live and operate the way he does and his operational efficiency is best determined by his quality of education. Lastly,...

THE PROBLEMS OF URBAN WASTE DISPOSAL AND MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU URBAN (ENSEPA)

ABSTRACT This research project is a very crucial study for the effective management of waste disposal is Enugu urban. This study was motivated as a result of the adverse effects of undisposal and improperly managed solid waste on the environment and health of the people. To solve the problem, both primary and secondary data were collected. The research instruments used in collection of the data were questionnaire, oral interview and personal observation. The respondents comprises of 200 ENSEP...

THE SOURCES OF REVENUE AND BUDGETING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  As the need for development in every part of a sovereign nation arose, it became important a device a means through which the source of development will reach to every part in question. The local government concept holds that the key to challenge all other developed areas and achieving a general goal concept of ability to give everybody in a given country, allocations according to what the person needs most. The local government is a tier of the go...

EMPOWERING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN THEIR INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE IN ENUGU STATE

1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY The history of local government is closely tied up with the history of British colonialism in the country. It represented a system of indirect rule, which aimed at establishing a form of local Administration through traditional authorities. According to the 1979 National Guideline on local Government Reforms defined Local Government as: “Government at the grassroots level exercised through representative councils, established by law to exercised specif...

THE COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY IN P.Z. INDUSTRIES NIGERIA PLC, EMENE, ENUGU,

INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The term communication is as old as man himself. It is believed that as soon as a child is born into the world, he starts communicating by crying (Amadihe Ezugu: 1999, P.Z). it is a word, that so many people give different meaning to depending on how one looks at it. Meaning can include the equipment used in passing of information like telegram, telephone, television, radio etc. Communication is the process of transmitting and receiving of information. ...

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH EFFECT OF FUEL SCARCITY IN NIGERIAN

INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND Just like water and air is important to the living human being for daily duties and a hitch-free survival, the importance of fuel to automobile cannot be over looked. A typical situation is in he case halts because of the fact that there is shortage of fuel. The importance of fuel in this our developing and technically, inclined economy is fast like the mixture of oil and salt as far as  the economy forget growth as one of its goals. Fuel is used in a variety of ac...

THE PROBLEMS OF INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

INTRODUCTION DEFINITION OF INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE ECONOMY According to Mr. C.C. S. Okeke an economist “Inflation is a continuous rise in prices of goods and services”. That is a situation of persistent increase in price of commodities without a proportionate increase in the supply of the commodities. When the expansion in the supply of money is greater than the expansion in the supply of commodities, the effects is inflationary. The implication of the inflationary period is the...

PROBLEMS OF REVENUE GENERATION IN ENUGU - SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY Local Government is the third tier of government and is defined according to Local Government Reform Guidelines of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1976) as;  “A set of local government with their own identity, powers and sources of revenue established under state legislation with functions for which they are responsible to the state”.  The aim of creating local government as the third tier of government is that it is the level of government clos...

MONETARY POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF INFLATION CONTROL

ABSTRACT Nigeria in time past, up till the present time has been experiencing a general increase in the price of goods and services. The populace has been suffering from inflation syndrome which has rendered the purchasing power of the Nigerian naira (money) worthless, and has subjugated the people to untold hardship. Inflation, which is no new phenomenon to the Nigerian economy, has increased drastically in the 1990s. This calls for immediate government attention to map out measures that wil...

THE CONCEPT OF COST CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FUND

ABSTRACTS This research paper “the concept of cost consciousness in the management of public fund” is a documentation of the research finding carries out to show how with the implementation of cost consciousness can fasten the growth of Nigeria economy as well as the large and small business as firm located in Nigeria. Suggesting a realistic solution to the problem emanating from the project topic “cost consciousness” the management can make decision which will facilitate their growth...

IMPACT OF COMMUNITY BANKS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF UMUEZE COMMUNITY BANK ENUGU).

ABSTRACT The establishment of community banks by the Federal Government with particular reference to Umueze Community Bank Enugu was necessitated by the desire of Government to improve the standard  of living of the urural dwellers and to encourage rapid development of the communities. It is in realization of this objectives that this study is being carried out to ascertain the impact of these community banks on rural development. Also the study is designed to determine the performance the c...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT The topic local government system as an instrument for rural development is to assess the preference of Nigeria local government systems in the area of rural development.  To explain why local governments have been ineffective. To recommend a fundamental solution towards making local government rural development oriented. To achieve the above tasks, the paper is divided into six parts. Parts one clarifies the concepts of local government and rural development. Part two deals with lo...

PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research study dealt on Bureaucracy and National Development” a case study of Abia State. For the purpose of this study both primary and secondary data sources were used. The major data analysis technique applied were the frequency table simple percentage method and the chi-square tools. Moreso at the end of the study the major conclusion were thus: Bureaucracy in Abia State modern organizations in variation with the ideal type of bureaucracy, there are some socio-cultural fa...


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