ABSTRACT Poverty has degraded lives for centuries; and human deprivation is still persistent in the developing countries of the world It is in this regard that this study examined the impact of poverty on Higher Institution Students in Nigeria. The aim was to ascertain the extent to which poverty affects their Academic Performances. The study was conducted adopting empirical design. The data used for the study were time series data. A stochastic model was specified for the study to show ...
ABSTRACT Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been recognised as an effective way of resolving landlord-tenant disputes, among other civil disputes, all over the world. In Lagos, the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC) was established in 1999 to use mediation, an ADR technique, in addressing landlord-tenant disputes which had become violent and an existential threat to the parties in the tenancy relationship, among other forms of dispute the Centre was founded to resolve. The CMC was e...
ABSTRACT Maternal health is one of the major concerns of the global health community. Pregnancy-related mortality is avoidable if preventive measures are taken and adequate care is available. Yet women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to die due to pregnancy-related complications. This study set out to examine the socio-cultural context of pregnant women and how that context precipitates maternal morbidity and mortality. The study was prompted by the high rate of maternal death despite a...
ABSTRACT Following Nigeria’s adoption of the neo-liberal policy symbolized by structural adjustment or economic reforms since the 1980s, the informal sector has witnessed massive growth both in form and content. However, the sector’s effective participation in national development over the last two decades has been faced with a variety of constraints including high social costs burden, lack of access to resources, markets, land and basic infrastructure. The sector is also perceived...
ABSTRACT The study empirically investigated the impact of capital market on industrial sector performance in Nigeria between 1970-2012. The capital market was set up to achieve specific objectives which would boost the economy such as encourage domestic savings and increasing the quantity and quality of investments. The industrial sector performance was proxy by industrial output. Capital market variables considered include market capitalization, total new issue, volume of transaction, a...
ABSTRACT This research study laid emphasis on the issue of women and political discrimination in the society c:ind has been a major concern for social analysts, law enforcement agencies and human rights activists across the country. It is pertinent to note that discrimination against women in politics is the unfavourable treatment of women in the political sphere or arena which results in their unfavourable position within the distribution of all important political resources and it is b...
ABSTACT The importance of employee satisfaction and work motivation is growing all the time in various sector of education in Nigeria and how salary serves as a form of motivator to workers. If a person is committed to his or her work, he or she has self-control and commitment is also dependent on the reward a person gets from his or her performance. This study investigated work motivation and salary as predictor of perceived job satisfaction among secondary school staffs in Ado Ekiti. ...
Abstract The involvement of men in the concept and treatment of reproductive health has only been in the context of the supportive roles they are expected to play without taking cognizance of the fact that men also have reproductive health needs. Till date, the impact of male reproductive health challenges within the conjugal relationship has not been brought to limelight or conspicuous in the literature. This study examined male reproductive health challenges and conjugal relationship among...
ABSTRACT A key element of public policy is the promotion of good health in order to attain broad based economic growth. Based on this paradigm, many countries devote huge budgetary allocation to health. However, in most developing countries, this huge health expenditure failed to translate into better health status. Thus, this paper investigates how the effectiveness of public health expenditure is affected by governance in Nigeria. Data on public health expenditure is regressed on infan...
Human beings have been exerting growing impact on earth’s ecosystems as they seek various ecosystem services resulting in ecosystem degradation. To mitigate degradation, motivational approaches such as Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) have been used to provide incentives to land owners to undertake environmental conservation measures. Due to degradation in River Malewa upper catchment resulting from agricultural production, PES scheme was introduced to provide incentive for farmers to c...
Master of business administration (MBA) programs are under intense pressure to improve efficiencies, lower tuition, and offer refreshed curriculum that is of high quality and regarded as relevant by the marketplace. In light of this environment, this study proposes a framework for effectively employing operations management (OM) practices in the design and execution of MBA programs. The study investigated the important role that operation management practices play in curriculum design and fac...
Firms‟ ownership may be used to increase firms‟ value and also solve problems associated with managers and shareholders. Firm size is gaining importance among researchers as far as performance is concern. To-date the government has divested several SOEs using different approaches among the most popular being; public offering, pre-emptive rights and competitive bidding and direct sales. The study intended to analyze relationship of firm ownership structure and size and performance listed s...
The large scale maize farming is often faces diverse risks that undermine the financial viability of the farming venture. These risks include variability in prices occasioned by changes in market factors, risks of pests, climate change, theft, low yield and poor seed quality. These risks work to undermine the financial performance of the large scale maize farming. This study sought to examine the manner in which enterprise risk management practices impacts on the financial performance of comm...
The real estate market plays a very important role in any economy. It is known to have a dramatic multiplier effect and it is a key economic indicator. The real estate market has experienced significant growth in the last decade with many countries experiencing house price fluctuations.TheKenyan real estate market has been experiencing a boom in the past ten years and the latest findings have shown that the trend will continue into the foreseeable future. The study therefore sought to investi...
The study was on the Impact of Financial Control Mechanisms on Local Government Autonomy in Delta State, Nigeria, 1999-2008. The general objective of the study was to establish the nature of relationship between financial control mechanisms and autonomy with a view to exposing the contradictions between policy objectives of government and the actual realisation of the objectives of local government in Delta State. The specific objectives of the study were to: identify the existing financial c...