against corruption and carry along the target group – the poor‚ in formulation of its programmes by making ‘pro-poor’ policies its focus as a basis for poverty alleviation. Introduction Poverty has been a serious challenge to governments in Nigeria. Its effect‚ which includes lack and deprivation in the basic necessities of life‚ is worrisome. Poverty humiliates and dehumanises its victim. As Ukpong (1996) rightly noted: …poverty has earned recognition in the extent of its ravaging society
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1-The American Embassy is a short story set in Nigeria precisely during the time of General Abacha’s regime. The story revolves around a woman who looses both her son and her husband although in different ways due to the regime. Her husband’s life is under threat due to some anti government articles he writes in his newspaper. He has to flee the country and she helps him escape by driving him to his co-editor’s house in the trunk of her car. This leaves her as all as her four year old son vulnerable
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ineligibility to do business in US. 4. Read the Country Focus: “40 years of corruption in Nigeria” on page 58 of the Textbook and Part 2 Case “Siemens Bribery Scandal” on page 166 of the textbook (9th edition). Applying the facts of these cases and your understanding of the issue of bribery‚ answer the following questions : 1. Describe the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions in Nigeria from the 1970’s to the year 1999. The political
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 CAP. C23 L.F.N. 2004 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION: Arrangement of sections Chapter I General Provisions Part I Federal Republic of Nigeria 1. Supremacy of constitution. 2 The Federal Republic of Nigeria. 3 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. Part II Powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 4. Legislative powers. 5 Executive powers. 6 Judicial powers 7. Local government
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experienced led the community to where they are today. From the early 1900s to the late 1900s‚ women residing in Nigerian societies struggled with female empowerment because men were deemed as superior. Although equality was not always implemented‚ Nigeria introduced the principle of equality in the Declaration of Independence. It is stated that “every citizen shall have equality of rights‚ obligations and opportunities before the law” (Nwaubani). Even though this is an official document‚ these words
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Consequences usually involve one culture being taken advantage of by the opposing dominant one. In Chinua Achebe’s fictional novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ this cultural invasion does take place‚ igniting a clash of cultures between the Igbo tribe of Nigeria and the Christian British that are seeking to colonize this primitive land. The constant forcing of new ideas upon the tribal people slowly begins to erode at the Igbo tribe’s culture‚ while also causing things to fall apart within the society. The
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NAME: Hussaini Hadassah PROGRAMME: International relations MATRIC NO: 12AH013426 COURE: Nigerian system of public administration COURSE CODE: PAD 211 LECTURER: Mrs. Excellence DATE: 27th August‚ 2013. QUESTION What are the functions of the various administrators of the hausa-fulani pre colonial administration? Prior to European occupation and balkanization of Africa‚ most African tribes had well organized empires e.g. Yoruba‚ Benin‚ Hausa‚ Fulani etc. the pre colonial administration had institutions
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‚ an “African writer”. She is virtuous with a certain gasp of social conundrum in Nigeria. She is omnivorous eye for resonant detail; a gift for real characters‚ pyrotechnic with deep humanitarianism. Americanah explicitly increases issues related to the negotiation of identities. The writer makes use of the tale of Ifemelu to reveal the coexistence of differences and‚ on the same time‚ a loss of perception in a consensus amongst them. Her critical characters are part of educational
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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA CASE STUDY OF KANO STATE BY HAUWA MAGAJIYA BALA (MRS) DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE MASTERS DEGREE [MA] IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE [TEFL] SUBMITTED TO LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 2004 DEDICATION DEDICATION OF THIS PIECE OF WORK GOES TO MY BELOVED PARENTS‚ HAJIYA FATIMA ZAHRA AND ALHAJI YUSUF MUSA. MAY GOD BLESS THEM‚ AMEEN. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank the
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The Media and the Democratic Process in Nigeria (1) By Professor Sam Oyovbaire T HE value of the media in the development of the Nigerian nation-state became prominent in the struggle by the Founding Fathers of Nigerian nationalism against British colonial rule and imperialism‚ mildly in the late 1920s and much more forcefully from about 1944. As the struggle intensified‚ and colonial ruleinaugurated a process of tactical retreat through negotiation with the emergent yet fragmented political
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