ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria is by far the most populated of Africa’s countries‚ with more than one-seventh of the continent’s people. The people belong to many different ethnic groups. These groups give the country a rich culture‚ but they also pose major challenges to nation building. Ethnic strife has plagued Nigeria since it gained independence in 1960. Officially known as the ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria’‚ she has a federal form of government
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The ethics of a company can be measured by different theories. Some of these theories can be used to measure Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (Shell Nigeria). The first ethical measure discussed is utilitarian reasoning‚ also referred to as cost-benefit analysis‚ which compares the costs and benefits of a decision. Secondly for the human rights theory‚ were the rights of the stakeholders respected? Third‚ the ethical theory of justice is measured by whether the benefits and costs
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Boston Fights Drugs 1. Would you have selected focus groups for your methodology? Why or why not? I would have chosen to do the focus groups out of the three as the methodology for this research as the group did. With the one on one interviews the researchers had to find kids/adolescence that would actually talk to them‚ and be honest about their habits to a complete stranger. This problem would eliminate a majority of the kids‚ but for the ones that were left I think the research would show
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Kellogg Brown & Root in Nigeria Corruption Case The firm Halliburton acquired Dresser Industries in the year of 1998. Among Dresser’s businesses was M. W. Kellog‚ which was combined with an existing Halliburton business and renamed Kellog Brown and Root. By that time‚ Kellog was expecting to build a series of liquefied natural gas in Nigeria‚ but in order to do that it was required to win an initial contract form the Nigerian Government. At the beginning everything was going according to plans‚
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* INTRODUCTION * TRANSMISSION OF HIV * MODES OF TRANSMISION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED MOTHER-TO-BABY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS BLOOD TRASNFUSION AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT HEALTH WORKERS * SIGNS AND SYMTOMS * PHASES OF HIV AND AIDS ACUTE HIV DISEASE LATENCY PHASE AIDS PHASE * CONFIRMATION AND COUNCELLING * STIGMATISATION * PREVENTION INTRODUCTION HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV is the virus
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the legal concept of gender equality is entrenched in the 1948 universal declaration of Human Rights. It was also stated again in the 1979 United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. In a society like Nigeria‚ which is a largely patriarchal society‚ women tend to be comfortable to certain close-ended function in the society. It has also been confirmed that though men and women are supposed to be complementary partners in society ’s overall progress‚ women
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Strategies for Resuscitating Foreign Exchange Market in a Depressed Economy (A Case Study in Nigeria) By Ijaiya Tahir Adeniyi B.sc (Hons) Econs From Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos State‚ Nigeria CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Exchange rate arrangements in Nigeria have undergone significant changes over the past four decades (Alaba‚ 2003). It shifted from a fixed regime in the 1960s to a pegged arrangement between the 1970s and the mid-1980s‚ and finally‚ to the
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as cousins‚ uncles‚ nephews and nieces‚ grand-parents and family friends‚ which is why it is called a large family. Nuclear family on the other side is a relatively small family which consists majorly of the father‚ mother and children only. In Nigeria and mostly other African countries‚ the large family is usually more dominant. The advantages of a large/extended family are among others highlighted below: -It has a lot of members and there is more than one earning member in a large family. That
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Learning Organisations The Building Blocks Before a Learning Organisations can be implemented ‚ a solid foundation can be made by taking into account the following : HYPERLINK "http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/MEAB/learning_organisation/building_blocks.html" \l "Aware" Awareness HYPERLINK "http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/MEAB/learning_organisation/building_blocks.html" \l "Env" Environment HYPERLINK "http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/MEAB/learning_organisation/building_blocks
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Alcohol ~65% of Americans drink ~A “drink” is 0.5oz of alcohol ~Proof: double the % of alcohol ex. 80 proof = 40% alcohol ~Psychoactive: change in the brain chemistry ~Abstainer: someone who doesn’t drink at all or less than once a yr. <Define Low risk Men- no more than 14 drinks/week – 4 drinks a day Women- (slower metabolism) 7 drinks/wk or 3 a day Mod. Risk: 2 drinks for men 1 drink for women High Risk: ~Binge Drinking (large consumption in little time) Men-5
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