CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The rising profile of poverty in Nigeria is assuming a worrisome dimension as empirical studies have shown that Africa and Nigeria in particular has witnessed monumental increase in the level of poverty. Available records from the Federal Office of Statistics (1996)‚ shows that about 71% of Nigerian households are considered poor‚ which reveals that poverty has been massive‚ pervasive and engulfs a large proportion of the Nigerian
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POLICE AND CRIME PREVENTION IN NIGERIA Akintunde Kabir Otubu ~ Sunday A. Coker Introduction The importance of law and order to orderly development and growth of a society‚ both in the physical and economic sence‚ cannot be over emphasized. It is only a mind that is secured and at peace that can rationally address the issues of procreation‚ economic development and societal growth. A disturbed mind is a restless and distraught personality. It is therefore imperative to have peace and order in the
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DESIGNING OPERATIONS TO MEET DEMAND NATIONAL CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE CASE ANALYSIS 25th May 2010 Submission by: Group-B Dhananjay Kumar Kshitij Kulkarni Pankaj Shrivastava Rajesh Premchandran Salil Choudhary Siddharth Sinha Tanushree Datta 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Hugo Schaeffer‚ VP‚ Operations faces 3 problems during the harvest season at the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC). a. Drivers and trucks spend up to 3 hours unloading cranberries when it takes
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Airline Profitability in NIGERA In a 2008 interview with VIA Magazine‚ Richard Branson‚ founder of Virgin Airways‚ said‚ “I’ve always said the easiest way to become a millionaire is to start out a billionaire then go into the airline business.” The airline business has been somewhat of a mixed bag; that is until 2010 when airlines were at their most profitable. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ since 1978 airlines have experienced lagging profits‚ but in 2010 they posted half year profits
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Strike as a social problem can first be traced to the disfunctioning of the society when looking at it from the functionalist perspective. Functionalism which is one of the perspectives of studying the society was developed in the 19th century‚ it’s a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation‚ which is a broad focus on the social structures that
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria like most developing nations of the world is faced with myriad of problems and harsh realities which include poverty‚ unemployment‚ conflicts and diseases. These situations pose great challenges to the very existence of individuals in most developing nations thereby calling for the training of educated man and women who can function effectively in the society in which they live in. available information by National Universities Commission (NUC) (2004) reiterate the massive
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Effect of I.T on Accounting System in Nigeria 1.0 Introduction Information Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species’ ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The human species’ use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. Information technology (IT) has created significant benefits for various profession as well as deferent aspect of the world economy. The application of the networks system has shortened
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Introduction The expansion of International Trade and the accessibility to foreign stock and debt market has given rise to an increase debate on whether or not there is need to be a global set of accounting standards. As companies compete globally for scarce resources‚ investors and creditors as well as multinational companies are required to bear the cost of reconciling financial statements that are prepared using national standards. It was argued that a common set of practices will provide a “level
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Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ accounting for about one-sixth of African population. 1 The largest ethnic group in the northern part‚ which is about two-thirds of the country‚ is the Hausa-Fulani‚ majority of who are Muslims. The Yoruba are the most numerous in the southwest. Over half of the people are Christians and about a quarter are Muslims‚ with the remainder following mostly African Traditional beliefs. 2 The predominantly Christian Igbo are the largest ethnic
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SOLUTIONS TO THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AN ASSIGNMENT WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE DVS 512: TECHNOLOGY‚ ENERGY‚ NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT BY ISU‚ DORATHY AKWUGO PG/MSC/07/46529 LECTURER: DR. OGAKWU INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ ENUGU CAMPUS. AUGUST 2009 BACKGROUND The Niger Delta produces the oil wealth which accounts for the bulk of Nigeria’s foreign earnings. Paradoxically however‚ these vast revenues
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