ECON1101 Essay: Petrol subsidies in Nigeria Nigeria‚ an oil-abundant nation‚ produces two million of barrels of crude oil a day‚ though despite this‚ it relies solely on importation to sustain its refined-fuel needs. This is because its four refineries fail to function effectively and continue to operate beneath capacity. Governmental mismanagement and political corruption are some of the reasons why Nigeria’s refineries remain in this state. The Nigerian government therefore implemented subsidies
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Elections in Nigeria are nothing but dramatised rituals that seek to legitimate the power structure of the ruling class By NGOVE‚ PETER PEVER Being an M. Sc seminar presentation in the department of Political Science‚ Benue State University‚ Makurdi. ABSTRACT The concept of election has been defined in this work as the process by which the people choose their leaders. Nigeria’s democratic experience has been faced with the question of credibility of our electoral process and elections
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respects of sociology and psychology is the debate between individualism and nationalism. Many believe that the human capacity‚ or ability to be great‚ is best shown by the individuality of a person‚ and that a person can serve as an individual to the rest of the society. The other side of the coin is that being human is not anything significant as an individual and that any kind of development is dependent upon nationalism. But‚ does being in a collective group actually hurt more than being an individual
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news you would miss. Sure there are people that would argue that there would be less troubles in the world‚ but the troubles would still be there we just wouldn’t know about them. Through business and people‚ social networking has an outstanding positive impact on the world. Social networking can benefit businesses greatly. These sites allow businesses to advertise and market services to a large audience‚ and since a profile is free to set up‚ the advertisement is essentially free. Numerous businesses
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EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry in Nigeria witnessed a remarkable growth in terms of deposit base‚ number
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common disease of all times that is threatening us with the extinction of youths and adults. It is not only terrorizing the entire generation but also kills and leaves millions of orphans for the oldest grandparent to carter for. 2.1 HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA According to USAID brief (2004)‚ Nigerian epidemic is characterized by one of the most rapidly increasing rates of new HIV/AIDS cases in West Africa. Adult HIV prevalence increased from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001. This infection rate‚ although
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an economic agent who unites all means of production- land of one‚ the labour of another and the capital of yet another and thus produces a product. By selling the product in the market he pays rent of land‚ wages to labour‚ interest on capital and what remains is his profit. He shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield. • 1934: Schumpeter: Entrepreneurs are innovators who use a process of shattering the status quo of the existing
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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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html versions of documents as we crawl the web. Page 1 1AFRICA REGIONAL SEXUALITY RESOURCE CENTRE Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series 3Sexuality Education in Nigeria: Evolution‚ Challenges and Prospects ADUNOLA ADEPOJU (PhD) Department of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education University of Lagos Nigeria Lagos‚ Nigeria March 24‚ 2005 © ARSRC 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2 2Introduction Ancient theories and ideologies about
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Nationalism is when a person has pride from where they come from. This played an immense role in the accomplishments of the British people from 1815 to 1900. One of the main reasons for the British people being nationalistic was Queen Victoria. Although Queen Victoria’s husband died just 24 years after she took the role of the queen‚ she was able to inspire the British people to create three of the most famous sports in the world. Sports such as soccer‚ tennis and cricket. Without nationalism‚
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