Poverty and its alleviation
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English Nigeria has remained socio-economically underdeveloped and pauperized amid immense oil wealth and 70 percent of the population is still trapped in poverty. This study analyzes the experience of government policies on poverty. This article argues that to alleviate poverty,…
Oil and the Probability of Rebel Participation Among Youths in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
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Abstract This article attempts to explain the determinants of the probability of willingness to join rebel groups by youths in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, using primary data from a sample of 1,337 individuals drawn from 18 communities. A cardinal objective is to test the t…
Assessment of Small-Scale Private Nursery Enterprises in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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The Nigerian informal economy
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Purpose This paper aims to address the issue of unionisation of the largely non‐unionised informal economic activities as a strategy for achieving decent work and pay as well as promoting national development in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The adopted methods include rev…
The SPDC and sustainable development in the Niger Delta
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the place of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the sustainable development of the Niger Delta. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this objective, the paper takes an overview of the oil industry and the Niger Delta. The paper…
The Administration and Problems of Value Added Tax in Nigeria
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This study analyses the relevance and the problems of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria. Three research questions were formulated for the study. A survey of VATable Nigerian organizations, FIRS staff and the publics was conducted to gain insights into the way VAT is administered,…
Determinants of Loan Repayment among Smallholder Farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, Nigeria
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The study examined socio-economic factors influencing loan repayment among small scale farmers in Ogbomoso agricultural zone of Oyo State of Nigeria. Data collected from 100 farmers from 10 villages in 2 Local Government Areas from the zone through a multistage random sampling te…
A Study of Worker Participation in Management Decision Making Within Selected Establishments in Lagos, Nigeria
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This paper is concerned with an investigation of the existing level of worker participation in management decision making within the Nigerian work environment. The study involved a survey in which a total of two hundred and twenty seven (217) non management employees drawn from t…
The Internet and Emergence of Yahooboys sub-Culture in Nigeria
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IntroductionAlthough the computer technology looms as a remarkable development in human history, there are conspicuous platforms to affirm that it is also a potentially subversive technology. The technology has brought striking changes to (African) cultures, our patterns of socia…
Assessing the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Nigerian households: a propensity score matching approach
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OBJECTIVES: We used a novel approach to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals' healthcare utilization and spending in the Oyo and Plateau states of Nigeria and income foregone from work time lost. METHODS: Data from a 2004 random survey of over 6400 individuals were compar…
Analysis of Loan Repayment Among Small Scale Farmers in South Western Nigeria- A Discriminant Approach
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The study examined loan repayment among small scale farmers in South Western Nigeria. It specifically identified the socio-economic characteristics that discriminate between loan defaulters and non defaulters. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select the respondents an…
The Nigerian Unorganized Rural Financial Institutions and Operations: A Framework for Improved Rural Credit Schemes in a Fragile Environment
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The Nigerian’s financial system is dualized: The formal and the informal (unorganized) financial markets. In this regards, the paper investigates the various institutions, modus operandi and the extent of financial intermination in different social settings. Empirical results sho…
Commemorative Textiles and Anglican Church History in Ondo, Nigeria
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The history of the Anglican Church in Nigeria, beginning with its establishment by European missionaries and continued by Nigerian clergy, reflects changing ecclesiastical concerns, which have been discussed in the considerable literature on the history of Christianity in Nigeria…
The impact of Nigeria's external debt on economic development
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of huge external debt with its servicing requirements on economic growth of the Nigerian economy so as to make meaningful inference on the impact of the debt relief which was granted to the country in 2006. Design/methodology/appr…
Resource‐led Development: An Illustrative Example from Nigeria
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Abstract: Several strategies are open to an economy in its attempt to attain sustainable economic development, depending on its historical background and resource endowment. One such strategy is the resource‐led strategy. Nigeria is very rich in crude oil and has reaped billions…
Experience of Sexual Harassment at Work by Female Employees in a Nigerian Work Environment
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Among the prominent issues bothering on the work experience of female employees is that of sexual harassment at work. This paper is an empirical study on this issue. The study seeks to uncover perceived experience of sexual harassment among female employees in a Nigerian work set…
Sexual abuse among juvenile female street hawkers in Anambra State, Nigeria.
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Street hawking exposes young girls to all forms of hazards, including sexual abuse. This descriptive study examines the size of the problem and the consequences of sexual abuse on juvenile female street hawkers randomly recruited from two urban towns in Anambra State of Nigeria.…
Subjective wellbeing, work‐school conflict and proactive coping among Nigerian non‐traditional students
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of participating in two domains, work and school, on the subjective wellbeing (SWB) and work‐school conflict (WSC), as well as the moderating role of proactive coping between WSC and SWB among Nigerian nontraditional stu…
The Role of Religion in the HIV/AIDS Intervention in Africa: a Possible Model for Conservation Biology
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Biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa is under enormous pressure. International economic actors and the desire of those living in poverty to escape it are causing the ongoing conversion of land to human uses and the direct destruction of habitat and wildlife. The resulting urgency a…
State Monopoly and Indigenous Participation Rights in Resource Development in Nigeria
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For decades, the tide of Nigerian legislation in matters of mining and natural resource control and development has flowed in the direction of state monopoly, riding roughshod over the rights of indigenous communities where these resources are found and threatening the survival o…
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