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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The advanced and developed economies of the world today would not have been what they are today without relying on effective power generation for their rapid growth recorded. According to Mulegeta et al (2010), power generation is an indispensable component in economic performance,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that there has been significant and prolonged drop in oil prices since mid-2014, this has changed the fortunes of Nigeria and many other energy-exporting nations around the world. This, finding from this IMF report that budgets in oil exporting... Continue Reading

The term unemployment can be defined as an economics condition marked by the fact that individual actively seeking jobs remain unhired. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage of the total available work force. The level of unemployment varies with economics conditions and other circumstances. This is mostly seen in graduate of various... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Various classifications have been made on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). For instance, FDI has been described as investment made so as to acquire a lasting management interest (for example, 10 percent of voting stock) and at least 10 percent of equity shares in an enterprise... Continue Reading

A nation cannot experience economic growth without human capital. And for human capital to actually have any impact on economic growth some investments have to be made. Investment in human capital consists of; investment in education, training, health and other social services that will help in enhancing the productive capacity of labour.... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For development and growth of any society, the provision of basic infrastructure is quite necessary. This perhaps explains why the government shows great concern for a medium through which funds can be made available to achieve their set goals for the society (Fagbemi and Noah, 2010).... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ’ Africa as noted by Chaplan (1966:376), “is an important strategic arena in contemporary world politics”.  Osuntokun (1999:19) argues further “being the most populous black country in the world, Nigeria is being compelled to shoulder willingly and unwillingly the leadership of the black... Continue Reading

In every part of the world, financial reports form the basis of communicating the activities and performance of business entities to owners and outsiders. But it is rather unfortunate that most of these financial reports do not meet the need of users as a result of different accounting bodies with varying standards and codes. Most reports... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study In many markets, firms compete over time by expending resources with the purpose of reducing their costs. Sometimes, the cost reducing investments operate directly on costs. In many instances, they take the form of developing new products that deliver what customers need more cheaply. Therefore,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study The Workplace is an environment for upgrading, improving and reforming the traits related to emotional intelligence competencies such as perception and control of emotions. Emotional intelligence is an important forecaster of key organizational outcomes including job satisfaction, organizational... Continue Reading

This study examines the role of personal income tax on the economic growth of Nigeria. the objective of the study was to determine how tax income affects economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, relevant secondary data from the period of 2000-2012 on personal income tax were collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of stock market capitalization and financial openness in Nigerian economy. The descriptive research design was adopted in this study. Data were collected from secondary sources within the year 2000 – 2013, the sampling technique used was probability sampling techniques and, the... Continue Reading

This study examined the impact of pension fund management on the economic growth of Nigeria. To achieve this research objective, relevant data were sourced from National Pension Fund (PENCOM) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the period spanning from 2009-2013. The study adopted Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis.... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of The Study The financial organization is considerably one of the largest industries in Nigeria providing employment for an estimated twenty two thousand people nationwide and generating 9% of the annual GDP of the country. Nigeria is considered to be one of the fastest growing telecommunication nations in Africa,... Continue Reading

This  study  examine  the  impact  of  interest  rate  on  housing  finance  in  Nigeria.  The  objective  of  the  study  is  to  determine  how  interest  rate  has  contributed  to  housing  financing  in  Nigeria.  The  focus  was  on  deposit  money  banks  in  Nigeria.  Secondary  data ... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY The insufficiency of fund for capital investment is a known common factor in every economy especially in developing countries of the world.  In developing countries like Nigeria, the low level of capital investment manifests in high unemployment rate, low productivity and a corresponding... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY The Nigeria economy as we all know is characterized by a number of socio- economic problems. These problems include: import dependence, dependence on a single economic sector, weak industrial base, a low level of agriculture production, a weak private sector, dependence on foreign loan,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION: 1.1     OVERVIEW : One of the major functions of any government especially developing countries such as Nigeria is the provision of infrastructural services such as electricity, pipe-borne water, hospitals, schools, good roads and as well as ensure a rise in per capital income, poverty alleviation,... Continue Reading

Abstract The main objective of the study is to empirically evaluate the critical roles of small businesses in economic growth and poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The researcher issued questionnaire to the respondent, and data extracted from the questionnaire was adequately analyzed us a positive... Continue Reading

This study examines the determinants of savings in Nigeria   between 1980 -2007, which will enable us to proffer solution for the improvement of savings in the economy, since it is an important component of the economic development of any country. On the basis of available data, the study is of the view that savings output in Nigeria... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The term leverage is used to represent the proportionate relationship between debt and equity (Pandey, 2010). The concept used to study the effect of various mix of debt and equity on the shareholders return and the risk in the capital structure of a firm is known as leverage (Bhanu,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study The electoral commission has always been an essential component of suggestions for democratic improvement in Nigeria, and in other democratising African countries.The Independent... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria economy has experienced so many declines lately due to high level of fraudulent activities in both the public and the state sector of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria has put in so much effort to resolve the effect of fraud on the economy of Nigeria; this was led to the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria economy has experienced so many declines lately due to high level of fraudulent activities in both the public and the state sector of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria has put in so much effort to resolve the effect of fraud on the economy of Nigeria; this was led to the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy came into being by the federal government of Nigeria to minimize or completely block all financial leakages in other to promote transparency and to reduce the level of mismanagement of government’s revenue, the essence of treasury single account is majorly... Continue Reading