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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Many forms of governance, institutions and bureaucracies that were transferred to a majority of African states at independence were, for the most part, ill-adapted to the African realities and the continent’s development challenges (Afegbua, 2012). Therefore, one of the major challenges... Continue Reading

This study examined the role of ethics and public accountability in fostering local government development in Lagos State having Badagry Local Government Area (LGA) as its case study. The study adopted descriptive research design, as a total of ninety three (93) copies of questionnaire were administered to the respondents during the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study In recent times, world attention is being focused on the importance of manpower planning and development as panacea to problems associated with economic growth of nations. This is due to the fact that the growth of tangible capital stock of a nation depends to a considerable degree on... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY:  It is noteworthy that Nigeria is an agrarian country with about 70% of her over 170 million population engaged in agricultural production (NBS/CBN, 2006) and provides subsistence for two-thirds (2/3) of Nigerians who are low income earners (Usman, 2006). While the Northern region of the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Contractualization of labour has become a social phenomenon and a cankerworm in labour relations in various industries across the world. This is believed to be the result of the deliberate policy of the multi-nationals in productive and service companies, which created casual workers in place of... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The general consensus among economists and policy analysts at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other international agencies is that corruption is a universal problem, but with more debilitating effects felt in emerging and developing countries, such as those... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background to the Study: Corruption is a global phenomenon. It is not the exclusive preserve of any nation, race or section of the world but transcends national boundaries and frontiers and symbolizes phenomenal universal unwholesomeness politically (Aluko, 2009 in Iyanda, 2012). Corruption is no doubt a... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study The last three decades have witnessed unprecedented global transformation occasioned by a chain of innovations and paradigm shifts like liberalization, privatization etc, with enhanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) serving as the major catalysing factor (Achimugu et al,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The development of a nation does not entirely depend on the abundance of her natural and mineral resources. It is therefore not a contradiction for a nation to be well-endowed with both natural and human resources, yet, the nation may remain underdeveloped. It is generally acknowledged that... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with a population of 170 million, 65 percent of whom live in rural areas. In the pursuit of development at the grassroots, local government was created to provide efficient services to dwellers at the local levels. Everywhere in the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background to the study The Local Government in Nigeria is an indispensable tier of government in the Nigerian federal system. It is deeply rooted in the law of the land and derives its powers from the constitution. Section 7(1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, states that  “the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a sustained and long-term partnering relationship between the public and private sectors to provide services and goods. Through PPP, the public sector seeks to bring together the resources of the public sector and the technical expertise of the private... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study It has been argued that service delivery and policy making have radically been re-interpreted with the shift from “top-down” policy processes to negotiation, and effective delivery. Services should no longer rest solely with professional and managerial staff but rather the aim is to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Unemployment, both of the educated and the uneducated manpower, has become one of the most topical and thorny issues in contemporary Nigeria. The unemployment situation has changed from previous position marked by prolonged period of unemployment and misemployment, to one in which... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study: Public policies in Africa have been formulated and implemented over the years with the help of International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Some have also been formulated single handedly by African political leaders aim at achieving radical and... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study The importance of public sector reform to health and the grand economy cannot be overstressed. The current drive to improve management in governments through public service reform programs to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and the delivery of quality service to the public is common to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The role of remuneration in shaping the live of an organization cannot be overemphasized. Now, remuneration management has been described as the development, implementation, maintenance, communication and evaluation of reward processes (Galanou et al cited in Aninkan, 2014).Ordinarily, the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study The role of staff welfare and institutions in the path of service delivery cum development in the process of governance cannot be overemphasized. In Nigeria, as in other developing countries, governments are carrying the bulk of the burden of institutional development. With a heterogeneous... Continue Reading

The study critically examined the Effect of Federal Character Principle on the Staffing process in the Nigerian Federal Public Service. Descriptive Survey Design was adopted in the study. A total number of two hundred and eight (208) copies of questionnaire were administered to respondents; while two hundred and three (203) were properly... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The market for audit services has been recognize to be segmented into varying sub-markets or sub-sectors of an economy. Empirical researchers have shown that the concentration has been as the private sector market than in the public sector. Prices paid to the external auditors for audit services... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The role of audit committee is of much interest to regulators and the general public. Earlier, the role of the audit committee was to oversee companies financial reporting and discourse for such quoted companies. However nowadays the role of audit Committee has became very pronounced party due to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.Background of the Study Monetary policy deals with the discretionary control of money supply by the monetary authorities in order to achieve the desired economic goals. However, there are two views on the efficiency of monetary policy, and these are the Monetarist and Keynesian view. The Keynesian view is that monetary... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY It is an obvious fact that every organization tends to move to a position where customer satisfaction is given a favourable consideration. In other words, customer satisfaction is a construct that must be met optimally for efficient and effective achievement of stated objectives, and for smooth... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Mentor and mentee relationship is a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person (mentor) helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. The receiver of mentorship was traditionally referred to as a protégé or apprentice. Today, the term... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In this chapter, the researcher intends to look and conduct research on the Impact of Internal Control Mechanism for successful operation in an organization particularly First Bank of Nigeria, Kaduna South Branch. According to Weber (2010), define impact “as a powerful effort that management... Continue Reading