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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BANK OF INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION. The Bank of Industry was created by the Federal Executive Council in January 2002 with the sole purpose of promoting and encouraging small and medium scale industries in Nigeria by providing long term financing to the industrial sector of the Nigerian economy. It was formed by the amalgamation of three already existing development financial institutions comprising: The Nigerian Bank of Commerce and Industry (NBCI)‚ The Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) and
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ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria is by far the most populated of Africa’s countries‚ with more than one-seventh of the continent’s people. The people belong to many different ethnic groups. These groups give the country a rich culture‚ but they also pose major challenges to nation building. Ethnic strife has plagued Nigeria since it gained independence in 1960. Officially known as the ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria’‚ she has a federal form of government
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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW POLITICAL RENEWAL IN NIGERIA Democracy The simplistic definition of democracy ‘government of the people for the people and by the people’ can be cited by any layman but the practical application of those words varies in different forms. Democracy as a model and structure of government has been in use for a long time. It “entails a system of government that allows the citizens freedom to decide their desires. Ancient Greece (Athens in particular) is commonly
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YOUTH UNEMPLOY MENT IN NIGERIA SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT TABLE OF CONTENTS ✓ ABSTRACT ✓ INTRODUCTION ✓ THE EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA ✓ CAUSES OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ✓ LIFE INVESTORS FOUNDATION: INTRODUCTION ✓ THE WORK PLAN • ENTERPRISES • WORK STUDY • RESEARCH ACADEMY ✓ OTHER STRATEGIES • ANTICORRUPTION TEAM • COLLATERAL BOARD • RESOURCE AND INFORMATION CENTRE
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Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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Monday Time: 13:00 to 13:30 1st ad:- Fogg deo Questionnaire: 1) Mention the target audience of the advertisement. Ans: Men(age group 16 to 35 years) 2) What was the television show before and after the advertisement? Ans: Emotional Atyachaar 3) Did you like it or no? Y? Ans: yes‚ I like it. The dialogues and statements used in the ad draw your attention towards it and you intend to buy it. 4) Mention the time and duration
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ABSTRACT: No doubt education is the bedrock of development of any country or nation. But unfortunately Education in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems. The aim of the study is to identify and provide solutions to the problems that are mitigating about the success in the education sector of the country. For meaningful development to take place in the educational sector; the government need to re-address the issue of multiple system of education‚ diversification in the education system
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DYNAMICS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA‚ 1914-1999 Abstract: This article examines the intractable problem of constitutional engineering in Nigeria. It is asserted that the drafting of constitutions is a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s chequered political history. Right from the colonial period‚ Nigerians were barely involved in the art of constitution making while the British colonial overlords employed constitution making to consolidate their imperial strategies. Post colonial Nigerian
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Introduction Interests in the study of economic growth and development have been on the increase especially since the middle of the present century. Economic growth results in the expansion of a country’s production possibility curve such that the potential output of the country is increased beyond the previous levels. Thus growth is often defined in terms of a sustained increase in the real per capita income of a country. Simon Kuznets in (Todaro‚ 1885)‚ defined a country’s economic growth as
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