Most products people in the industrialized nations use today are turned out swiftly by the process of mass production‚ by people (and sometimes‚ robots) working on assembly lines using power-driven machines. People of ancient and medieval times had no such products. They had to spend long‚ tedious hours of hand labor even on simple objects. The energy‚ or power‚ they employed in work came almost wholly from their own and animals’ muscles. The Industrial Revolution is the name given the movement in
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Productivity and National Development in Nigeria: The Roles of Labour Unions in Nigeria By: Abbas Bashir Department of Geography Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola E-mail: bashirmafindi@yahoo.com Abstract: The aim of this Paper is to briefly examine historical and conceptual bases of industrial relations and the role of labour unions in the process of national development in Nigeria. In doing so we regard Industrial Relation (IR) as an essential part of management systems and try to examine what
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INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ a nation endowed with natural‚ human and capital resources with a population of over 160 million people an estimated growth rate of 4.65 percent and covers 923.8 thousand square kilometers‚ about the size of California‚ Nevada and Arizona states in the United States‚ (Usman‚ 2007). Nigeria as a country‚ is the eight largest oil exporting country in the world and its oil reserves are estimated over 1000 trillion cubic feet (Usman‚ 2007). It is unfortunate that a country with
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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REVENUE ALLOCATION FORMULA IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Prior to the discovery of oil in Nigeria‚ other sectors of the economy thrived. Agriculture‚ for instance‚ was a major source of revenue for the Western Region. The Eastern Region that was less endowed devised other sources of revenue. All this has however changed since the discovery of oil in the country. This has led to the demise of the other productive sectors of the economy. In fact‚ Nigerians are poorer today than they were in the pre-oil boom
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Assessment of the Business Environment in Nigeria THE NATIONAL DIAMOND Factor Conditions: Despite Nigeria’s substantial natural resources its infrastructure is inadequate‚ particularly its road and electricity networks‚ which are a significant obstacle to economic growth. Only 30% of the population7 has access to electricity and only 31% of the road network is paved. Shortcomings in operations and safety have given both the ports and air space a reputation as the most unsafe in the region
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Etisalat Success Story in Nigeria Etisalat is a prominent telecommunications corporation providing to consumers‚ businesses‚ international telecommunication companies‚ ISPs and mobile operators. Etisalat operates in eighteen countries across Asia‚ the Middle East and Africa‚ a coverage area which reaches more than two billion people. To date‚ the group’s global subscriber base exceeds over 140 million subscribers through mobile and Landline voice and data services ("Etisalat Nigeria"). Through the launch
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Reassessing Impacts of MDGs in Nigeria A Global Partnership for Development was adopted by 189 nations‚ signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Bill Gates has called them "the best idea for focusing the world on fighting global poverty that [he has] ever seen." The signing of the partnership was the beginning of the process towards the establishment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Nigeria was among the countries to establish an
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is one of the emerging technology areas where Nigeria is lacking in expertise. It is classified in the same group as ICT and biotechnology. Already‚ the technology is being used in advanced economies of the WEST and SOUTH-EAST Asia‚ to create high technology industries in areas of electronics‚ medicine‚ development of new materials and space. Nanotechnology has been identified as one of the technologies of the technologies of the future for Nigeria. This is therefore the time to key into the global
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