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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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION By B.W. Adeoye Research Fellow Economic Development Department Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research ( NISER ) Ibadan. A paper submitted for presentation at the 45th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society(NES)‚ Holding in Abuja between 24th and 26th August‚ 2004. February‚ 2005. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
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Though‚ nursing came to Nigeria through the British Colonial masters. They provided services and medical care for wounded soldiers at the furtherworth Hospital. Later the first nursing home in Nigeria in Jericho‚ Ibadan by the government of the British Colonial masters. Later on missionaries and their wives came to supplement government effort by setting up Mission homes‚ Dispensaries e.t.c. and commence the training of Nurses in Nigeria‚ though language barrier there was no formal training but on
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questionnaire. These core items that have to be included for enumeration exercise to be considered a census fall into categories: Geographical‚ person‚ house hoods and economic characteristics. Geographical characteristics relate to a place where a citizen was found at the time of census or a place of usual residence and place of birth (united nations‚ 1958). Under personal and house characteristics cine such item as sex‚ age relation to head of house hood‚ marital status‚ children ever born. Children alive
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The Practice of Bilingualism in Nigeria: Factors That Encourage Bilingualism – Before‚ During and After the Colonial Era A Term Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Course: ENG 503: Bilingualism and Multilingualism June 2010 By Emmanuel U. Dimike 2009026016F Dimike‚ 2 INTRODUCTION In the world today‚ the number of people who use more than one language is greater than the number of people who use only one language. This study focuses on these people with more than one language
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or negative. The Nigeria is said to be morphologically derived from a blend of ’niger’ and ’area’. Nigeria came into exixtence in 1914 as aresult of the almalgamation of the northern and the southern protectorates of the brithish territory around the river niger area. Nigeria is a multidimensional vast: landmass‚ culture‚ population‚ language‚ beliefs‚ tradition and lifestyle practised by different people from different areas and there are about 400 native languages inj Nigeria (bamgbose 1971‚ osayi
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References: Nyong‚ M. O. (1998) Fiscal Federation‚ Revenue Allocation Formula and Economic Development in Nigeria. Nigeria Financial Review‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 3‚ pp.33-54. Nyong‚ Michael (2003) “Fiscal Federalism‚ Revenue Allocation Formula and Economic Development in Nigeria”‚ in Ekpo‚ Akpan H. and Ubok-Udom‚ Enamidem (ed.) (2003) Issues in Fiscal Federalism and Revenue Allocation in Nigeria‚ Uyo: University of Uyo‚ pp.407-445. Obi‚ C. (1998) The Impact of Oil and Nigeria’s Revenue Allocation System:
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always like they look now. There was no countries‚ no big cities‚ and no civilized life. There was only native tribes and nature. What we look now is product of what it’s called "colonization". Of course‚ none of the two pieces of the continent were colonized in the same way. First‚ I am going to explained how was the colonization in the USA‚ and then the colonization in South America. North America‚ XVII century. It all started in 1607‚ when a tiny village was built in Jamestown by a group of
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government‚ Nigeria and Iran have two separate ways of intertwining the two in their states. Nigeria is known for its strong military presence within the government. The degree of militarism in Nigeria is high because of their past history being under civilian rule. During the first forty years of Nigeria’s independence‚ this state only lasted ten years under a civilian government. A few years after the downfall of their civilian government‚ they soon fell under military rule. Nigeria has always
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measurable and objective. It describes expansion in capital‚ in the labour force‚ in output‚ income‚ consumption e.t.c. It should be noted that economic growth is sometimes used interchangeably with economic development. A distinction of the two was however made by (Jhingan‚ 1976) where he defined economic development as the ‘non-quantifiable measure of the growing economy” i.e. the economic‚ social and other changes that lead to growth such as changes in techniques of production‚ social attitudes
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