Elections in Nigeria are nothing but dramatised rituals that seek to legitimate the power structure of the ruling class By NGOVE‚ PETER PEVER Being an M. Sc seminar presentation in the department of Political Science‚ Benue State University‚ Makurdi. ABSTRACT The concept of election has been defined in this work as the process by which the people choose their leaders. Nigeria’s democratic experience has been faced with the question of credibility of our electoral process and elections
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for so long that its seriousness is now attracting international attention. Under the conditions of international human rights‚ 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
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Religious Violence in Nigeria – the Causes and Solutions: an Islamic Perspective BY A. O. Omotosho Swedish Missiological Theme 2003‚ P. 15-31 Introduction M. M.C. K. Ajuluchukwu in his rejoinder to Northern Zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s booklet Leadership in Nigeria observes: “Ordinary Nigerian know nothing about inter-religious cleavages except when incited by their respective doctrinal leader. 1” This remark is a challenge and indictment to Nigerian religious leaders‚
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skills and human capital development becomes a central issue for policy makers and practitioners engaged in economic development both at the national and regional level (OECD‚ 1996). The study of economic growth must start with the study of the people who produce it. They work with their own hands‚ design‚ build and operate the machines of production‚ and structure and run the institutions and markets that make growth possible. Julian Simon concluded that the size of the human population
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The term entrepreneur ( /ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜr/) is a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon as the person who pays a certain price for a product to resell it at an uncertain price‚ thereby making decisions about obtaining and using the resources while consequently admitting the risk of enterprise. The term first appeared in the French Dictionary "Dictionnaire Universel de Commerce" of Jacques des Bruslons published in 1723. Over time‚ scholars have defined
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variety of sources and combine these information’s into an easy to access system. It supports decision making and provides numerous ways of communications. GIS is versatile in that it is a system of modern hardware’s‚ software’s data and of course humans who harness all these peripherals to come up with useable and meaningful end product. Due to the methodology of GIS‚ it has led to new ways of accomplishing many traditional and innovative tasks‚ thus allowing its usage and application in solving
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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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Human Trafficking Sex trafficking has grown profusely in recent years and as more women and children become victim to this vicious cycle awareness seems to remain low. What can we as a society to stop it? Happening most in urban areas where international travel occurs frequently‚ the United States still has no uniform procedure to follow when encountered. Though many don’t know it‚ or choose not to believe it‚ human trafficking takes place around us. We would never expect horrible things like
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that many people are unaware that United States citizens are victims of sex trafficking. More youths became victims of sex trafficking in United States. The Victim of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act characterized human trafficking as: sex trafficking where a sex act is included by force‚ fraud‚ coercion or a where a person or not eligible to perform because of the age. However‚ VTVPA claimed that sex trafficking are recruitment‚ harboring‚ transportation of a person for the purpose of a commercial
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WOMEN TRAFFICKING FOR PROSTITUTION: IT MAKES WOMEN SUFFER. Trafficking in human beings is a gross violation of human rights‚ a modern day form of slavery and an extremely profitable business for organized crime. USAID (as cited in Asma‚ 2006) states people are annually bought and sold as prostitutes‚ domestic workers‚ sex slaves child labourers and child soldiers are between 700‚000 to 4 million of people. Most of people thought that it is not a serious issue and they do not give full
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