Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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University zaria officials paid a courtesy visit to one of the prominent elder state man in African‚ Ambassador Maitama Sule; one time Nigeria Ambassador to the United Nations. He was part of the African Nationalist that founded the African Union. The visit was to give us insight on panacea to African contemporary issues. EXCERPT: The history of political development in Nigeria and African indeed is very interesting. With the problem now facing us‚ it is only appropriate we should look back there and see
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human resource development and workers commitment in organization in particular and in Nigeria as a whole. For the purpose of this study‚ the concept of human resource development and manpower development will be used interchangeably. In any organization‚ it is the workforce who is considered important assets for the achievement of organizational goals. Every industry desires to maximize its human resources to see that the best output is achieved. Therefore‚ human resource development policies are
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OF THE PROBLEM: The effect of information technology on the operation of deposit money banks in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. New and better information technology entails that banks can add the service ‘differentiator’ to their products in a way. However‚ enabling tools which developed information technology can provide will make a significant effect on the operations of deposit money banks in Nigeria . The key to efficient banking lies in maximizing the use of information technology
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ICT and its awareness for reducing Poverty in Bangladesh 2012 ABSTRACT: Of all the Millennium Development Goals‚ halving poverty by 2015 is the most important and challenging one. This challenging job can be done quite successfully if the information and communication technology (ICT) can be integrated in the Government and civil society initiatives towards alleviating poverty. This paper discusses the significance of ICT revolution in the context of reducing poverty in Bangladesh. Some important
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Bank: An organization‚ usually a corporation‚ chartered by a state or federal government‚ which does most or all of the following: receives demand deposits and time deposits‚ honors instruments drawn on them‚ and pays interest on them; discounts notes‚ makes loans‚ and invests in securities; collects checks‚drafts‚ and notes; certifies depositor’s checks; and issues drafts and cashier’s checks. Features of Bank: • Money Dealing • Acceptance of Deposit • Grant of loan and advances • Payment
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Role of commercial banks in development. INTRODUCTION A commercial bank is something with which every one of us is well known. However different bankers and economists have defined it in a different way: According to Kent: “An organization whose principal operations are concerned with the accumulation of the temporarily idle money of the general public for the purpose of advancing to others for expenditure.” According to Banking Companies Ordinance 1962: “Banking
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Indonesia‚ May 16 -19 ‚ 2011 ISSN : REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS PERFORMANCE IN INDONESIA Mailda Alfriska‚ Sri Harryani meldha@hotmail.com‚ sri.harryani@yahoo.com Accounting Department Faculty of Economics‚ Gunadarma University South Jakarta‚ Indonesia ABSTRACT Regional Development Banks (BPD) as one of the banks that exist in the national banking system has a function and a significant role in the context of regional economic development because BPD is able to open service network in
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bonds. Recapitalization in Nigeria banking sector‚ has built a solid foundation for Nigerian banks to compete favourably with their counterpart world over. Recapitalization causes unemployment due to downsizing‚ merger and acquisition‚ it causes deflation as more money is raked from peoples hand (through sales of shares) In order to build the new capital base. It also leads to current crisis of the banking sector (I.e. the unethical lending’s without collateral as the banks has so much money to give
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Key Constraints to Housing Development Finance in Nigeria. A TERM PAPER DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND VALUATION SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC‚ NASARAWA‚ NASARAWA STATE e-mail: fpnas@yahoo.com‚ Tel.: +234 – 047-66701‚ 66707 047 – 66238 (DL) JULY‚ 2012 BY UZOKWE‚ LAWRENCE CHIDI Department of Estate Management and Valuation School of Environmental Studies The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa‚ Nasarawa State. Email: Uzokwe_Lawrence@Yahoo.Com‚ 08059128950 ABSTRACT
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