IT COUNTRY STUDIED: NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Nigeria‚ officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. There are over 500 ethnic groups in Nigeria of which the three largest
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trend‚ most leaders of national governments place emphasis on the need for development at the grassroots as a foundation and prerequisites for national development. This practice is particularly prominent among authorities of developing nations like Nigeria‚ where there is an obvious divide in the quality of life between rural and urban dwellers. It is generally known that the qualities of life in rural areas are very deplorable‚ with poverty seething through every facet of rural endeavours. The worrisome
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http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/ Library Philosophy and Practice 2011 ISSN 1522-0222 Globalization of Cultural Heritage: Issues‚ Impacts‚ and Inevitable Challenges for Nigeria Mercy U. Nwegbu Cyril C. Eze Brendan E. Asogwa Introduction Culture is the totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects and behaviour. It includes the ideas‚ value‚ customs and artefacts of a group of people (Schaefer‚ 2002). Culture is a pattern of human activities and the symbols that give
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The impact of new media on public relation Defining new and emerging media New media is becoming the preferred term for a range of media practices that employ digital technologies and the computer in some way or another (Dewdney & Ride‚ 2006). It is used as a term in educational settings as the title of university departments and courses and also as a title of certain artistic practices‚ making new media both an academic and intellectual subject‚ and a practice (Dewdney & Ride‚ 2006). New
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more volatile the movements‚ the higher the risks. Producers of export are not only concerned with the magnitude of the price they receive; they are also bothered by the stability of such prices as it relates to earning a consistent income. The impact of exchange rate volatility on trade has generated a lot of controversies among scholars. However‚ there are no clear cut
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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Revenue and Capital Expenditure Revenue and Capital expenditure are slightly different. Revenue expenditure is money that is spent on items that are only going to be used once‚ such as printer paper‚ stock‚ repairs‚ petrol etc. These items would go under expenses in the profit and loss account and would be included as part of revenue in balance sheet. Capital Expenditure is money spent by a business on items that are going to be used more than one time‚ for example machinery‚ buildings and
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Expenditure of Non-staff is divided into direct and indirect expenses. Direct expenses are linked with the patients‚ such as medical and surgical supplies and drugs. Whereas‚ indirect expenses are expenses for items such as utilities‚ comprising of gas‚ electricity‚ maintenance and support functions. As a ward manager‚ it is very important to be knowledgeable about cost effectiveness. It’s a strategy that helps to maintain the equilibrium between cost and quality. QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Year)
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Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary Amber Pickett AJS/522 April 16‚ 2012 Park Atatah Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary Budgets are significant in the budget formulation process. Budgeting as a tool is the make-up of public policy (Smith & Lynch‚ 2004). Budgets exist at all levels of government‚ local‚ state‚ and federal. When describing revenue sources in public budgeting‚ it is important to describe the source of revenue‚ the source of the funding‚ importance of
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria banking industry has witnessed a lot of changes since the mid 1980’s and this is reflected in the increased volume and complexity of bank operations‚ increased innovations and varieties in product and service delivery. These development have not only been technology driven but have influenced move technological advances. Information technology which is the foundation of modern electronic banking through desktop computers and terminals
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