However‚ worsening the unemployment situation is the persistent lag in the growth rate of industrial employment in the face of the economic recession. In Nigeria’s case‚ industrial employment declined sharply as industrial and commercial activities were seriously affected by both external and internal factors. The shortage of employment became so acute‚ for instance‚ in the mid- 1980s‚ that Nigeria recorded a rate of unemployment of 10% in her urban cities and a little lower in the rural areas. [Umar
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Research Journal of Social Sciences‚ 5: 1-6‚ 2010 © 2010‚ INSInet Publication The Influence of the Deregulated Tele-communication Sector on Urban Employment Generation in Nigeria. Mrs. M.M. Fasoranti (Ph.D) Department of Economics‚ Adekunle Ajasin University‚ Akunba-akoko‚ Ondo State‚ Nigeria Abstract: The study examined employment generation through the deregulated telecommunication sector. The study which was conducted in Lagos metropolis among other things considered the socio-economic characteristic
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base‚ a large proportion of the people are forced to seek employment in vocations with extremely low levels of productivity and wages. The creation of employment opportunities for the unskilled workforce has been a major challenge for development planners and administrators. 3.2.3 Poverty alleviation has been one of the guiding principles of the planning process in India. The role of economic growth in providing more employment avenues to the population has been clearly recognised. The
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EMPOWERMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION. BY YEMISI COKER INTRODUCTION: The world they say is “sitting on a social and economic time bomb”. It is plagued by a cancer that would soon be incurable. This is a result of the rising rate of youth unemployment. Statistics show that there are 1.2 billion youth in the world aged 15 – 24. Global unemployment rate as at 2012 was projected at 12.7%.In Africa‚ youth unemployment has become a threat to socio-economic peace and stability. Nigeria as Africa’s
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Pennsylvania‚ Clarion‚ Pennsylvania SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF NIGERIA E. M. Okonkwo‚ O. J. Okunola and C. S. Ezeanyanaso National Research Institute for Chemical Technology‚ Basawa‚ Zaria‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT Like any nation in the world‚ the challenges facing the sustainability of technological advancement of chemical industry in Nigeria today are re-inventing the use of materials. To address this challenge‚ chemistry is actually central
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take place in industrialization are undoubtedly social and economic change. Industrialization brings changes and revolutionizes human society in these regards. The process of modernization process are the main determinant of the social changes and economic advancement which takes place with respect to technological innovation‚ particularly the development of energy and metallurgy production immensely. Manufacturing is one of the major innovations and changes in the industrialization process. With
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REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA. A CASE STUDY OF OBAFEMI/OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Submitted by DAIRO ISAAC KUNLE Dept. Of Economics‚ University of Ibadan RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Local governments are potentially very important for Nigeria as they play a significant role in generating revenue and encouraging civil involvement‚ as well as creating a visible link between taxes and service delivery. The increasing cost of running government coupled with dwindling revenue
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Springer 2/22/14 5th hr Industrialization: Positive or Negative? The Industrial Revolution began in England during the eighteenth century. This was the shift from making goods by hand to making them by machine. Some might argue that Industrialization had negative consequences on soceity because of the lack of labor laws‚ however‚ it was actually a positive thing for socitey. Industrialization’s positive effects include increace in work and an increase in production. Industrialization had an effect of
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Final Industrialization refers to the development of machine production of goods and new energy resources. Industrialization had many positive and negative effects on the citizens of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. Industrialization had many positive effects on society in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. The creation of power machines and factories provided many new job opportunities. The new machinery increased production speed of good and gave people the ability to transport
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John Since the 19th century‚ Industrialization has had positive and negative effect on the lives of the workers. Industrialization is the development of the industries for the machine production of goods. I choose Great Britain because England is where it all started. Industrialization changed the lives of many people in many ways. Two examples were the working conditions of workers‚ and the rise of the middle class. Industrialization changed the lives of worker as in Great Britain workers spent
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