weaknesses of the oral health care system in Nigeria and also investigate the association between maternal mortality‚ and the delivery of quality health care. Additionally‚ we will later discuss how undeveloped countries are affected by poor leadership and retrospectively cause regions to suffer socially‚ economically‚ and environmentally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) new data shows that as the death toll in Nigeria is falling‚ the percentage of deaths that
Premium Health care Health economics Medicine
Throes of Floods‚ in: The Guardian‚ Thursday‚ October 8‚ pp: 9. Durotoye‚ B.‚ 1999. Human Occupation of Hazard Areas in Nigeria‚ in: Oshuntokun‚ A. (ed.) Environmental Problems of Nigeria. Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Edward-Adebiyi‚ R.‚ 1997. The Story of Ogunpa‚ in: The Guardian‚ Saturday‚ May 17‚ pp: 5. Folorunsho‚ R. and L. Awosika‚ 2001. Flood Mitigation in Lagos‚ Nigeria Through Wise Management of Solid Waste: a case of Ikoyi and Victoria Islands; Nigerian‚ Paper presented at the UNESCO-CSI
Premium Water Flood River
POPULATION GROWTH The absence of virtually any reliable current demographic data has not prevented national and international bodies from generating estimates and projections of population and population growth in Nigeria. The World Bank estimate of Nigeria’s 1990 population was 119 million‚ with an estimated annual growth rate of 3.3 percent. Although other sources differed on the exact figure‚ virtually all sources agreed that the annual rate of population growth in the country had increased from
Premium Demography Population
distinguished itself as a leading institution and a major contributor to the economic advancement in Nigeria. Guaranty Trust Bank Plc with its headquarter at Victoria Island‚ Lagos as at December 2011 had an operating income of N141.729 billion‚ net income of N52.654 billion‚ total asset of N1‚525.010 billion and a total equity of N235.911 billion and it had more than two thousand‚five hundred employees in Nigeria. Its subsidiaries include Guaranty Trust Assurance Plc‚ GTB Registrars Ltd‚ GT Homes Ltd‚ GTB
Premium Bank Cheque Online banking
Cash-strapped Peugeot Automobile Nigeria‚ has said that it will soon commence importation of used cars into the country in a move to shore up its revenue profile. The company’s Managing Director‚ Dr. Haroun Aliyu‚ said at a news conference held at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fair that since Nigeria has a large market for second hand vehicles‚ there was nothing wrong if PAN imported and certified such vehicles for the use of Nigerians. Justifying the company’s new direction‚ the PAN boss
Premium Automobile Transport Vehicle
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA MIKE I. OBADAN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY AND OKOJIE‚ I. ELIZABETH DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY ABSTRACT Many economists generally agree that openness to international trade accelerates development. The relationship between trade and growth is envisaged through
Premium Economics Investment Economic growth
In this essay I will reconstruct my first visit to Nigeria. The journey took place when I was seventeen in early 1993‚ during which time Nigeria was under the military rule of General Sanni Abacha. For the most part of my trip I stayed in Lagos‚ former capital state and still highly recognised as the commercial capital of Nigeria‚ although I did visit other parts of the country including Ondo State and Jos. Between this time and the time I left‚ in early 1994‚ I experienced and learnt a lot about
Premium Nigeria West Africa Lagos
THE IMPACT OF MONEY SUPPLY ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In the critical observation of the recent Nigerian economic position‚ there has been a great divergence between the rate at which money is supplied and the exact impact it has on the general price level‚ which results in inflation and deflation on one hand‚ and the output growth (productivity) on the other hand. Although‚ it had occurred to our mind that Nigerian
Premium Inflation Monetary policy Money supply
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA By SAHEED AKINMAYỌWA LAWAL Department of Sociology University of Ibadan Nigeria. Tel+234(0)8058536815 Email: akinmayowalawal@yahoo.co.uk Paper Presented at the First African Entrepreneurship Seminar‚ organised by School of Entrepreneurship and Business‚ University of Essex‚ U.K‚ Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria‚ University of Abuja‚ and Bayero University‚ Kano. Held at Conference Room (Anambra)‚ Transcorp Hilton‚ Abuja‚ NIGERIA. 31st March-2nd
Premium Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Joseph Schumpeter
CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION RESEARCH UNIT Date : 2nd Quarter‚ 2009 From : Agriculture Desk Subject : Boosting Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria. Introduction: Agricultural sector was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy before independence‚ 75% of the Nigerian workforce was engaged in agriculture and immediately after it‚ until the oil boom of the 1970s. In the 1970s‚ agriculture provided the needed food for the population as well as serving as a major foreign exchange earner
Free Agriculture Food security