MCI SOCIAL SECTOR WORKING PAPER SERIES N° 22/2011 GENDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR KADUNA METROPOLIS‚ NIGERIA Prepared by: Chinwe F. Olisemeka and Ahmed Salim August 2011 432 Park Avenue South‚ 13th Floor‚ New York‚ NY‚ 10016‚ United States Phone: +1-646-884-7422/7418; Fax: +1-212-548-5720 Website: http://mci.ei.columbia.edu NB: This needs assessment was researched and written by MCI intern Chinwe F. Olisemeka and MCI Social Sector Research Coordinator Ahmed Salim. The report was edited
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IBHAFIDON SADOH DEPT: INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY & LABOUR RELATIONS DATE: 4th MARCH‚ 2010. COURSE: LABOUR RELATIONS QUESTION: Historical and Philosophical development of Labour Relations within the Past two decades in Nigeria ANSWER: INTRODUCTION During the military regime‚ Nigeria witnessed series of labour unrests and agitation which led to some amendments of labour Acts and introduction of new laws. The period under review; (1990 to 2010) witnessed partial transfer of power from the military
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INTRODUCTION The focus of this paper is to examine the role of 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
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ETHNO RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND REMEDY. BY MUHAMMAD GAMBO ISGOGO HASSAN ADAMU MAKUKU UMAR HAMIDU ALIYU ABSTRACT Introduction Nigeria is no doubt a populous nation of over 88 million (1991 population census) but as at now Nigeria’s population is estimated to be above 120 million people of diverse ethnic groups and many religions. Its people are differently distributed in the 36 states that made up the nation. In addition to this‚ the nation is blessed with many economic potentialities
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NURSING HISTORY IN NIGERIA Labels: NURSING According to Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (2005) ‚ the detailed history of a profession that combines scientific principle ‚ technical skills and personal comparison can’t be precisely relayed but records hold that nursing came to limelight in 1854 when the mother of professional nursing ‚ Florence Nightingale started the battlefield with other 38 nurses and cared for the sick and injured men during the Crimean war in England. Here
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POVERTY‚ UNEMPLOYMENT AND GROWTH IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Raheem Olasupo Akewushola Department of Business Administration and Management Technology Lagos State University‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria. Olawale Ibrahim Olateju Department of Business Administration and Management Technology Lagos State University‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria. Oludare Tolulope Adeyemi Dimension Consult Limited‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This paper identified crucial factors influencing the growth and development
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CULTURAL RELATIVITY: THE ROOT OF CAUSE CONFLICT IN NIGERIA Nigeria is a multicultural nation with over 250 ethnic groups. Human beings are product of culture. Culture has made people what they are. Culture is the totality of experience of people in a given environment. Culture is complex whole of the people- this complex whole includes the beliefs‚ habits‚ modes and attitude of people. Culture is the result of interaction of people in a particular environment and the interpretation of their experiences
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even if guaranteed under the constitution. Such declarations usually come during a time of natural or man-made disaster‚ during periods of civil unrest‚ or following a declaration of war or situation of international or internal armed conflict. In Nigeria‚ the constitution provides for the declaration of a state of emergency by the President alone on the whole country or in a state‚ on request by the State Governor‚ in the following instances: a. when the Federation is at war; b. when the Federation
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ASSIGNMENT FOR BUS 815-ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT 2008/2009] _ENTREPRENEUR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS_ � INTRODUCTION "No amount of pay would be enough for an employee of an organization to live a comfortable life that he would please"- this assertion is a common place phrase that new inductee of banks are tutored with on entering into the financial systems of Nigeria banks and this mantra is soon forgotten as soon as they start earning decent income that would be
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services so that they will be able to transfer these innovations to the rural farmers (Iwena‚ 1998). Before the leadership structure as it concerns extension programmes in Nigeria can be known‚ there is need for knowledge of the extension programmes in Nigeria. According to Salawu et al (2008)‚ agricultural extension programmes in Nigeria can be categorized into two groups which include: • Government-organized extension programmes and • Extension programmes organized and sponsored by private agencies
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