LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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Community Development and the Politics of Development Intervention in Nigeria: Issues and Emerging Perspectives By John M. Patrick Ph.D jopatmoo@yahoo.com 08055315449 Department of Adult and Non-Formal
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INFORMATION IN NIGERIA BY ONDOTIMI SONGI* BACKGROUND This paper comes in the wake of the 2010 World Press Freedom Day marked by the world including Nigeria on 3 May‚ 2010. One aspect of press freedom that is of interest to me having regard to its importance in building the Nigerian nation is the need for freedom of information (FOI) or access to information held by public officials. It is now a cliché to say that there is a culture or veil of secrecy among public office holders in Nigeria. This
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Student’s Name: Ononiwu Ikenna George Instructor’s Name: Albert Mugambi Rutere Assignment: Narrative Essay Date: February 28‚ 2011 EXCITING EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA My stay in American University of Nigeria (AUN)‚ so far has been an exciting and fun filled one right from when I was admitted till date. At AUN‚ I have lectures in comfortable and conducive classes‚ have met people from different Countries of the World‚ made a lot of friends
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off-take and local issues Precedent transactions in Nigeria average US$5.8 per 2P boe Offshore transactions have commanded a premium over onshore On-going Shell divestment process will provide a number of further benchmarks (US$ per 2P boe) $9.0 Announced Date Asset/Target Value (US$ MM) Acquired Stake (%) Acquirer Description Onshore/Offshore Total 2P Reserves (mmboe) 2P Reserves Multiple (US$ per boe) 05-Jul-2013 First Hydrocarbon Nigeria 105 23 Afren Acquisition of a 23% stake in a
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Summary Findings of Cross-Sectional Nutrition Survey Northern Nigeria‚ February 2012 1. INTRODUCTION Anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey was conducted in eight states of Northern Nigeria from 6th February to 9th March 2012. A cross sectional survey design with two stages of cluster sampling method was used. The survey was conducted in Borno‚ Jigawa‚ Kano‚ Katsina‚ Kebbi‚ Sokoto‚ Yobe and Zamfara states. The main objectives of the survey were to determine the nutritional status of children
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his or her nation at the table of nations respectably over a short period of time (not repeating the initial or developing mistakes of the advanced nation). In this context‚ the Nigerian Expatriate Manager is a foreigner filling a position in a Nigeria-based firm’s management and making a legal and respectable living by the current standard of the country. In a progressive view‚ the purpose of an expatriate is to improve the his value by seeking better opportunities and ‘greener pastures’ to make
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country. All countries of the world placed a high value on children growth and development both developed and the developing countries including Nigeria because they are the reason behind any future transformation. It is expected that the children are given love‚ care and emotional support among others in order to develop productively and health wise. In Nigeria‚ every ethnic group appreciate the precious gifts of God children are‚ yet children are rejected and sometimes abandoned to the streets to struggle
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ABSTRACT In recent times‚ the discrimination of polytechnic education in Nigeria in the area of employment and even in admission has always created panic among polytechnic graduates and the youths in general. Various questions have been raised by students in the polytechnics and other similar institutions about the situation but there seems to be no answer. This paper therefore seeks to establish the relevance of polytechnic education in youth empowerment‚ economic self-reliance and national development
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Shari’a (subsequently‚ Islamic law)1 in Nigeria only serve to confirm their role as a part of society that has a life of its own‚ which is distinct from the state and fairly autonomous from it‚2 thus enabling them to influence and affect public attitudes towards an issue. It is because of this that any observation emanating from civil society organizations is being taken seriously. On the issue of the adultery cases decided by Shari’a courts in Nigeria‚ civil society organizations have acquired
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