its advantages and disadvantages to Nigeria. Introduction: Nigeria is a country located in West Africa; it has a population of about 160‚027‚000 (World Economic Fact Book 2010). Its main produce is oil and petroleum; the country is also a key producer of rice‚ cocoa and palm-oil in West Africa. (See Appendix 1).Nigeria belongs to a number of economic blocs
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reduction and economic growth of any nation. Yet‚ for the past three decades‚ inadequate of electricity has been a regular feature in Nigeria‚ a country with about 150 million people. The electricity industry‚ dominated by National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and later succeeded by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) with complementation form the states-owned electricity utility‚ has been unable to provide and maintain acceptable minimum standard of service availability‚ accessibility
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria as a sovereign nation operates a federal system of government i.e the federal government‚ state government and the local government councils. Onwo (1992) Observed that each level of the three tiers of government derive its powers not from the magnanimity of the central government but from the constitution; each level of government has defined responsibilities assigned to it by the constitution. The implication of this is that the three segments
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Outsourcing prospects of Bangladesh ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Both Japan and Bangladesh have always shared good bilateral relations during the last three decades‚ with Japan providing its services as an important development partner to Bangladesh. Besides cultural and political cooperation‚ economic cooperation between these two countries has always been prominent. The foundation of this economic cooperation has been aid (both financial‚
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elsevier.com/locate/pacfin The role of the audit committee and the informativeness of accounting earnings in East Asia Tracie Woidtke a‚ Yin-Hua Yeh b‚⁎ a b Department of Finance‚ Corporate Governance Center‚ University of Tennessee‚ United States Graduate Institute of Finance‚ National Chiao Tung University‚ 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd.‚ Hsinchu City‚ Taiwan 30010 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 12 March 2012 Accepted 18 December 2012 Available online 29 December 2012 Jel
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The educational System of Nigeria OVERVIEW Education in Nigeria is the shared responsibility of the federal‚ state and local governments. The Federal Ministry of Education plays a dominant role in regulating the education sector‚ engaging in policy formation and ensuring quality control. However‚ the federal government is more directly involved with tertiary education than it is with school education‚ which is largely the responsibility of state (secondary) and local (primary) governments. The education
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DRAFT MANAGING LOCAL REVENUE IN INDONESIA Raksaka Mahi *) Prepared for: CAN DECENTRALIZATION HELP REBUILD INDONESIA? A Conference Sponsored by the International Studies Program‚ Andrew Young School of Policy Studies‚ Georgia State University‚ Atlanta May 1- 3‚ 2002 Introduction The role of local owned revenues had been very small for a long period of time. In the past‚ almost ninety percent of total district’s revenue came from central government transfers and subsidies. Moreover‚ those transfers
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Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary Monya L. Duncan AJS 522/Finance and Budgeting in Justice and Security November 25‚ 2013 Professor Michael Scott Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary Introduction Lynch and Smith‚ 2004 state that‚ “A “budget” is a plan for the accomplishment of programs related to objectives and goals within a definite time period‚ including an estimate of resources required‚ together with an estimate of the resources available‚ usually compared with one
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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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October 10‚ 2006 Contact: Jay Sorensen‚ 414-961-1939 IdeaWorksCompany.com Europe’s Top 4 Low Cost Carriers Generated 470 Million Euros (US$593 Million) From Non-Ticket Sources in 2005 But U.S. frequent flier programs produced revenues estimated at 2.5 billion Euros (more than US$3 billion) and better per passenger results. 1 Revenues from non-ticket sources‚ which are called ancillary revenues‚ have become an important financial component for low cost carriers (LCCs) in Europe and throughout the world
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