Development and Social Welfare Programmes in Nigeria****** National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Historical Background The National Youth Service Corps is a scheme set up by the Nigerian government to involve the country ’s graduate – youth‚ in the development of the country. It is an organization that was established to ensure improved ties among the Nigerian people through her beloved youth‚ following the unfortunate event of the Civil War (July 1967 – 15 January 1970). General Yakubu Gowon’s administration
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the assumption that banking sector plays an important role in financing the investment projects‚ successive governments in Nigeria have carried out reforms and institutional innovations in the banking sector. The overall intention of these reforms has been to ensure financial stability so as to influence the growth of the economy and also enhance banks to play a critical role of financial intermediation in Nigeria. However‚ despite the fact that Nigerian banks have undergone series of restructuring/reforms
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Project Execution Phase Overview: Once a project moves into the Execution Phase‚ the project Team and the necessary resources to carry out the project Should be in place and ready to perform project activities. The Project Plan should have been completed and base lined By this time as well. The project team and specifically the Project Manager’s focus now shifts from planning the Project efforts to participating in‚ observing‚ and analysing The work being done. Executing the Project Plan
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PARTHA BAGCHI (STAMMERING CURE CENTRE)-Is he taking advantage in the name of cure? Dear All‚ I would like to share my experience at Stammering Cure Centre‚ Bangalore‚ India‚ a centre founded by Mr. Partha Bagchi who claims to cure stammering in two weeks (details of which you can find at (www.stammeringcurecentre.com)) . Before I start I would like to state in no way‚ I would like to demoralize all those people who attended this centre and believes to be completely cured‚ I am really happy for
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Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ accounting for about one-sixth of African population. 1 The largest ethnic group in the northern part‚ which is about two-thirds of the country‚ is the Hausa-Fulani‚ majority of who are Muslims. The Yoruba are the most numerous in the southwest. Over half of the people are Christians and about a quarter are Muslims‚ with the remainder following mostly African Traditional beliefs. 2 The predominantly Christian Igbo are the largest ethnic
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Igbo Funeral Rites Kaila Jacobson Among the people of the Igbo tribe in southeastern Nigeria‚ death is usually a highly ritualized event filled with deep mourning. There are usually two funerals‚ whose intention is to safely escort the deceased from the realm of the living to the spirit world. Only after a successful second funeral can the deceased pass the line of “ita okazi”‚ a period of torment‚ into a state of peace. Immediate Preparations When an elderly man or woman dies‚ they are immediately
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest non-profit organization. The headquater is in Dalas‚ Texas. It was founded 30 years ago by Nancy Goodman Brinker‚ who is Susan G. Komen’s sister. Brinker made a promise to her dying sister that she would do the best of her abilities to end breast cancer forever. Susan G. Komen suffered breast cancer 3 years and passed away at her age of 36. During her 3-year battle‚ she put all her energy to help other women battling breast cancer and tried to thinking
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Hb1 Causes of absenteeism Although patterns of chronic absenteeism vary‚ the most common pattern is for a student to miss a few days of school each week. The student’s excuses may or may not have to do with an illness. An absentee problem should be considered chronic when it is not always related to a specific illness and involves an average of two days or more per month. Once cause of chronic absenteeism is a lack of initiative on the part of the parents. It’s not uncommon to find children absent
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may be left to their own means – including assassinations‚ coup detats‚ revolutions‚ insurgency and bush wars – to press their claim to power. It is this fact more than any thing else that makes the subject of elections and electoral practices in Nigeria so crucial today. As we are aware‚ the controversial elections of 1965 produced the coup detat of January 1966. Again the flawed elections of 1983 produced the military coup of December 31‚ 1983. Finally‚ Babangida’s flawed elections of 1993 produced
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Reader Response Paper – Point of View‚ An Ounce of Cure by Alice Munro The short story An Ounce of Cure is narrated in the first person. The author uses foreshadowing in the first two paragraphs. The narrator‚ who is also the unnamed main character‚ paints a picture of herself as stable adult woman briefly describing her families’ view of alcohol consumption and how it was generally frowned upon. I would call the descriptions of her mother in these paragraphs as astute‚ proper‚ and strict. The
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