1973 and 1974‚ when large surpluses were saved and invested abroad‚ consolidated public expenditure accelerated rapidly: by 1976 it absorbed the entire oil windfall (Figure 2). By 1977 combined federation and states capital expenditure increased six fold over their 1970 level. Public capital expenditure accelerated so strongly that it alone accounted for the spending of more than half of the entire oil windfall. However‚ Nigeria’s continued failure to improve its ranking in measures of educational success
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1302-6488 Volume: 7 Number: 1 Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence in the world. Nigeria has taken giant steps of recent to introduce open
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TECHNOLOGY AND NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS INTRODUCTION 1. Human existence has been characterized with attempts by man to apply technology to control his environment with a view to improving his material existence. This has resulted in epoch making developments such as the discovery of gun powder and the invention of industrial machines both of which have had significant impact on the development of the society.[i] These technological innovations also had significant
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investing in Capital Market especially in Gujarat” Shah Hardik Assistant Professor‚ Centre for Management Studies‚ Dharmsinh Desai University‚ NADIAD. – 387 001 Shah_hardik07@yahoo.in Frince Thomas Assistant Professor‚ Centre for Management Studies‚ Dharmsinh Desai University‚ NADIAD.– 387 001 frince.mba@ddu.ac.in ABSTRACT: The Indian capital market is an ―emerging stock market‖. This implies that market is in the process of transformation‚ growing in size and sophistication. The capital market
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The ethics of a company can be measured by different theories. Some of these theories can be used to measure Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (Shell Nigeria). The first ethical measure discussed is utilitarian reasoning‚ also referred to as cost-benefit analysis‚ which compares the costs and benefits of a decision. Secondly for the human rights theory‚ were the rights of the stakeholders respected? Third‚ the ethical theory of justice is measured by whether the benefits and costs
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relationship between human capital development efforts of the Government and economic growth in Nigeria. It seeks to find out the impact of government recurrent and capital expenditures on education and health in Nigeria and their effect on economic growth. The data used for the study are from secondary sources while the augmented Solow model was also adopted. The dependent variable in the model is the level of real output while the explanatory variables are government capital and recurrent expenditures
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THE COLLAPSE OF UNIVERSAL BANKING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF SPECIALZED BANKING AND HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM. BY AIMINHIEFE OSAGIE BENEDICT Osazemogie@yahoo.co.uk‚ 08055819143 BEING AN M.Sc. (ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE) SEMINAR PAPER‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING‚ FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES‚ BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY‚ MAKURDI. Abstract The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reviewed the universal banking system in favour of separate banking licenses
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Organizational Management Seminar 5311 Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A) As described in the Harvard Business School case Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)‚ the primary issue facing Shell is scrutiny over their involvement‚ or lack of involvement‚ in the civil unrest between the Nigerian government and a group of activists representing the Ogoni people – one of Nigeria’s 240 minority tribes. Publicly the conflict is between the Nigerian government and the Ogoni people. However the core of the
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Global Markets Liability Strategies Group January 2006 Corporate Capital Structure Authors Henri Servaes Professor of Finance London Business School The Theory and Practice of Corporate Capital Structure Peter Tufano Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management Harvard Business School Editors James Ballingall Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory Deutsche Bank +44 20 7547 6738 james.ballingall@db.com Adrian Crockett Head of Capital Structure and Risk
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The mental health problem is global and millions of people are affected. It exists in Nigeria such that it has become a public health issue‚ yet the mental health system in Nigeria appears to be inept in meeting the needs of sufferers of mental illnesses. This paper discusses the increasing importance of mental illness as a public health concern globally with particular emphasis on the Nigerian mental health issue. It is organised into various sections discussing the global mental health problem;
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