of job creation and skill acquisition schemes across all levels of the society‚ adding that a Special Adviser that would see to the acceleration of the plans would soon be appointed. The budget‚ which he tagged Budget of Fiscal Consideration‚ Economic Prosperity and Wealth Creation‚ had forced his administration to take hard decisions‚ some of which include cut in overhead of MDA’s and government parastatals. While reminding that his administration had not relented in its efforts to improve
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Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria By Anthony Maduagwu ( aka -Toniman ) The Nigerian government is once again embarking on another attempt to alleviate poverty. This present one looks like it is heading the same way the past ones headed and subsequently failed. Amongst the reasons why the past poverty alleviation attempts failed were - ( 1 ) the politics of personal rule - a distinctive type of political system in which the rivalries and
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Nigeria is a country with device ethnic group and corrugated different political motive ranging from the individual perspective to the political parties. What is really wrong with Nigeria electioneering process is the wheel to be on power at all cost not minding the interest of the masses‚ every political party that is on power want to retain power for their selfish interest‚ while doing this‚ they map out strategies that will enable them to rig the election either by crook or hook‚ this things are
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Quarterly update – December 2013 Final analysis by Nenad Pacek Business and economic outlook Nigeria • • • • • • • • • • • • • Executive summary Facts Economic fundamentals Strategic business importance Corporate sales and profit trends Growth trends and drivers Household consumption trends Gross fixed investment trends Government spending trends Currency outlook Interest rates and inflation outlook Political risks to be aware of Forecast table Contents
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Since 1974 the Bank has committed $1.2 billion for Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs) to increase farm production and welfare among smallholders in Nigeria. OED reviewed five ADPs and a supporting Agricultural Technical Assistance Project (ATAP)‚ all implemented between 1979 and 1990. Only two of the six projects had satisfactory outcomes. In general‚ rainfed agricultural production was far below projections. Macroeconomic conditions‚ some national policies‚ and particular design and implementation
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The Practice of Bilingualism in Nigeria: Factors That Encourage Bilingualism – Before‚ During and After the Colonial Era A Term Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Course: ENG 503: Bilingualism and Multilingualism June 2010 By Emmanuel U. Dimike 2009026016F Dimike‚ 2 INTRODUCTION In the world today‚ the number of people who use more than one language is greater than the number of people who use only one language. This study focuses on these people with more than one language
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create a system of taxation‚ a nation must make choices regarding the distribution of the tax burden-who will pay taxes and how much they will pay-and how the taxes collected will be spent. In Nigeria‚ the taxation system dates back to 1904 when the personal income tax was introduced in northern Nigeria before the unification of the country by the colonial masters. It was later implemented through the Native Revenue Ordinances to the western and eastern regions in 1917 and 1928‚ respectively. Among
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English Discussion on Shakespeare „What point is there in studying a dramatist who lived 400 years ago?” Shakespeare is a British dramatist‚ lyric poet and actor who lived from 1564-1616. Today it’s the 6th of september 2010. Shakespeare died almost 400 years ago. So why should people still keep busy with someone who lived such a long time ago? Why is Shakespeare still studied today? Many pupils would answer: Because teachers love to bore us. How could someone who lived 400 years ago write about
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common disease of all times that is threatening us with the extinction of youths and adults. It is not only terrorizing the entire generation but also kills and leaves millions of orphans for the oldest grandparent to carter for. 2.1 HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA According to USAID brief (2004)‚ Nigerian epidemic is characterized by one of the most rapidly increasing rates of new HIV/AIDS cases in West Africa. Adult HIV prevalence increased from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001. This infection rate‚ although
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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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