AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA BY ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI October‚ 2 0 0 4 ii AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA BY ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI (MATRICULATION NO. 3081) A Dissertation Submitted to St. Clements University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctor of Philosophy in Management St. Clements University October‚ 2004 iii DECLARATION I declare that
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LEADERLESS NIGERIA Chris Bjorklund 434 Threat Analysis February 3‚ 2013 After witnessing one military leader replaced by another‚ the Nigerian people have elected their presidential administration since 1999. Although it is a remarkable achievement in Africa‚ the Nigerian leadership has significant challenges through the next decade. Ever since the emergence of the Nigerian democracy‚ thousands paid the ultimate price due to the polarization along religious and cultural ancestries. Thus
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Education in Nigeria Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry of Education. And the local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for state-controlled public education and state schools at a regional level. The education system is divided into Kindergarten‚ primary education‚ secondary education and tertiary education. Primary education Primary education‚ Yoruba‚ and Igbo. Private schools would also offer Computer science‚ French‚ and Fine Arts. Primary school students
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INJUSTICE IN NIGERIA Over the years and growing up in the dusty sahara threatened landscape of Kaduna {in mid Nigeria}‚ I have often lamented the fate of prisoners who are stripped of their freedom of movement for specific periods of time {and in some glaring cases of inhumanity of man.. for unspecified and unspecific periods}. My young and then innocent mind concluded that depriving prisoners of their freedom as it presently obtains carries along with it a collateral dehumanization of the prisoners
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Indigo Byrd Period 4 Honors NSL Government The Role of Government in Economic Affairs Although the American economy has been established for many of years‚ government has yet to have a set position when it comes to economic affairs. Many Americans and other economist outside of the country such as John Kenneth Glabraith and Milton Friedman have different views as to how the government should regulate business or if businesses should be regulated at all. Both sides make logical arguments that contribute
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Government’s Role in Economic Efficiency Law and Economic Efficiency Criminal Law | Prohibits actions that harm others. E.g.‚ theft‚ robbery‚ fraud‚ assault and murder | Shifts behaviour away from harmful activities toward Pareto-improving activities. | Contract Law | Establishes rules for writing and enforcing contracts and penalties for failure to fulfil. | Enables Pareto Improvements involving future promises‚ such as financial contracts or work performed by employees. | Property Law |
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NIGERIA AND THE BOMBER: THE GENESIS TO REVELATION Nigeria is a country in the West of Africa with an interesting population of over 160 million people. A British Colony‚ Nigeria was hitherto peaceful and seen as key to African development and interests. Such has been the opposite of the true state of the supposed Giant of Africa since gaining independence in 1960 and declaring a Republic in 1961. After years of Military Dictatorship and coups left the country under-developed for much of her early
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based sectors‚ for example‚ the manufacture of ICT devices‚ pharmaceuticals‚ telecommunications and other ICT based sectors‚ R & D‚ skills and human capital development becomes a central issue for policy makers and practitioners engaged in economic development both at the national and regional level (OECD‚ 1996). The study of economic growth must start with the study of the people who produce it. They work with their own hands‚ design‚ build and operate the machines of production‚ and structure
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reliable and efficient transportation. Americans have access to private cars‚ commercial airplanes and trains‚ and even buses. An individual can fly from San Francisco to New York City in less than six hours. The average American does not know of a time when traveling from coast-to-coast was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago‚ before commercial air and automobile travel. The development of railroads in
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Role of commercial banks in development. INTRODUCTION A commercial bank is something with which every one of us is well known. However different bankers and economists have defined it in a different way: According to Kent: “An organization whose principal operations are concerned with the accumulation of the temporarily idle money of the general public for the purpose of advancing to others for expenditure.” According to Banking Companies Ordinance 1962: “Banking
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