ECON1101 Essay: Petrol subsidies in Nigeria Nigeria‚ an oil-abundant nation‚ produces two million of barrels of crude oil a day‚ though despite this‚ it relies solely on importation to sustain its refined-fuel needs. This is because its four refineries fail to function effectively and continue to operate beneath capacity. Governmental mismanagement and political corruption are some of the reasons why Nigeria’s refineries remain in this state. The Nigerian government therefore implemented subsidies
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The British colonialists started the Nigeria public service‚ which later developed in the modern of the British civil service with its doctrine. The design of the civil service was not to work for the Interest of Nigeria and its people but to serve the British colonial interest. It was difficult after independent for the service to evolve good plans for the development of the country. A civil service whose characteristics continued with Max Webber’s ideal type of bureaucracy
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natural rights and equality appeared attractive to many of these nations. Around this time Europe saw the emergence of Nation States encompassing a people who had a shared history‚ culture‚ language‚ religion and beliefs. How important this sense of national belonging was is something we shall explore by looking at events in such places as Germany‚ Italy and France. We will decide whether it was patriotism or other factors such as warfare and the rise of industry which had the biggest parts to play
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2070-1845 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The relevance of tourism on the economic development of Cross River State‚ Nigeria Ajake‚ Anim O. and Amalu‚ Titus E.* Department of Geography and Environmental Science‚ University of Calabar‚ Calabar‚ Nigeria. Accepted 21 December‚ 2011 This study investigated the relevance of tourism on the economic growth of Cross River State‚ Nigeria. Special focus was on the difference in visitations over the years under investigation to the various
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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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elderly‚ unemployment benefits‚ and public transportation. A nation’s tax system is often a reflection of its communal values or the values of those in power. To 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
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an economic agent who unites all means of production- land of one‚ the labour of another and the capital of yet another and thus produces a product. By selling the product in the market he pays rent of land‚ wages to labour‚ interest on capital and what remains is his profit. He shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield. • 1934: Schumpeter: Entrepreneurs are innovators who use a process of shattering the status quo of the existing
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until they surrender. It’s a rather piteous sight watching a village being knocked to pieces and I wish there was some other way‚ but unfortunately there isn’t”’ (886) remarked a British officer. The British were on the verge of controlling Northern Nigeria‚ wanting the resources and land it had to offer. They destroyed any villages that didn’t cooperate‚ suggesting that Europe’s imperialism was fueled by the population growth of the Industrial Revolution‚ which lead to a desire for more land‚ justified
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government revenue‚ expenditure and cash. Corruption defined as the diversion of public resources for private use can affect any of these operations‚ at the level of the national and sub-national administrations. This paper focuses on circumstances that are prone to corruptive practices in managing expenditure and cash at the national level. It does not discuss revenue. The outline of the paper is as follows: Sections I and II provide an overview of PFM and corruption‚ respectively. They are followed
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Today’s National Guard 26 February 2012
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