ABSTRACT The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed due to the rising Soviet power in the aftermath of World War II. Many expected that NATO would be disbanded, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but this did not happen. NATO believed that she was indispensable for security in Europe, even after the end of the USSR. After the Cold War, NATO’s raison d’être was expressed in the three core tasks of collective defence, crisis management, and cooperative security. The enla...
ABSTRACT This thesis discuses the need for human resources development and utilization, an activity that has been denied attention in the public sector. It presents various techniques that may be applied by decision makers/resources developers for the effective utilization human resources in the public sectors especially in Enugu State Sports Council. The intent is to provide a useful basis for change in the human resources management culture in the public service of Nigeria. It is appropriat...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between the contradictions of rentier oil governance in Nigeria and their implications for maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Specifically, the study examined the effect of the security leakages in the management of oil resources in Nigeria; the proliferation of armed groups’ protests over mismanagement of oil rent in Nigeria; as well as the margin of oil revenue in relation to fishing in Nigeria, on the sustenance of illegal oil tra...
ABSTRACT Effectiveness of monetary policy in stimulating economic growth This study investigates the effectiveness of monetary policy in stimulating economy growth in Nigeria using AK production Function and Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. The empirical evidence depicts that economic growth in Nigeria is influenced by money supply, electric power consumption, gross fixed capital formation and trade openness. This shows that monetary policy is effective in maintaining economic growth on the...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of context, cognitive style and gender on problem solving. Two hundred and forty (120 males and 120 females) SSII and SSIII students of University of Nigeria Secondary School, Enugu Campus (UNEC) were used as participants. Participants age ranged from 14-19 years with means age of 16.5 years. Two sets of materials used were the Oltman, Raskin, Heman and Witkin (1971) Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) used to classify participants into field depend...
ABSTRACT The study examined the chemical composition and the effects of Solanum aethiopicum leaves (garden egg) and Irvingia gabonensis seed (ogbono) on selected biochemical indices of alloxan induced adult wistar rats. Fresh Solanum aethiopicum leaves were plucked, sorted, washed with clean water and allowed to drain. The pulverized leaves were packaged in a plastic container and preserved in the refrigerator. Dried Irvingia gabonensis seeds were sorted washed and shade dried. The ground see...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effectiveness of monetary policy under flexible exchange rate regime in Nigeria using Ordinary Least Square approach. Quarterly time series data spanning 1980:1 – 2008:4 are used in this work. The study examines stochastic characteristics of each time series by testing their stationarity using Augumented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test. This is followed by performing co integration test using Augmented Engle-Granger (AEG) technique. The results of the cointegra...
Abstract The phenomenon of human trafficking which is the recruitment, harbouring, transportation or receipt of persons within national and international borders for the purpose of exploitation has been very prevalent in Nigeria. Therefore, this study carried out a comparative examination of opinions and perceptions on factors affecting human trafficking in Imo and Edo states of Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey of one thousand, two hundred (1200) respondents was conducted in Oredo and Ikpoba...
ABSTRACT The study was motivated by the continuous rise in the poverty level in Nigeria amidst the country’s vast human and material resources that can guarantee sustainable economic growth and development and also the pervasive gender inequality that persists among households. It is on this premise that this study assessed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) with special focus on goal one and goal three, and implications for Sustainable Development .The study was guided by five research obje...
Abstract This study has critically examined the Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction in Anambra State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined how lack of good governance in the management of Millennium Development Goals funds undermined poverty reduction in Anambra State, and how the state implementation of neo-liberal economic policies impeded the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Literature reviewed are deficient in explaining the link between lack of good govern...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the fact that leadership is a tool for improving the morale of employees, using the Enugu State Liaison Office, Lagos as a case study. The study formulated five research objectives and two hypotheses to find out if there is a relationship between leadership and morale of workers and if the morale of workers has a significant effect on productivity. The population for this study was randomly selected from the staff of Enugu State Liaison Office,...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of media body model and objectified body consciousness on body image: the moderating role of self-esteem. One hundred and twenty female adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years (M = 15.58 years, SD =1.07 years) participated in the study. Media body model was varied into fat and thin media models. The objectified body consciousness scale (McKinley & Hyde, 1996), body image acceptance and action questionnaire (Sandoz & Wilson, 2006) and the Rosenberg s...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between locus of control, self-esteem, gender and attitude towards child adoption in Nsukka, Enugu State. Three hundred and three (303 people) of Nsukka local Government workers participated in the study (150 males and 153 females). Their ages range between 21years and 55 years with a mean age of (38.90) years. Three instruments were used for data collection namely: selfesteem scale developed by Rosenberg (1965), locus of control scale developed b...
This research sought to examine the impact of strategic procurement practices on firm performance at CBZ Bank. The objectives of the study included; a) a) to examine the effect of strategic cost management on firm performance, b) b) to assess the impact of supplier intergration on firm performance, c) c) to investigate the effect of early supplier involvement on firm performance d) d) to determine the impact of supplier relationship management on firm performa...
ABSTRACT Uganda being a member of the international community, surrounded by conflict prone neighbors with unsecured borders, is consequently over burdened with the stress of hosting refugees generated from her neighboring countries and beyond. The topic of study was about the refugee’s protection and Environment. This study was therefore undertaken to establish the effectiveness of Refugee protect in relation to the environmental conservation in Kiryandongo refugee settlement. Cross-sect...