CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the studyIt has become a worldwide dictum that the quality of corporate governance makes animportant difference to the soundness or unsoundness of banks. Thus, effective corporategovernance practice incorporates transparency, openness, accurate reporting andcompliance with statutory regulations among others. Historically, antecedents indicatethat financial crisis is a direct consequence of lack of good corporate go...
ABSTRACT Flowing from the perceived success of the reforms in the banking industry in Nigeria in 2006, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extended the policy to the community banks with their conversion to and renaming to Microfinance banks (MFBs) in 2008. The regulatory framework guiding this process set out guidelines of the corporate governance (CG) structure and mechanisms to be adopted by this class of banks different from those with the universal banking license. This work reviewed the C...
Abstract: The advancement in global economic and socio-political trend in the contemporary era of globalization increased the need for coalition of like-minded states in the international system. Bilateral and multilateral relations, therefore, become an unavoidable measure to ensure international development. Group of Seven (G7) as a bloc of highly industrialized countries of the world stands to coordinate international economic and socio-political arrangement. Despite criticisms labeled aga...
PROPOSAL In today’s economy, information and accountability have assumed a larger rolein our society.As a result the financial statement with an independent audit report areof vital services to investors, creditors and other participants in economicexchange.Financial statements can only be valuable to those who know how to usethem. As a result of their key role in business, the researcher has been spurredto embark on this work.Financial ratios have been...
ABSTRACT Financial statement is generally explained as financial information which is the informationrelating to financial position of any firm in a capsule form. Financial statements are whatthe potential and existing investors in the global world rely upon in taking investmentdecisions. This research work examined the relevance of financial statements in investmentdecision making. The study made use of primary data sourced ...
ABSTRACT The study was centred on the roles of revenue mobilization in the economic growth and development. The main objective of the study is to examine the roles of revenue mobilization in the economic growth and development in Akwa Ibom State. Primary and secondary data sources were applied and the population of this study is 57, however,the sample size used was 50. The research instrument used for thefiled survey of this research work includes: oral intervi...
ABSTRACT The research project was designed to study the stated electoral commission and development of democracy in Nigeria, a study of Imo State Electoral Commission, the problem under investigation is that all the benefits and attributes of what the election process should mean cannot be associated with Nigeria as a democratic society. The study...
This research work examines the concept of elite theory and its adaptation to the Nigerian system since the attainment of political independence in 1960 to the present Fourth Republic.
ABSTRACT This research study on “An assessment of corporate social responsibility” examined corporate social responsibility as both a concept and a practice. The researcher took a look at corporate social responsibility concept such as the history and meaning, perspectives, approaches, the cases for the against increased social responsibility, corporate social responsibility to stakeholders etc. the major objective of this study was to examine the practice of corporate social responsibili...
Society has embarrassingly linger for a longer time over the conflict between the patriarchy movement and the recent upshoot called the feminism strand advocating for the right, equality and equity of all. It has been a thing of reactionary quest than a revolutionary subject of thoughts as roles, privileges, obligations; education etc has enshrined and engrafted these differences and preferences in a more definite form as it trickles down from time immemorial. Interestingly, from the times...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effect of the use of instructional materials for teachingEconomics in Secondary Schools in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja, Nigeria.The study was conducted with six research objectives; also, six researchquestions were answered. The study adopted survey research design. Thesample for the study was arrived at using proportionate sampling technique,hence the total of twelve (12) teachers a...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between foreign direct investment and Agricultural development in Nigeria Economy. Time series data were used for analysis and the time frame covered the period of 1986-2016. The data used were sourced from CBN statistical bulletin and world development indicators. The Jacque Bera statistics is used to analyse the data and to test the normality of the variables while the correlation matrix was employed to test for the correlati...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine the impact of the Nigerian capital market as a tool for economic growth from the period of 1982-2016. The study has its main objectives. The ascertainment of the effect of capital market activities on economic growth with the specific objectives of one, examine the impact of market capitalization on economic growth in Nigeria. The study revises Gross Domestic Product on All Share Index, Value of Transaction and Market Capitalization which are indices of Ca...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the practice of strategic human resource management and its impact on corporate performance. A survey including twenty six likert scale questions was conducted and distributed to a sample size of 200 participants comprising of the head of HR departments with other senior and middle management staff of the organizations under study. The findings of the study revealed that some of the SHRMP are fully in place in the organizations, while others such as E...
This article aims to examine the long-run equilibrium relationship between bilateral trade linkages and stock market correlations of Australia and China using quarterly data from 1993 to 2015. Further, this study explores the impact of trade intensity on stock market correlations using OLS, Dynamic OLS (DOLS) and Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) models. The empirical results confirm that there is a significant long-run relationship among the variables. In addition, our results, based on OLS, DOLS a...