CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION In developing countries like Nigeria, majority of the population is rural based, so there is the need to give emphasis to the development of small scale and medium scale enterprises to enable the participation of greater segment of indigenous entrepreneurs in the development process. There is evidence to substantiate the argument that the small industrial sector holds a greater capacity to abor...
RATIO analysis is a powerful tool of financial analysis. According to Kennedy and Macmillan, RATION is defied as the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions” and as the relationship between two or more thing” in financial analysis a ration is used as an index or yardstick for evaluating the financial position and performance of a firm. The compilation of trading, profit and of loss account and balance sheet represent the end product of a series transaction that have taken pla...
Abstract Banks are very important in nation; they are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Functions of the bank according to ezeuiji (1997), including money creation, acceptance of deposit from the customers, provision of facilities for domestic and foreign remittance, help government in implementing monetary policies etc. According to the operational standard (guideline). Internal control is defined as the whole system of controls,, financial and otherwise, established by the manage...
ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the impact of Government Expenditure on Nigeria Economic Growth from the period of 2011 to 2020. The main objective was to examine its impact and as well as to ascertain the causal relationship between Government Expenditure and Nigeria Economic Growth. To achieve these objectives, secondary data were collected from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statis...
Cryptocurrency is rapidly attracting the eyes of the modern man, the average spender, whether for investment returns or commercial convenience. However, it goes without saying that to every advantage there is a disadvantage. Thus, this paper summarily highlights the demerits of Bitcoin as a type of cryptocurrency and concludes with a form of poetic justice with cowries as an analogy to strengthen a subjective view.
This work evaluates the extent banking system liquidity enhances financial distress resolution in Nigeria.
Abstract This study models time varying volatility in the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE) investigating whether it has been affected during the Covid-19 periods. We examined the persistence of volatility and the presence of leverage effects in Nigerian equity market before and during the period of Covid-19. It wad found that there is GARCH effects in the stock market before and during the Covid-19 periods. However volatility was pooling and spiky more during the Covid-19 giving the verdict that...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the impact of micro-finance institutions on the performance of small and medium enterprises in the post conflict in the democratic republic of Congo (DRC) Bunia Town The findings shows that Poor people have little or no access to financial services that most of us take for granted, Lack of access to affordable loans on the consumer side is a major hurdle in providing loan services that benefits the, Reliable and affordable loan. services are the underpinning of m...
Bank sector crisis across the globe is largely blamed on the joint effort of bank liquidity and bank credit risks. And so, the twin concepts of liquidity and credit risks have come under keen academic scrutiny, especially in investment finance. Contributing to extant literature on these developments, secondary data were obtained from the websites of nine banks in Ghana, spanning 2008 to 2018, to determine how liquidity and credit risks separately and interactively impact bank stability in Gha...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at exploring the relationship between internal control systems and Cash management using Family Diet Limited as a case study. A sound internal control system is important as it enables an organization to can-yon business in an orderly manner, safeguards the organization's assets and ensures completeness and accuracy in their records to achieve high perforn1ance. The study documented and evaluated the adequacy of internal controls and its perf01mance at Family Diet Li...
Abstract Client credit arises when there is a time lag between the delivery of goods and services and when payment is paid or received from the customer (Kakuru 2000). It's philosophy of lend now and receive payment later. Most commercial Banks offer loans to their customer and expect repayment on a future date (Atim, 1997) There is risk associated with loan extension to clients. There is a likely hood that the loan extended to the bank client may not be recovered as expected and these poses ...
ABSTRACT The information technology is the modern and significant part in the banking sector, it is of great importance for the bank today to access the impact of information technology of its operational performance so as to justify if high cost invested on it is justifiable or not, analyze their problems and there propose solutions. The objective of this study, was to assess how the information systems has influenced bank performance and growth of the bank as well as adoption of inform...
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ABSTRACT Africa unlike other developing regions of the world has experienced declining flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), despite the apparently high investment returns rates. As FDI flows, it is expected that existing gaps of productive factors are gradually closed and dependence on foreign capital is reduced. These increases in domestic savings, investment, skills and technology bring about economic development. The study examined the declining flow of FDI to the African regions as w...