Abstarct Community Driven Development (CDD) approach is presently becoming popular due to its potential to develop projects that are responsive to local demands, empower local communities, and are better targeted at the poor. This study was conducted to assess the impact of Fadama II Critical Ecosystem Management Project, a CDD project on its beneficiaries. The Fadama II Critical Ecosystem Management project is a six year project whose specific objective include making sure that by project en...
Abstract Managerial psychology is a sub-discipline of Psychology or Management, focusing on understanding organization behaviour. Managerial psychology draws from frameworks and descriptions about the psychology and sociology of organizations and the institutional context of work and careers. This chapter introduces the reader to behavioural science concepts, constructs, theories, methods, and tools that are used and applied to issues that people encounter in their work and career. The chapte...
ABSTRACT The use of tobacco among adolescents has been recognized as prominent problem behaviour in recent years. This study investigated the psychosocial factors associated with smoking behaviour among secondary school adolescent smokers (N=200) in Ibadan metropolis. One hundred and forty six (73%) were males while fifty four (27%) were females. The study is a cross-sectional survey which adopted the expost facto research design. Each participant was administered a questionnaire consist...
ABSTRACT Studies have consistently shown that maternal processes in Africa are prone to crises as a result of multiple socio-economic and religious factors. A combination of male-domination, low status of women, poverty, cultural beliefs and practices and high fertility affects pregnancy outcomes in most societies in the continent and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. With very few exceptions, African communities are patriarchal and as such norms, values and expectations are defined and susta...
Abstract: Human rights violation has been endemic in Nigeria despite its ratification of the United Nations’ Universal Human Rights (1948) - rights equally enshrined in 1999 Nigerian constitution. This study examined the militarization of Nigerian politics and its adverse effect on the United Nations Universal Human Rights in Nigeria. The paper is descriptive and qualitative in typology. Metho...
ABSTRACT The paper attempted to examine the reasons accounting for the sustenance of the practice of female circumcision and how to stem it. mc basis of the facts presented here are derived from a survey involving a saitiple of four hundred and five respondents of both sexes conducted in two local government areas (Okpe and Sapclc) of Delta State. The subjects that constitute'd the sample were randomly chosen and the data anslysd through .simple descriptive and inferential statistics. The res...
ABSTRACT Imported Used Electronics (IUEs) are officially conceived in research oriented policy as potential and actual toxic ―solid waste‖, yet Nigeria remains a high consumer demand economy for them. IUEs include electronic monitors, digital devices, docking stations, cell phones, hand-held diagnostics, screening tools, television sets among others. Nigerian economy has evolved a socially constructed merchandise structure, which sustains IUEs trade. Literature, however limits IUEs discou...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the efficacy of communications regulation in the prevention of content cybercrimes in Tanzania, whereby Dar-es-Salaam City was used as a case of study. The study was guided by the specific objectives which aimed at exposing out the extent to which content cybercrimes prevail in Tanzania; effect of the National ICT policy on containing content cybercrimes in the locality; to show the level of content cybercrimes prevention done by communications regulatory instrum...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the peoples' perception of getting infected with HIV -AIDS and the preventive strategies known and adopted by trafficked and vulnerable Nigerian women of Edo State origin. The data were obtained from secondary sources which included literature searches and primary sources based on qualitative data obtained through structured interviews involving the trafficked and deported Edo ladies. A further source of the data was from a focused of group of vulnerable women in ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted at Kigoma/Ujiji Municipality in Kigoma Region, Tanzania. It mainly aimed at making assessment of Customer awareness and satisfaction of Vodacom M-pesa rates in Kigoma/Ujiji Municipality. A sample of 99 respondents was used in the study out of which, 86 were frequent Mpesa users, 10 M-pesa Agents and 3 key Vodacom M-pesa staff in Kigoma Branch. Questionnaires, interviews, documentations and one focus group discussion were used to collect data summary of which...
ABSTRACT Man power is the skeleton of any organization. Nowadays, employee retention has become the important tools for the development and improvement for all types of organization. The biggest challenge that organizations are facing today is not only managing these resources but also retaining them. The purpose of this study was to conduct critical examination on the effect of training program on employee retention in order to obtain findings which provide a good atmosphere for public sect...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted aiming to assess the impact of Compassion International Tanzania (CIT) Support on Poverty Reduction among Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Dodoma Urban District. The specific objectives of the study included, to assess the functioning of the Compassion International Tanzania (CIT) support in poverty reduction, examine the impact of CIT support to registered OVC and to identify the challenges that CIT encounters in supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Ch...
ABSTRACT The study on ―How mobile phones are used for combating illegal fishing activities‖ aimed at assessing the contributions of mobile phones on fishing activities, roles of the government on the management of mobile phones used by fish dealers and analyzing the challenges faced by the government and the community on monitoring and managing mobile phones in combating illegal fishing activities in Makoko and Migobero wards in Musoma Municipality. The study involved two wards and the s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the role of local government authorities in provision of library resources in ward secondary schools in Temeke. The study had four objectives, namely. To provide an overview of the existing state of provision of library facilities in ward secondary schools in Temeke Municipality, to identify initiatives or approaches being taken by the Local government authorities in establishing libraries in secondary schools in Temeke Municipality. To assess...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Chamwino District council at Chinangali ward aiming at assessing the impacts of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperative Society to the members‟ livelihood, a case of CHABUMA AMCOS in Chamwino District. Specifically, the study intended to identify types of membership and mode of participation, to evaluate functions of CHABUMA and to evaluate the implementation of AMCOS function on the livelihood of its members. The study employed cross sectional survey to...