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THE EVOLVING DYNAMICS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThis paper examines the changing nature of national sovereignty and politics in Nigeria in the context of globalization. It argues that globalization has both positive and negative impacts on the political and economic development of the country, as well as on its social and cultural identity. The paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities that globalization poses for Nigeria's sovereignty, democracy, security, and regional integration. It also explores the strategies and policies that the Nigerian government and civil society have adopted to cope with the effects of globalization and to enhance their participation in the global arena. The paper concludes that Nigeria needs to balance its national interests and values with its global obligations and responsibilities, and to foster a more inclusive and accountable governance system that can respond effectively to the demands and expectations of its citizens and the international community
THE EFFECT OF TRADE OPENNESS ON POVERTY IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThis study examines the effect of trade openness on poverty in Nigeria. The study adopts autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to study the relationship between poverty and trade openness and other explanatory variables. Measures of poverty used for this study were per capita income and human development index. Consequently, two autoregressive models were specified and estimated in order to examine the effect of trade openness on these two measures of poverty. In the two models, trade related variables (exchange rate and foreign direct investment) were included in the model as explanatory variables along with trade openness which is the key explanatory variable in the two models. The result of the analysis shows that in the first model trade openness has significant positive effect on per capita income only in the long run, foreign direct investment has a positive effect on per capita income both in the long run and in the short run while exchange rate has a negative effect on per capita income in the short run. In the second model, trade openness does not have a significant effect on human development, foreign direct investment has a significant and positive effect on human development while exchange rate has a significant negative effect on human development. It is recommended that the government should ensure that trade policies are mutually beneficial to Nigeria and the trading partner and that some specific bilateral trade relations are well negotiated. It is also recommended that the government should create the enabling environment to attract foreign direct investment into the Nigerian economy because of the positive gains on poverty reduction as shown in the findings
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IN 2022
Get PDFThis paper examined the invasion of Ukraine by Russia from the biblical perspective. The research problem of the paper is the justifications for waging war against a sovereign nation. It is the aim of the paper to investigate the causes of the invasion and the objective is to know the direct effects of the invasion on Nigeria. To achieve our aim and objective, the paper used historical and contextual approaches to assess the position of the Bible on invasion; and also the basis of the Ukrainian invasion. Consequently, the paper discovered the actual reasons for the invasion of Ukraine and those behind it, the internal problem facing Ukraine before the invasion, the potential threat of the invasion to global peace, the actual nation to blame for the invasion and the effects of Russian/Ukrainian war on the Nigerian economy. As a result of these findings, the paper recommended that there must be an immediate demilitarization of Ukraine, NATO's equipment installations on the borders of Russia should be relocated; there must be a restoration of the natural status of Ukraine for the sake of peace, the continuous eastward expansion of NATO must be stopped; and Russian legitimate security interest must be unconditionally taken into consideration by the Western countries to avoid third world wa
THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE OUTSOURCING ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF ACCESS BANKPLC)
Get PDFMajority of the research on human resources concentrate on their overall impact on productivity and on the business as whole; Lesser research considers how the perception of the methodand conditions of employmentaffectsemployee's work psychology, their attitudes and how thisreflectson their performances especially in the financial sector. Thus, this research examinedthe impact of human resource outsourcing on employee performance in one of the Nigerian Deposit Money Banks, Access Bank Plc. The conceptual framework of this connection between being an outsourced employee in Access bank and performance is synthesized mostly from primary sources of which the data was gathered using questionnaires, observation and oral interviews,and structured based onthe research hypothesis. The questionnaires were distributed to some respondents to express their opinions, and observations on their employment status and work outputs. While observation and oral interviews were equally used to gather more insights into the research premise. Thus, the Bank's employees weresampled using simple random sampling and 84 respondents were used for this study. The results of this research paper supported the conceptual framework, and indicated a significant relationship between being outsourced employee and work performance. It indicated the concept of outsourcing in the selected bank and how the outsourced employees perceive the mode and conditions of their employment and how this perception reflects on performance. Its findingsechoed their opinions and the level of commitments vis a vis their method of recruitment, the adverse implications on performance and then offered practical recommendations on how to bridge the obvious gaps between the core employees of the bank and those outsourced for improved performance and efficiency
Place of Culture in Curriculum Planning in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions
No full textCulture, Curriculum ,and education are viewed from different angles but the main focus of this work is the position of culture in curriculum planning in Nigeria tertiary institutions .This paper argues that curriculum cannot stands on its own without considering the culture of the society since curriculum is being planned for the students and his environs .The key concept of culture ,curriculum and its planning are explained while tertiary education was also explained in line with national policy on education. The paper went ahead discussing objectives of curriculum planning as a basic tool for higher education system in order to achieve the educational goals requirements necessary for students' success across and entire curriculum. And also stated that Nigeria culture plays an important role in the lives of separate individuals and the society as a whole. The paper fully discusses the place of culture in curriculum Planning at Tertiary Education in Nigeria, as well as some necessary way forward on how to strengthen Nigeria education and its curriculum
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT: A THEMATIC REVIEW
Get PDFPolitical thinkers in Africa saw colonial imperialism and racial inequality as related issues that needed a coordinated approach on a continental level. Their philosophical approach aimed to provide freedom fighters with moral, political, and financial support. The study utilized secondary data with a qualitative approach, which enabled data to be derived from various sources, including documentary records. The findings showed that the roots of contemporary African political thought can be traced back to the cultural nationalism, negritude, and pan-Africanism of great African political thinkers like Marcus Garvey, William Du Bois, and others who lived in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The study identified that African political theory offers workable solutions to the continent's many political, economic, social, and cultural issues. It differs depending on historical contexts and the dynamic political environments of Africa and the rest of the globe.It was also discovered that for sixty years now after independence, the democratic journey has remained tortuous because of the reckless pursuits of power by the political class. A way out of this predicament quest for social inclusion, equality, and self-respect. The study recommends the need to address good governance that would position fundamental governance and create an enabling environment for self-participation, collective services, a driving force, and responsiveness to public demands
ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE
Get PDFEstimated billing system has been adopted ever since the manual metering system became moribund in Nigeria. It is a corporate crime that has been paltry explored in the corpus of Criminology. Extant findings on estimated billing have exonerated utility companies while classifying consumers of electricity as perpetrators of power theft. This study set out to investigate the effects of estimated billing on consumers in residential houses/business centres in Wukari town, and explore the causes and/or factors leveraging the adoption of the payment platform for energy charges as well as offer feasible ways of addressing the problem. The study adopted survey design with its accompanying instruments like questionnaire and indepth interview. A sample size 131 was determined using the Cochran’s formula for smaller population. Only 128 copies of the questionnaires were retrieved and found useable at 97.8% return rate. Ten (10) persons made up the panel of indepth interview. Descriptive and inferential statistics like percentages and linear regression were used respectively to address the research questions and test the hypothesis. Findings reveal that estimated billing has affected consumers by charging them above their actual energy consumption. This is in addition to triggering physical confrontation between consumers and marketers of power companies as well as discouraged consumers from making full payment of estimated charges for a month under review. However, the quest to generate revenue accounted for the adoption estimated billing by Power Company among other factors like duration of power supply and the unwillingness of consumers to acquire prepaid meters. It is recommended among others the adoption of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to gauge consumers’ energy consumption pending the provision of prepaid meters and that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) should intensify efforts in the provision of free and/or subsidized prepaid meters to consumers
LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ESTABLISHING THE THEORETICAL NEXUS
Get PDFThis paper interrogated the nexus between leadership and national development mainly on a theoretical perspective. Hence leadership in a context of nation[1]building is an independent variable; it could be a determinant to national development. This paper principally used qualitative technique to interrogate the theoretical nexus of leadership as an independent variable and national development as a dependent variable. Scholars have used their different orientation to theorize the purpose of leadership in different societies. In whatever context, the qualities of a good leader are universal. In spite of the divergence perspective of scholars in theorizing leadership, the emphasis is the virtues being it moral, religious, political, economic, cultural, or otherwise; the essence is to arrive at good leadership. Thus, this paper sees leadership as an end itself but not a means to an end
THE UTILITY OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM AND CRIME PREVENTION: A STUDY OF THE ABDUCTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThis paper interrogates how a crime early warning system could prevent the abduction of school children in Nigeria. This is essential for interrogation, as the abduction of school children has become a threat to national security. The paper used qualitative data from secondary literature and conceptualized theories of early warning signs to provide a theoretical base for its argument. The paper revealed that the abduction of school children in Nigeria could have been prevented with intelligence gathering and applying of crime prevention mechanism through early warning signs. It argued that an early warning system is designed for the identification of crime chronic hot spots or/ and temporary hot spot. This paper has established abduction of school children in Nigeria is a threat to national security. And it is preventable with the aid of Early Warning System which it could be temporary hot, hot spots or chronic hot spot. The combined hot spot program first allocates resources to chronic hot spots up to a maximum size in the area and then applies the EWS to remaining areas outside of the chronic hotspots, optimizing over grid sizes and rule thresholds. This submission differs from previous studies, which mostly and primarily advocated for the use of chronic hot spots for crime prevention. But this paper is of the view that a combination of temporary spots, hot spots and chronic hot spots essential recipes for intelligence gathering in the prevention of abduction of school children in Nigeria
A Study of Selected Pre-Colonial Political Entities in the Niger- Benue Confluence Region of Nigeria
Get PDFThe Niger-Benue confluence region is multi-lingual with diverse ethnic groups and political entities. The region is well known for its abundant natural resources such as navigable inland waterways, mountains and fertile soil. During the pre-colonial period, the area witnessed migrations of different groups of people with varying socio-economic and political system into the area which increased the political diversity and activities in the confluence region. The study is aimed at examining some selected political entities in the Niger-Benue confluence area in other to assess their political structures and their impact on the region. The methodology employed in this study is the historical method of analysis which involved the use of both primary and secondary sources of information. The study revealed that there were dynamics in the political system operated in the Niger-Benue confluence region in the pre-colonial era which impacted other ethnic group’s political structures and contributed to the development of the region before British colonial rule. The study concludes that the Niger-Benue confluence area like many regions in Nigeria had diverse political entities that have contributed to its development before, during and after colonial rule. It, however, recommends that political institution in the Niger-Benue confluence area is an integral part of its history which has to be studied in other to understand its metamorphosis, change and growth over time