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Servicom And Students Right In Nigerian Universities
Get PDFSERVICOM means “Service compact with all Nigerians”. It is a dispensation meant to improve service delivery throughout the country. It is about service and service delivery identifying where service fails or is failing with a view to improving service for better development and quality of service.
Nigerians expected better services from all service providers
Pacesetter: Journal of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Vol. 21, No. 1
Get PDFThe paper examined the challenges of public secondary school administration in Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State. The design for this study was descriptive survey research. The population of the study consisted of all teachers in public secondary schools in Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State. Fifteen (15) teachers were sampled from ten (10) public secondary schools in the study area. A total of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents were used for the study. A self designed instrument tagged “Public Secondary Education Questionnaire” (PSEQ) was used to collect data. Test-retest method was adopted and coefficient of reliability of 0.74 was obtained
Pacesetter: Journal of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Vol. 21, No. 2
Get PDFThe study investigated social media as an emerging discourse in Biology education among senior secondary school students in Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State. Using descriptive survey research design, two hundred respondents were randomly selected among Biology students from the Local Government Area. A validated twenty item four point Likert-type questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Five null hypotheses were raised and tested using chi-square statistical analysis at alpha level. Findings revealed that students' exposure to social media had negative influence on their academic performance; student's addictiveness to social media resulted in low Grade Point Average (GPA), and that male student were more addicted to social media than their female counterparts.Introduction; Statement of problem; Purpose of the study; Hypotheses; Methodology; Research design; Population of the study; Sample and sampling techniques; Research instrument; Validation of instrument; Method of data collection; Method of data analysis; Results; Discussion of findings; Conclusion; Recommendations; References
NDIC Quarterly vol. 32 no. 34 2017
Get PDFThe use of mobile payment technology is becoming increasingly significant in the modern world. Mobile money, as it is often referred to globally, is simply a regulated payment service that can be performed via any mobile device such that, even without a bank account, users can have access to their money anywhere and at any time. The advent of mobile money has been applauded to have brought with it a lot of benefits in terms of facilitating transactions and motivating financial inclusion.Introduction; Trends and Regulations of Mobile Money in Nigeria; Literature Review; Methodology; Data Sources and Description; Empirical Results; Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation; Reference
Pacesetter: Journal of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Vol. 21, No. 1
Get PDFEnvironmental education and protection have become inevitable in Nigeria considering the numerous environmental problems such as soil erosion, desert encroachment, oil spillage, flooding, among others occurring in many places within the country. This paper reviews the concept of education, environment, environmental education, sustainable development and challenges to environmental education, method to be employed in environmental education. This underscores why the objectives of the paper includes to identifying some of the environmental problems confronting Nigeria, challenges of environmental education; and to proffer solutions to the persistent environmental problems. It is concluded that the Nigerian environment suffers great abuse by its citizens and is being beset with enormous problems. Therefore, it is recommended among others that the Federal Government should enforce laws that would control the use of natural environmentIntroduction; Objectives of the study; Concept of environment; Concept of education; Concept of environmental education in Nigeria; Challenges of the environment in Nigeria; The need for sustainable development; Conclusion; Recommendations; References
An Assessment of the fiscal sustainability of states
Get PDFAn assessment of the fiscal sustainability of statesThe Fiscal Sustainability Plan.
Transparency and accountability.
General findings from desk review.
Publication of state budgets, audited financial statements and and budget performance reports.
Introduction and compliance with the International Public Sector.
Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
Main findings from States' Self-Assessment.
Public revenue.
Setting realistic targets for IGR.
Setting realistic targets for capital and recurrent expenditure.
Implementing a Treasury Single Account.
Quarterly financial reconciliation meetings between federal and state governments to cover VAT, PAYE remittances, refunds on government projects, Paris club and other accounts. Sharing the database of companies within each state with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Introducing a system to allow for the immediate issuance of VAT/WHT certificates on payment of invoices Review all revenue-related laws and update of obsolete rates/tariffs. Public expenditure. Setting limits on personnel expenditure as a share of total budgeted expenditure. Biometric capture of all States' civil servants to eliminate payroll fraud. Establishment of efficiency unit. Federal Government online price guide to be made available for use by states. Introducing a system of continuous audit (internal audit) Public financial management. Creating a fixed asset register. Privatization or concession of suitable State-owned enterprises to improve efficiency and management. Establishing a Capital Development Fund (CDF) to ring-fence capital receipts and adopt accounting policies to ensure that capital receipts are strictly applied to capital projects. Domesticating the Public Procurement Act (PPA). Domesticating the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA). Sustainable debt management. Attainment and maintenance of a credit rating by each state. Accessing funds from the capital market. Publishing a benchmark rate for municipal loans. Maintaining total liabilities and debt service thresholds. Establishing a sinking fund and a consolidated debt service account. Debt sustainability analysis. Solvency ratio of states. Liquidity ratio of states
Medicine use among HIV/AIDS patients in public hospitals, Kwara state
Get PDFThe prognosis of HIV/AIDS and HIV-related comorbidities has been revolutionized by the use of medicines. However, the World Health Organization reported that 50% of patients do not use their medicines as prescribed.Introduction; Methods; Study design; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Reference
Pacesetter: Journal of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Vol. 20, No. 2
Get PDFThis paper focuses on the trends in the usage of digital library in tertiary institution in Nigeria. It examines the concept of digital library and its characteristics. The trends in the use of digital library/resources were discussed under library automated catalogue, Database and Computer Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) E-books and e-journals and Networking or Resource Sharing. Some of the challenges in using digital library were discussed like building digital collection, copyright, maintenance and preservation, large mass irrelevant information, inadequate search skills and high cost of access.Introduction; Concept of digital library; Features of digital libraries; Trends in the usage of digital resources; Networking/resource sharing/consortium building; Trends in usage of electronics resource; Challenges confronting usage of library resources; Conclusion; Recommendations; References
Pacesetter: Journal of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Vol. 21, No. 1
Get PDFDay-to-day humanactivities in immediate environment have contributed to an increased average global temperature, arising from the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Thus, there is the need for the control of global warming to reduce future risks.This paper identifiesthe causes, effects and probablecontrol of global warming as a requisite for sustainable development in Nigeria.Introduction; Conceptualizing sustainable development; Sustainable development efforts in Nigeria; Causes of global warming in Nigeria; Effects of global warming in Nigeria; Conclusion; Recommendations; References
NDIC Quarterly
Get PDFThis is a brief description of The NDIC Quarterly Publication of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation about the banking sector which recorded a number of developments during the period under review. Some of these developments were fall-out of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee meetings, while others were as a result of local and international economic developments that had directly or indirectly impacted on the economy and the banking sector.Review of Developments in Banking and Finance for Q1 and Q2 2017; Financial Condition and Performance of Insured Banks for Q1 and Q2 2017 by Research, Policy & International Relations and Insurance & Surveillance Departments; Equity Market Hedge Potentials: Evidence from Nigeria and Malaysia by Suleiman Tahir; Determinants of Bank Failure in Nigeria: An empirical Investigation by Prof. Haruna Mohammed Aliero and Paul Ach