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Resilience and Locus of Control as Predictors of Psychological Wellbeing among Police Officers
Get PDFThis study investigated resilience and locus of control as predictors of psychological wellbeing among police officers. A total number of 130 participants comprises of 82 males and 48 females between the ages of 23-59 years with mean age of 40.5 and standard deviation of 13.6 were selected for the study. They were drawn from police head quarters Awkunanaw and central police station, Onitsha Ado using convenient sampling techniques.18 items likert-type questionnaire developed by Ryff, (1995) measuring psychological wellbeing, 6 items likert –type questionnaire developed by Smith et al,(2008) measuring resilience and 29 items likert- type questionnaire developed by Rotter, (1996) measuring locus of control was administered. Cross sectional research design was adopted. Multiple regressions was applied to analyze the generated data. From the result, Locus of control and resilience play a significant role on psychological wellbeing at F (3,126) =37.56.P<001. Findings were discussed in relation to available literature and recommendations were made
Flooding and Food Security in Anambra State Nigeria: A Study of the 2022 Cases of Ogbaru Local Government Area
Get PDFFood is connected to sustainable development goals in numerous ways, as food security is key to achieving sustainable development. The world is currently not on track to achieve the set sustainable development goals (SDGs). In Nigeria, flooding is a recurrent disaster and constitutes a setback to success with the SDGs and sustainable development. Flooding disasters are a threat to food security due to their impact on the food system. The contemporary food security concept has been broadened to encompass issues such as natural disasters that include floods, drought and diseases because of their impact on human survival in comparison to effects of war, genocide, and terrorism. The topic flooding and food security in Anambra state Nigeria: A study the 2022 cases of Akili Ogidi and Akili Ozizo in Ogbaru Local Government. The research is quantitative in nature and the survey research design was adopted, primary source of data collection was used through the instrument of questionnaires. While Eco-violence theory was utilized as analytic framework. The study found that there is a significant effect of flood on the lives and properties of the populace of Ogbaru Local Government Area and that there is a significant effect of climate change on food production which in turn has a devastating impact on the security of the area understudy. The study recommends a need for repair and construction of new drainages and construction of flood diversion channel, building of dams to harvest the rain water, relocation to higher ground as a necessary condition
The Humanist Rationality: A Possible Alternative for Curbing Conflicts and Violence in Contemporary Society
Get PDFHumanism is a philosophy or a system of thought that had come under heavy attacks and rejections from several quarters particularly because of its anti-theistic tendencies as well as its undue generalizations about human nature. For this reason, humanism has come to be seen as an impossible dream. But then, the goals of humanism are still as relevant today as they were in the 1940s and 1950s, as it continued to empower individuals, enhance well-being, improve community and interpersonal relationships all over the world, as well as lead people towards fulfilling their potentials in life. This paper is therefore an attempt to examine the humanist rationality with a view to harnessing its potentials for a better human living in the modern world. Using the historical and critical methods of analysis, the paper discovered and at the same time argues that when certain beliefs are bracketed off, the humanist rationality could indeed be a possible alternative for curbing conflicts and violence in our contemporary society
Effect of International Donor intervention on Education and Literacy Level: The South East Nigeria- Community and Social Development Project Experience
Get PDFThe study investigated the impact of foreign aid on the Community and Social Development Education Projects in some selected communities of the South East States of Nigeria. Empowerment theory of development provided the theoretical framework for the research. Survey and content Analytical Approach were adopted to elicit data for the study. Multi- stage sampling technique was used to select respondents. The primary data were analyzed using Z-test parametric statistics. The findings revealed that the beneficiaries of CSDP educational infrastructure could read, write and do numerical calculations to some appreciable extent at the time of their completion of the programme and this helps them in their business activities. Consequently, the paper recommends amongst others that school administrators in Nigeria should adhere to the basic principles of quality control, government and policy makers should make more concerted and sincere efforts in building and sustaining the development of human capacity through adequate educational funding across all level.
 
The Effects Of Bureaucratic Corruption In Government Regulatory Agencies On Socio-Economic Development In Nigeria
Get PDFThe study examined the effects of bureaucratic corruption in government regulatory agencies on socio-economic development in Nigeria: study of selected government regulatory agencies – EFCC, ICPC and Ministry of Labour and Productivity in Enugu state. The mandate of the regulatory agencies and some government ministry are to fight corruption and ensure that this hideous phenomenon is removed or at least brought to the barest minimum in the public sector. The objectives of the study is to find out if professional skills/ethics of officers in government regulatory agencies have effect on the level of their productivity, to know if recruitment outside the merit based system in government regulatory agencies have effect on the Gross Domestic product (GDP), to examine if poor salaries and fringe benefit system in government regulatory agencies have effect on national income and lastly to assess the extent Regulatory Agencies have tackled Bureaucratic Corruption in Nigeria. The research design was a survey design and the total population of the study area was 91, all samples were utilized by the use of structured questionnaire, stratified random sampling technique was adopted. Reliability was tested using test, retest method. Data collected were analyzed using the chi-square statistical tool through percentage frequency responses tables. The findings show that; lack of adequate professional skills/ethics by officers in government regulatory agencies have a negative effect on their level of productivity; that bureaucratic corruption have effect on national income, Gross Domestic Products (GDP), and that corrupt practices offender are not properly tackled by the regulatory agencies. In view of the above the researcher proffered recommendations that; regulatory agency officers should be trained and retrained and motivated by giving them enough salary and funds to reduce their corrupt practices thereby enhancing National Income, per capital income, gross domestic product for better socio-economic development. The government stakeholders and politicians should desist from interfering in the activities of regulatory agencies in Nigeria to encourage effective and better performance of the agencies
Effect Of Budget As An Instrument Of Financial Control On The Public Sector Performance (a Study Of Ministry Of Finance, Enugu State)
Get PDFThis research work examined the Effect of Budget as an Instrument of Financial Control in the Public Sector: A Study of Ministry of Finance, Enugu State. Budget is an instrument used for financial control in the public sector financial management. It is a means of creating a plan for the expenditures and income of a government for a fiscal year. Budget is futuristic in nature and an authority to spend money in the Public Sector Ministries. Therefore, in this study the objective of the study were to ascertain if budget documents are consulted before funds are released in the public sector; to find out if budgets are used to check misappropriation of public funds and to examine the extent to which Virement documents are used to control revenue and expenditure of funds in the Ministry of finance Enugu State. The study applied a descriptive survey research design that used structured questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection. The population of the study is 152 staff of the Ministry of Finance Enugu State. The sample size was 110, obtained through the use of Taro Yamani formula. The data collected with the aid of questionnaire were analyzed using percentage frequency tables, while the hypotheses were tested using the chi-square statistical tool. The findings of the study revealed that budget documents in the Ministry are consulted before funds are released with a result of P. value = .025, budgets are used to check misappropriation of funds with a P. value =.000 and that Virements books are also used as documents to control revenue and expenditures of fund in the Public Sector Ministry, statistically resulting to P. value = .000. Based on the above findings, the researcher recommended that: the government should ensure overall fiscal discipline in the allocation of the country’s resources to priority needs of the people before funds are released; effective monitoring and evaluation approach should be adopted; that financial officer should avoid misappropriation of fund from one sub-head to the other and Virement books should be used regularly as a tool to control income and expenditures in the ministries
United Nations Universal Declarationof Human Right And Protection Of Human Right In Africa: The Nigeria Experience, 2015 – 2021
Get PDFThe study examined the United Nations universal declaration of Human Rights and protection of Human Right in Africa the Nigeria experience from 2015 to 2021. The objectives set for the study are: find out if the institutional efforts for the protection of human rights in Nigeria have realized the global effort of promoting human rights, to ascertain if the global road-map for institutions and bodies which are concerned with human rights has promoted human rights in Nigeria. The researcher made use of documentary method of data collection as the method of data analysis was based on content analysis. The study was anchored on Social Contract theory by John Locke. Amongst others, the findings revealed that the institutional efforts aimed at the protection of human rights in Nigeria such as the establishment of National Human Rights Commission, the Public Complaints Commission, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission have not realized the global effort of promoting human rights in Nigeria. This is because they are to weak and often relies on the whims and caprices of the executive to perform. It further revealed that the road-map for institutions and bodies which are concerned with human rights have enhanced the promotion of human rights in Nigeria.
 
Effect Of Business Process Re-Engineering On Organizational Objectives, a Study Of Union Bank Plc, Okpara Avenue, Enugu
Get PDFThis study aimed to examine the effect of business process re-engineering on organizational objectives with respect to union bank plc, Garden Avenue Enugu.The population of the study is fifty-eight staff.The researchers adopted the survey design. The study revealed that there is a significant effect of business process re-engineering on employee performance. The study recommended among others that management should re-engineer all the departments and the units for better performance
Self Esteem And Level Of Education As Factors In Religious Conformity
Get PDFThe study investigated self esteem and level of education as factors in religious conformity. A total of 100 participants comprising of 57 junior students and 43 senior students, out of which 51 are females and 49 are males drawn from the population of Day Secondary School Independence Layout Enugu. Two sets of questionnaire were used in this investigation: (i) 25-item Index of self esteem (ISE) and (ii) 17-item religious conformity scale (RCS) was administered on the participants based on cross sectional design. A 2×2 Analysis of variance F-test statistic using the method of unweighted means for unequal cell frequency based on two levels of self esteem (low/high), level of education (JSS/SSS) and religious conformity as a dependent variable. The findings revealed no significant outcome on self esteem F(1,96) = 1.26 at P>.05; a significant outcome on level of education F(1,96) = 4.58 at P <.05; and no interaction between self esteem and level of education F(1,96) = 0.08 at P>.05 on religious conformity among adolescents. The findings were discussed in relation to literatures reviewed and suggestions made
Local Government System Failure in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: An Exploration of Key Constitutional Challenges and the Exigency of a Paradigm Shift
Get PDFNigeria has a complex subnational governance system that has outsized impacts on its trajectory. The state is covered with a vibrant but frayed political quilt, consisting of three layers: the federal government in Abuja, thirty-six state governments, and 774 local government areas. Often overlooked, Nigeria’s local governments are disproportionately important; if they functioned well, they would be best positioned to meet people’s basic needs and to build their resilience to cope with everyday challenges. In reality, however, the local government system in Nigeria does not serve the interest of the people. Instead, it can be said that every household is its own local government; sourcing its basic needs: water, electricity, education, and healthcare however it can. Exhausted by local government system failure in which those who govern steal from the governed, the imperative of a paradigm shift becomes exigent. While local government system failure may be a global issue not unique to Nigeria, it is nevertheless crucial to be addressed as it stifles popular participation and fuels democratic backwardness, perpetuates rural development deficits, and engenders grassroots poverty. By hurting governance outcomes at the subnational level, local government system failure breeds and entrenches corruption, which is quietly and chronically suffocating the fourth republic Nigeria democratic experiment. This study is a humble but an academically expedient contribution towards evolving a viable local government system capable of serving its mandate seamlessly