The Bangladesh modification of microfinance was adopted by the Nigerian government as one of the means of channeling resources to the productive sector of the economy, an important part of which is the category or sector of small and micro enterprises. The female entrepreneurs constitute the bulk of those businesses in this sector. This study eva... Continue Reading
One of the fundamental motivating factor for most public employee that any government must not toy with is the existence of an effective pension system that can adequately reward employees in-service efforts after retirement. Therefore, the Nigerian government in 2004 realised this fact and embarked on a reform of the pension industry to remedy lin... Continue Reading
The study focused on the economic analysis of fish farming and its contribution to household poverty alleviation in Akure South and Owo Local Government Areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select 100 fish farmers for the study during the 2013 production cycle. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive stat... Continue Reading
This study attempts to examine Second National Fadama Project implementation through the Community-Driven Development strategy in Kaduna and Katsina states with the aim of finding out whether the project implementation has achieved its objectives of poverty reduction among the participating communities or not. Three hypotheses were formulated to as... Continue Reading
Oversight is one of the key functions of the National Assembly meant at identifying and avoiding inefficiency and waste, determination of government effectiveness and compliance with legislative intent. It is also a veritable tool for the fight against corruption and a constitutional tool for the realization of accountability of the government to t... Continue Reading
The MDG 2 if achieved in Nigeria is expected to provide an increase in the number of primary school enrolment, completion and literacy rates comparable to other developed societies, yet current report by UNICEF indicated that Nigeria has 10.5 million out of school children – the highest in the world. This considerable gap in primary school e... Continue Reading
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria(SMEDAN) was established to perform certain functions which are taken as the objectives which include promoting and facilitating development programmes, instruments and support services to accelerate the development and moder nization of micro small medium enterprises, linking MSMEs to inter... Continue Reading
The study examines the impact of Fadama II on poverty reduction in three states of Nigeria: Imo, Ogun and Kaduna states. The Fadama project had the primary objective of sustainably increasing the income of its beneficiaries; be it pastoralists, hunters, gatherers, crop farmers and livestock owners. The study examines the extent to which Fadama II p... Continue Reading
This study on local government Inspectorate Division and the problems of accountability in Katsina state local governments examined the relationship between the Inspectorate Division of the Ministry of Local Governments and its oversight role on Local Governments in Katsina State. The study adopted the use of descriptive survey design. Twenty one o... Continue Reading
This is survey study carried out to investigate the SSBs performance and examine the impact of environmental factors on SSBs performance in Kano and Sokoto states. Questionnaire methods were mainly used to collect data from the sampled SSBs. The data was analyzed using multivaried discriminant analysis and multiple regression technique in order to ... Continue Reading
This study seeks to examine how training and development programme have affected workers performance in the Kaduna State Civil Service Commission (KSCSC). Manpower training and development is meant to improve workers performance in an organisation, but despite the efforts put forward by KSCSC to train and develop it staff, their performance is stil... Continue Reading
Evaluation of the Contribution of Community Based Organisation (CBOs) to the Development of Communities in Nigeria (A Study of Offa Local Government Area Kwara State), these CBOs provide socio-economic facilities for the common benefit of the community. This type of organization has been in existence in Offa Local Government Area even before the cr... Continue Reading
Information and communications technology (ICT) has recorded a remarkable development in recent years. This development is affecting educational development across the globe in various ways. It has also made Nigerian government to formulate policies on IT. Accordingly the study was conducted to assess the effects of ICT on educational development w... Continue Reading
This research work was conducted to make an impact assessment of rural development projects in Danja and Bakori Local Government Areas of Katsina State. Various rural development programmes and projects have been designed and implemented by both local and international donor organizations to aid in improving rural life in Danja and Bakori Local Gov... Continue Reading
Every local government in Nigeria desires quality service delivery as it is pertinent to the sustainability of grassroots development. The fundamental factor in achieving quality services, are adequate and reliable of the revenue sources as well as quality human resources that will serve as instrument for formulation and implementation of local gov... Continue Reading