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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Water is a special raw material, essential for both life itself and for water based economic activity, water is also a complex and fragile resource that must be economized, managed, accessed, and protected. The importance of water to human existence is really great. Water of sufficient quality and quantity, delivered at the appropriate time, is vital for maintaining ec...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Water is an essential substance in human life as it is used for various purposes sucg as drunking washing cooking. Human noroviruses cause the most gastrointestinal illness in all regions of the world, with the vast majority thought to be acquired via person to person and then by food (Ahmed et al., 2014) given the predominance of genogroup II s...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The concept of `Self Help Groups` (SHG) has been given various definitions by different authors. Ghadoliya (2008) remarked that SHG is an instrument of economic empowerment. SHG is a small voluntarily association of poor people, preferably from the same socio economic the background that come together for the purpose of solving their common problem...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Introduction Urbanization is the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. In this process the number of people living in cities increases compared with the number of people living in rural areas. Natural increase of urbanization can occur if the natural population growth ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Quality of geography education is of great concern for stakeholders in education including educators, teachers’ parents, students and the Nigerian community at large. The underachievement of students in geography in Numan educational zone over the years has necessitated a series of workshop for geography secondary school teachers organized...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Rural development from a general point of view is the process of improving the quality of life and economic wellbeing of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas (Moseley, 2003) which are also known as rural areas. However, despite strategies put in place in form of projects provided for rural people, many do not benefit...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION. 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY. Waterborne diseases are a major health issue, because of the burden they place on man. Waterborne diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that most commonly are transmitted in contaminated fresh water (Wikipedia, free Online). According to this school of thought, waterborne diseases may result from bathing, washing, drinking, in the p...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study It is pertinent to highlight the relevance of creek road in Apapa. Any traffic hindrance on it will definitely generate a lot of hiccups in the logistics business that is the core activity on this road....Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Travel behavior is the way people move in the public realm by all means of transport and for all purposes. Some of the activities people want to engage in are separated by space, which requires people to travel. The choices they make in order to travel are based on options, constraints, habits, and opportunities. For instance, how people travel ...Continue Reading »
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» Chapter One 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study The in cooperation of Information Communication Technology in the administration of schools has positive effects. These may include improvement of the school standards in terms of academics, financial status and in co curricular activities. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes any communicati...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Historical demography is commonly defined as the application of conventional and non conventional demographic techniques to data sets from the past (Pressat and Wilson 1985; Smith 2003). Its primary aim is to obtain detailed demographic information and measure demographic changes such as changes in population size, age structure, sex ratio, fertilit...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Geography is a branch of environmental sciences. According to Adekanjo, (2002), Geography plays a vital role in providing knowledge of relevant concepts, environmental and natural phenomena, like; why we have day and night, the reason for rainfall, the ozone layers, avoidance of over exploitation of the natural environment and most importantly, prot...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Geography is a branch of environmental sciences. According to Adekanjo, (2002), Geography plays a vital role in providing knowledge of relevant concepts, environmental and natural phenomena, like; why we have day and night, the reason for rainfall, the ozone layers, avoidance of over exploitation of the natural environment and most importantly, prot...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Geographers have over the years noted regional imbalances in warning trends that seemed to render the term “global warning” invalid. While annual temperature averages unquestionably continued to rise through the late 1990s and early 2000s, over heated areas in the Northern Hemisphere often were matched by excessively cool regions in ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYThe media is a vigorous instrument for modification and reconstruction still as the reformation, thus while not info no society will performeffectively. African country as a developing nation desires a well structured and effective media to reshape and reconstruct its ideologies,living patterns, and perception of events around us and act as chec...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study It is widely accepted that education is one of the leading instruments for promoting economic development as it encompasses some processes individuals go through to help them develop and utilize their potentials. Okeke (2007) posit out that, through education, individuals acquire knowledge, skills and attitude that are necessary for effective li...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study No matter how strong the disrupting influence of men may be, it is likely that the bond of home will be last to be broken. As such, home cohesion is bound to present serious influence on educational achievements of students. It is an incontrovertible fact that learners in schools like every mortal come from a home. The home provides what a l...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The rapid increase in all facet of Nigerian economic, social, political and educational system is so alarming. There should also be a corresponding increase in the turn out of manpower. The Nigerian educational system should be alert in the training of qualified manpower to meet with the increase. The setback in our educational system has an adverse...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study With the introduction of free and compulsory Education in the state, there is a tremendous increase in school enrollment. This has a consequential impact on class size with many children vying for the few places available in our educational institutions. This situation led to over sized schools with over sized classes. This is with the attendant...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Knowledge, skills and values which is seen by the society as a necessary instrument for nation building is impacted upon the pupils by the teachers in the process of education. In educational community, there are a lot of factors that make the environment fit for effective teaching learning activities in other to achieved the expected goals. Thi...Continue Reading »
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