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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since Nigeria has returned to civil rule on May 29, 1999, the government has taken a number of measures to address the problems of corruption, insecurity and bad governance in the country. These measures include public service reform (monetization to reduce waste and reduction of over bloated personnel, reform of public procurement); establishme...Continue Reading »
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» 1.1 Background to the Study Nigeria has witnessed nervous violent communal conflicts since the mid 1960s. These violent ethnic conflicts were first witnessed in Western Nigeria when former party chieftains notably Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola, parted ways. This led to a series of crises and clashes, until a state of emergency was declared in the Western region. The Northern Region with Kadu...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In the 21st century Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) in Nigeria has embarked on the use of Computerized Accounting System (CAS) such as Treasury Single Account (TSA), this has pose serious problem on high profile organizations and institutions. Ama (2004), defined CAS as an Electronic Data Processing (EDP) machine that uses ca...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background To The Study According to the Encyclopedia Britannica on the subject of housing, ‘‘few social problems have increased so suddenly or been dramatized so effectively as the plight of the homeless in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The United Nations Statistical Division sets homeless persons into two broad categories: Primary homelessness (persons witho...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background To The Study Public Officers Protection Act/Laws The Public Officer Protection Act “provide for the protection against actions of persons acting in the execution of public duties”, and commenced as a colonial Ordinance on 21st September 1916. The English Public Authorities Protection Act of 1893 was the source of the public officers protection Act which was a...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The first duty of a government to its citizens is security; security of lives and property. But in the event of war and dire civil unrest as in the case of insurgency, government is often not able to assure the safety of its people and the safety of their properties. However what can be done, during or after such incidents, is the attempt to mit...Continue Reading »
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» Background To The Study Ethics is defined as the basic principles of rules of conduct and right action (Chapman, 1993). It is moral characteristics that are either present or absent. The concept of ethics in the public service has become a significant issue in modern times. This is because the image and success of a government depend upon the conduct of its public officers and the perception of th...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER 1 1.1 Background To The Study According to Ivy Lee,(1900 ) public relations is a management function, which assesses public attitudes, and defines the policies, procedures and interests of an institution towards executing a program of action to earn public image of appreciation and acceptance. The significance of PR is to build good image and relationship with the institutions various publ...Continue Reading »
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» 1.1 Background to the study Nigeria is not only the most populous country in Africa, but the major producer of oil in the continent. The political economy of Nigeria is based on the extractive industry (Orogun, 2010). Major mineral resources found in Nigeria include petroleum, natural gas and solid minerals. Oil from Nigeria accounts for 2.6 per cent of global production (BP, 2010:8), and the coun...Continue Reading »
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» 1.1 Background to the Study Religion for Nigerian people is a set of beliefs and practices based on faith, which are sacred and defy rational scrutiny. Therefore, it can quite easily trigger off emotional reactions. Religion also makes the world more predictable, the vicissitudes of life more tolerable and its complexities more understandable. It provides psychological relief and inspiration for t...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY This chapter is looking at challenges and prospects of oil theft and Bunkering in Nigeria from the socio political context focusing on corruption in the oil industry as the crime encouraging factor which is a major threat to national development. It is no longer news that corruption has been existing in Nigeria since the country got her politica...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION The evolution of the whistle blowing policy of the federal government came as a result of the deepening financial crises confronting the nation which is the effect of the high level of corruption reflected in in the theft and diversion of public funds for personal enrichment at the detriment of the poor and vunerable and the economic state of the nation. A definition offered by the Wo...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Contemporary organizations are constantly undergoing the pressure to improve their service delivery and productivity. The precariousness of the external environment and the rapid rate of technological advancement increasingly requires innovative means of improving business performance in totality and as well as having a competitive advantage ove...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER 1 1.1Background to The Study The local government is viewed as a semi autonomous area which is formed under the constitution or general laws of a state to carry out functions within specified geographical area. Agbakoba (2004), stated that the local government is an administrative and political unit that is vested with the powers under law to govern a specified locality. Its philosophy is ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Introduction Historical records has it that a number of neighboring towns of Ogwashi Uku such as Ibuzo, Ubulu uku, Agbor e.t.c were founded in the sixteenth century and early seventeenth Century. On the other hand, traditional sources ascribe the funding of Ogwashi Uku Kingdom to the people of Ikelike. There was the emergence of the Ikelile people in the kingdom followed by the state o...Continue Reading »
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» 1.1 Background to the Study It is important to concede that the area of the study has attracted the minds of various scholars and researchers. Yet it is the concern of this study to examine and relate such research endeavors on traditional authority to the contemporary security challenges in Nigeria. The exact nature and patterns of governance cum, socio economic inter relationship between the tra...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of the study Health care activities can generate different kinds of hazardous wastes. Mismanagement of these wastes can result in environmental and occupational health risks. Developing countries are resource constrained when it comes to safe management of hospital wastes. This study summarizes the main issues faced in hospital waste management in developing countries. A...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study It is the function of the judicial arm of government to interpret law and maintain law and order. However, it has taken another turn in Nigeria. Those that are supposed to fight against corruption are the ones that are involved in corruption cases here and there. It is no longer a surprise; it is part and parcel of our existence in the judicial ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria as a country is blessed with abundance of mineral resources but the issue of insecurity is growing deep into the Nigerian economy. Before the production of oil commercially in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria; that was in 1958 or there about; this region of the country has been of immense benefit in sustaining a large number of the Nig...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Election is an integral part of a democratic process that enables the citizenry determine fairly and freely who should lead them at every level of government periodically and take decisions that shape their socio economic and political destiny; and in case they falter, still possess the power to recall them or vote them out in the next election....Continue Reading »
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