1. A STATISTICAL SURVEY OF AGRICULTURAL LOAN AND ITS EFFECTS ON FARMING ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Since the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria, farming has been plagued by discrepancies and relegation. Agriculture is a vital part of the Nigerian economy. Its importance in economic progress cannot be overstated. According to Umar (2004), agricu...
2. AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Accounting is critical to the success or failure of modern commercial organizations. (Amidu, John, & Joshua. 2011). Systems are responsible for recording, analyzing, monitoring, and assessing the financial health of corporate...
3. AN EVALUATION OF ACCOUNTING AND ITS PROBLEMS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The interdependence of businesses is a core element of modern economic life. No contemporary firm is self-contained. There is no question that small and medium-sized businesses are the true foundation of a country's economy....
4. DIFFICULTIES AND SURVIVING MECHANISMS OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES AFTER THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN PERIOD IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Because SSIs come in a variety of forms and have made significant contributions to nation building, the promotion of small scale industries has been a priority for governments all over the world (Aderemi et al. 2019; Tehseen &...
5. NIGERIA’S IMAGE AND THE PLACE OF THE PUBLIC RELATION IN ITS RECONSTRUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Nigeria is one of the famous and great countries that is surrounded with an extremely large number of problem
This ugly situation had created a bridge in their relationship with other countries. In addition to over the prob...
6. RESOURCES GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE MINISTRY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CHIEFTAINCY AFFAIRS, KOGI STATE
Background of the Study
The local government system is a system of government established as a third tier of government after&nb...
7. IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Background of the study
Since time immemorial, local government autonomy has been a discussing issue among academic scholars cum researchers. Local government in Nigeria is a product of decentralization and is established by law. As a federal state, Nigeria has th...
8. THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS
INTRODUCTION
Over the years, successive Non-Governmental Organization Agencies in Nigeria have demonstrated appreciable interest towards the provision of amenities to both the rural and urban population of the country (Man, 2017). The interest shown by this non-gov...
9. IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT:- This work titled, “Implication of Local Government Autonomy on Rural Development in Ebonyi State” A study of Ebonyi Local Government Area” was aimed at ascertaining the extent to which state interference in the management of local government...
10. THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Introduction
Co-operative Economics and Management in tertiary institutions help to improve the co-operative growth and development, quality manpower in co-operative. The importance of studying co-operative in schools and tertiary institutions coul...
11. A STATISTICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LOANS ON FARMING ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
Since the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria, farming activities has had its fare share of inconsistencies and relegation. Agriculture is a very important sector of Nigeria’s economy. Its role in economic development cannot be overemphasized; umar...
12. APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RURAL BANKING PROGRAMME
Background of the study
Globally, majority of nations populace reside in rural locale. As stated in United Nations (2022) report, the world population is currently estimated to be over 7.3 billion of which about 56 percent resides in rura...
13. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The term conflict specifically means breakdown of relationship between parties and this was corroborated by oxford English dictionary definition in which conflict was defined as a serious disagreement, on argument, a struggle, a...
14. IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Background of the study
One of the important objectives of macroeconomic policy in has been the rapid economic growth of an economy. Economic growth is defined as “the process whereby the real per capita income of a country over a long period of time.” Econo...
15. SMALL SCALE BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
Background of the study
The majority of the most successful businesses and organizations in the world had their start as modest enterprises. Through the application of their talents and hard work, these businesses eventually expanded into conglomerates and global...
16. ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS A KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY FOR SUSTANABLE DEVELOPMENT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Economic history provides strong evidence that an agricultural revolution is a necessary precondition for economic progress. Ayoola (2015) opined that the agriculture sector has the ability to serve as an industrial and economic springboard...
17. ASSESSMENT ON THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT USING JOS AS CASE STUDY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The desire of the rural population to participate directly in the affairs of their communities is driving the rising demand for local government in every corner of the world. Local government is, in reality, as ancient as mankind, as it is...
18. EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Background to the study
Land is a natural gift to humanity that serves as a basic resource for economic production and human existence. Land usage by people and governments for diverse economic and social objectives is critical to societal progress. Land is an im...
19. EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF NIGERIA AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK ON NIGERIA ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Banking in Nigeria has seen remarkable changes in the last decade, and the business has developed much above hopeful forecasts. Over time, the number of banks rose, as did the diversity of banks. According to Ironsi (2018), banki...
20. AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: STRATEGIES FOR INVOLVING RURAL FARMERS IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
One area of the environment that has lately attracted global attention is biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity is defined as the variety and variability of living species and the ecological complexity in which they live as observed by Altier...
21. GENDER ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN
Background of the Study
The first and most important component of food security is the practice of environmentally sustainable food production. 68% of working women in the United States are farmers, agricultural laborers, or natural resource managers (Onyemobi 2000). By...
22. ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ATAKUNMOSA WEST LGA OF OSUN STATE
Background of the study
Since the implementation of the 1976 local government reform, the concept of local government administration in Nigeria has gained considerable interest both domestically and globally. The local government level, according...
23. INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AS A CATALYST TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on examine the investment in agricultural property as a catalyst to rural development using Ibadan North Agodi Gate Local Government Area of Oyo state as case study. To carry out the study, 2 research hypothesis were posed....
24. THE EFFECT OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study is a critical examination of the effect of traditional media and communication on rural development in Nigeria. Notwithstanding the various modern means of communication such as radio, internet, television, magazines etc. The rural means of...
25. LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN ITS AREA OF JURISDICTION
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine local government efforts towards the development of rural communities within its area of jurisdiction using Owerri municipal local government. Specifically, the study examine the essence of local gover...
26. MANAGING A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY AS SMALL BUSINESS VENTURE
ABSTRACT
Co-operative society was introduced into Nigeria in 1935.The objective include the pooling of sources together to achieve common goal and the substances of rural economy through marking fund available to the enterprising rural populace. However...
27. MASS COMMUNICATION AS A CATALYST TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF ORUMBA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE)
Abstract
In this study titled mass communication as a catalyst to rural development the effort is geared towards examining the effect of mass communication on rural dwellers.
This study was motioned by the felt needs and find...
28. MASS MEDIA AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research is all about Mass Media and Rural development in Nigerian. And the purpose of writing this topic is to narrates the power of the mass media towards the rural dwellers in terms of development. Mass media is very importance because...
29. MICROFINANCE BANK AS A CATALYST FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study explores the immense role of the microfinance banks in the rural development in Nigeria. The researcher revealed that the rate at which rural dwellers deposit their money in their...
30. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY SELF-HELP ORGANIZATION IN AWGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)
This research work is designed primarily to examine and assess the contribution being played by non-governmental organizations in the development of rural development. the work is also designed to identify the causes of the low rate of involvement of the non-governmental organization in the...
31. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF NPOWER AND SURE-P
Abstract
The study is a comparative analysis of the impact of NPOWER and SURE-P in Nigeria: A study of Rivers State. Survey design was used in this study to generate data. A sample of 400 respondent youths was studied. After going through them 381 copies (i.e. 95.25% re...
32. THE NIGERIAN PROPERTY RATING SYSTEM: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The local government reform law gave the function of rate collection to the local authorities. The valuation unit in the old Anambra State was staffed by civil servants. The unit organized tenement rating and prepared valuation list which were a...
33. PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY-MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION
ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at identifying the problems of development-policy making in Obudu local government area of Cross River state. The theoretical framework adopted in this study is the planning theory propounded by Fainstein (2000). This research adopted the su...
34. THE IMPACT OF THE MASS MEDIA ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
The broad objective of this study is to examine the impact of the mass media on rural development in Anambra East local government. Survey research design was employed for the study and with the convenience sampling the method, 80 parti...
35. THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
The study is a critical examination of the impact of industrialization on rural development. The researcher identified a manufacturing company “UNICEM” in Akamkpa LGA of cross river state and evaluate efforts made towards managing...
36. CHALLENGES OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Abstract
The rural poor are really non-beneficiaries of the enormous development efforts of the past three decades. This study is aimed at assessing community participation in rural development projects in Sapele LGA, Delta state. Data were generated from both primary...
37. COMMUNITY JOURNALISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF RURAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Rural communities in Nigeria have largely been relegated to the periphery of the regular mainstream socio-economic and political development conversations. Their voices remain muted and their core political and socio-economic concerns largely excluded from the...
38. COMMUNITY SELF-HELP PROJECTS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relevance of self-help projects in rural development in Nigeria, with a focus on some communities in the Ado-odo/Ota LGA. It has been observed that successive governments in Nigeria have neglected rural communities...
39. CRITICAL EVALUATION OF WOMEN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study examines the “critical evaluation of women and rural development”, a case study of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state. Rural development can be viewed generally as a process by which the efforts of the people concerned are un...
40. IMPROVING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INLAND AQUACULTURE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on improving technologies for inland aquaculture in Nigeria. To achieve this, three significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were em...
41. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE AND CHALLENGES OF NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Rural development is a comprehensive concept which addresses the general problems that militate against rural dwellers and affect the quality of rural life. It is concerned with measures which mobilize domestic resources including human resource...
42. GENDER ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE 2006-2011
ABSTRACT
This study investigated Gender Issues and the Challenges of Rural Development in Nigeria, a case study of Ikwo local government Area of Ebonyi State (2006-2011). The major problem of this research is women’s gender discri...
43. AN APPRAISAL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA 1999-2009: AKWA IBOM STATE EXPERIENCE
ABSTRACT
Generally, development has always being to the favour of the urban Areas, thus creating disparities between the Urban and Rural Area, which is consequentially affected in all Ramifications. The resultant effect of the gap between the development in urban areas...
44. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Local government in modern day life is responsible for delivering basic goods and services to its local communities in faster, easier and more efficient manner. Local government is the level of government in Nigeria at which the momentum to sustain national development is creat...
45. MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS. A CONTENT ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE GUARDIAN, DAILY CHAMPION, PUNCH AND DAILY STAR NEWSPAPERS
ABSTRACT
Suffice it to say that a lot of research has been made in the area of the role of mass media in national development as well as rural development.
The incontrovertible point has been that there can be no meaningful national development without rural d...
46. MOBILIZING THE YOUTH FOR SELF-HELP: AN ASSESSMENT OF SELF-HELP INITIATIVE
ABSTRACT
This research was carried out to study the relevance of community self-help initiatives to rural development in Nigeria with special focus on selected organizations in Suru LGA. It has been observed that successive governments in Nigeria for too long have neglected the rural or...
47. THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of GDP in the West African sub-region (World Bank, 2005); two thirds of the people derive livelihoods and 40 per cent of exports commodities come from this sector (World Bank,...
48. ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES
Abstract
The poor state of some rural community is becoming an unpleasant sight in this present age where development has suddenly become the order of the day even in the government of the nation. Several scholars therefore have ascribed this unpleasant...
49. ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study critically looked at the Role of Local Government in Rural Development in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. This research work fundamentally analyzed Local Government as a veritable tool for grass root democr...
50. SOCIO ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
Over the years, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state has been experiencing a slow rate of development in the area. Based on this therefore, this work was designed to investigate the socio-economic and cultural factors militating against rural develo...
