ABSTRACT: Federal Ministry of Finance has always monitoring how economic growth is moving in this Nation.  After the granting of internal autonomy to regions in 1946, there have been subsequent fiscal commission, military decrees Acts of Parliaments that reviewed both d...

Background of the study: The structure of the Nigerian economy is typical of an underdeveloped country. Over half of the gross domestic product (GDP) is accounted for by the primary sector with agriculture continuing to play an important role. The oil and gas sector, in particula...

​​​​​​Background of the study: Agriculture is the most basic form of human activities in the whole world. It includes the cultivation of crops as well as rearing of animals for human uses. Today in Nigeria, about 70% of its population is engaged in this activity. Despite the larg...

Abstract: The soap that is used for the analysis is Lux.  The analytical tests carried out on the soap are moisture content and free caustic alkali.  For the determination of the moisture content, the materials and reagent that was used are: The Porcelain dish, Glass rod and Hot ai...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: A historical examination of the Nigerian economy and its expansion reveals farming as the primary economic sector and the source of foreign exchange. Agriculture accounted for more than 80% of export profits and salaries in the 1960s, but...

ABSTRACT: The main focus  of this study is to examine the likely causes of fraud and ways of preventing it in Nigeria’s public sectors with special reference to Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC). The study adopted a survey research de...

ABSTRACT: The real estate market is a crucial component of the overall business economy. The business economy and the real property market are closely intertwined, such that changes in one sector can influence or be influenced by trends in the other. This st...

Background of the study: Nigeria has a vast amount of surface and subterranean water resources, which necessitates a well-defined administrative system capable of properly managing the resources. Nigeria's current water supply situation is woefully insufficie...

INTRODUCTION: The subject of taxation has received considerable intellectual and theoretical attention in the literature. Taxation is one of the most volatile subjects in governance both in the developing and developed nations. Tax refers to a “compulsory l...

Background of the Study: Warri is a well-known oil producing city located in Delta State, Nigeria. It was named after the Warri River. One of the most important settlements in the Niger Delta, Warri is blessed with an abundance of valuable natural resources. In the Niger Delta ar...

 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nigeria, which can be found in West Africa, spans a total of 983,213 square kilometers throughout its landmass. According to estimates provided by the World Bank, the country now has an estimated population of more than 150 million...

Background to the study: Taxes are the major contributor to government’s revenue and become an important issue in every country; therefore taxes are a crucial element in a firm. In maximizing shareholders’ wealth, company tries to minimize its tax burden. Shareholders...

Background to the Study: Production is not complete until the goods get to consumers for whom they are meant. A typical firm will discover that the consumers of its product are scattered abroad. The firms decisions to distribute its products directly through own sales outlets or...

BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The impact of oil companies towards improved welfare (social responsibility) for Nigerians as a whole and Niger Delta in particular goes to the very beginning. In 1962, most of the oil companies began oil exploration activities in the country. They prese...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: New product development process allows firms to deal with progressively intensive competition when facing challenges from rapidly changing market condition. Companies try to gain sustainable competitive advantages with continues innovation. These effort a...

BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Almost all sectors of the economy depend on oil. Any contemplation therefore of a possible scarcity or unavailability of the product will in no doubt stipulate unnecessary price hike of petroleum in the country (Sikkam, 2009). Arinze (20...

INTRODUCTION: Candles are derived from the Latin word "candera," which roughly translates to "to shine." Candles were the only source of artificial light prior to the development of electricity. The original candles were made of tallow, f...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: A very striking feature of every federal state is the existence of diversities. Whether federations are formed by integration of previously independent entities or through differentiation of a single entity into many components, the...

ABSTRACT: Hydrocarbon production in the petroleum industry is often constrained by reservoir heterogeneity, deliverability and capacity of surface facilities, also optimization technique in the petroleum industry requires execution of several iterative runs by comparing various s...

Background to the Study: Conflict of interest and auditor’s independence are two concepts that must be considered properly in this project work. If there is any way auditors’ conflict of interest affects his independence. To start with auditor’s...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Nigeria’s economy before independence and shortly afterward largely depended on agriculture. This is because a good number of its citizens are farmers. Intact about 70% of the Nigerian populace then were basically farmers and this g...

INTRODUCTION: During the last decade worldwide concern with global climate has highlighted the challenge faced by both industrialized and developing countries in maintaining a sustained process of development. Nigeria, like other developing countries, shares the need for fast eco...

BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The federal ministry of finance was established in 1958 by the finance (control and management) ordinance, to replace the finance department.  The ordinance conferred on the ministry the responsibility for the control and management of the public finance of the federatio...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nigeria, the country of many rivers, is also rich in lakes, reservoirs and wetlands but many of them had been degraded due to a lot of factors (FGN, 1993). Sustainable fisheries production and development depends largely upon good aq...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nigeria, a nation characterised by an abundance of rivers, also possesses a significant number of lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. However, it is worth noting that a considerable portion of these natural resources has experienced deg...

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the implications of fuel subsidy removal crisis in Nigeria. The study specifically examined the implication  of fuel subsidy removal on unemployment in Nigeria, assessed the impact of fuel subsidy removal on  inflatio...

INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of individual and not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity (WHO, 1964). UNESCO (2015) holds that an individual is...

ABSTRACT: In the year 1956, significant quantities of oil were initially discovered in Oloibiri, which is currently situated in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The discovery of oil has had both positive economic implications for the nation and n...

ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted to examine the impact of building material expenses on the advancement of residential structures in Nigeria. The study encompassed both public and private contractors, with the active participation of esteemed civ...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The term trade union has a variety of meanings depending on the perception of workers and the definition imposed by the legal frameworks in many countries. Some workers organizations call themselves staff or professional associations...

Chapter One: General Introduction

The importance for the establishment of public enterprises or corporations was felt in 19th Century and there after. There were a lot of upheavals in European society because of industrialization and urbanization. Social issues li...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation and the petroleum ministry appear desperate to maintain their hold on the downstr...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Historically, the commonest enemy o the people of rural communities in all races or cultures is the tax collectors. In the bi...

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: Oil, a very versatile and flexible, non-reproductive, depleting, natural (hydrocarbon) is a fundamental input into modern economic activity, providing about 50% of the total energy demand in the world. (Anyanwu J.C. et al,...

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION