A SURVEY OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS AND ITS CORRESPONDING EFFECTS ON CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine effect of consumer protection laws on consumption of tobacco in Ado Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Specifically, the study examined if consumer protection laws have any negative eff...
View DetailsPATIENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS MANAGEMENT
Background of Study: Hypertension remains a major global public health challenge that has been identified as the leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (Kearney, Whelton, Reynolds, Muntner, Whelton& He, 2004). It increases hardening of...
View DetailsALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE IN NIGERIA AND THE ROLE OF CHRISTIANITY IN CURBING THIS MENACE
Background of the study: Drugs are commonly used by everybody whether young or old. Drugs are not only useful for human beings; they are also useful for animals for good health. Human beings give drugs to their animals when they discovered that they are not healthy. Drug is an ef...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL DRIVERS RECKLESSNESS
Background to the Study: Driving a car, bus, lorry or an articulated-vehicle is a psychomotor activity that requires a combination of concentration and good visual and auditory functions. Several forces that can negatively affect driving mostly fall within the purview of psycho-s...
View DetailsDRUGS ABUSE IN BAYELSA AND RIVERS STATE FROM 2010-2023
Background of the Study: Various people describe drugs in a variety of ways. By definition, a drug is anything that when consumed by a living organism tends to alter one or a myriad of its functions. Owing to their chemical nature, drugs (legal or illegal) alter...
View DetailsDRUGS AND ALCOHOLISM AMONG CAB RIDERS IN FCT ABUJA: A STUDY OF NUTRW BRANCH OF APO LEGISLATIVE QUARTERS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The connection between substance abuse and accidental injury or death has been recognized. Alcohol causes 50,000 fatalities and up to 500,000 hospital admissions yearly in the United Kingdom (World Health Organization) (2017). In the Unit...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The role of agricultural sector in an economy cannot be overemphasized. The forward and backward linkages to the rest of the domestic economy, to the international market and w...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The management of people within the organization has become an increasingly recognized important focus for researchers and practitioner over the past 20 years. Organizations ar...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF COMPANY INCOME TAX ON NIGERIA ECONOMY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to Black Law Dictionary, tax is a rateable portion of the produce of the property and labor of the individual citizens, taken by the nation, in the exercise of i...
View DetailsSUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OF ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The prevalence of illicit substance abuse among students in Nigerian tertiary institutions has become a source of profound embarrassment for parents, education...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF LEAD POLLUTION AND ITS PHYTOREDUCTION IN SOIL AROUND BATTERY MANUFACTURING SITE IN NNEWI ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUD OF THE STUDY
he problem of the human environment to which attention is increasingly drawn are mainly the event and the obvious consequences of the over exploitation of the earth’s resources, some of which are already recognized to have a very limited lifetime (Park, 1...
CLAPHAM ANTI SLAVERY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT ,1773-1833 AN APPROACH TO THE ERADICATION OF MODERN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA
1.1Background of the Study
Slavery cum slave trade was a constituent part of the social system in Africa as in other parts of the world. During the old slavery era, people became slaves as a result of economic default, seizure as war captives, purchase and voluntary submission among oth...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
1.1Background to the study
Agricultural Science subject is part of the vocational subject taught in primary schools and secondary school which inculcated the process of farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the pro...
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