been identified as a panacea to the economic quagmire that Nigeria and other countries of the world have found themselves. Basically, the role of agriculture is developmental in nature: it is concerned with strengthening the ability of farmers and farming communities to produce and market agricultural goods in order to sustainably generate both food and income Agulanna et al. (2013). However, there are some barriers to agricultural development, such as lack of access to credit and finance, farming inputs
literacy, the enlightenment of the citizens and self-reliance for national development. Primary education in Nigeria was designed to strictly prepare young people for the world of work and higher studies rather than training on self-reliance for human development and national growth as emphasis was laid on subject delivery which will give them adequate knowledge in the next level of the educational system Federal Republic of Nigeria, (2004) and Koko & Ikpesu, (2009). The importance of primary school education
for Sustainable Development (1999) identified stakeholders as the representative from labour organization, academia, church, indigenous people, government, non-government organization, customers/consumers, communities, employees, legislators and human right groups. Narrow attention on shareholders by the board of directors has now been increased to the stakeholders interest (Smallman 2004). This, perhaps account for reason why royal fathers, labour movement, academia e.t.c in Nigeria are represented
distinct yet closely linked characteristics of the Earth’s surface. The use to which we put land could be grazing, agriculture, urban development, logging, and mining among many others. The term ‘land cover’ originally referred to the kind and state of vegetation, such as forest or grass cover but it has broadened in subsequent usage to include other things such as human structures, soil type, biodiversity, surface and ground water. The term "Land use refers to the manner in which the biophysical attributes
education and population growth. In many LEDCs the lack of education is a main problem which refrains the development of the country. A lack or a bad education reduces the opportunities in life of every citizen and also creates an undertrained workforce which then leads to an economic decline so to less development. In many LEDCs the lack of education is a huge refrain for their development. According to the Africa Learning Barometer only about half of sub-Saharan Africa’s 128 million school-aged
For internal migration which is mostly the rural-urban drift, most rural dwellers move for economic or security reasons. For instance in the case of Nigeria, with the onset of the terrorist attacks in the north most of the people there have moved to the south for security. Others move to the cities because they believe there are more opportunities and entrepreneurs (mostly micro-entrepreneurs) move to gain a greater market for their businesses. (Todaro and Smith 2011) In the area of international
coercion of numerous countries by powerful nations such as the United States of America, the promotion of the structural adjustment program by the International Monetary Fund and the promotion of development policies as laid down by the Washington Consensus (Kotz (2002) and Litonjua (2008)). The development policies as laid down by the Washington Consensus for developing countries were arrived at during a meeting involving the
2 Economic Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency Boko Haram has taken advantage of high unemployment and poverty rates in Northern Nigeria to use as a mobilizing instrument so as to find support and recruits for terrorist violence. The majority of the unemployed and poor have been frustrated as a result of government incapacity to meet their basic needs (Olojo, 2012:6).As a result of this, they have adhered to Boko Haram where they have indulged in aggressive measures such as killing of innocent citizens
that it takes more than economic growth to achieve economic development and for economic growth to advance to economic development, there must be an element of good governance orchestrated by functioning and functional institutions. Thus, this explains why some Sub-Sharan African nations and other third world economies that achieved robust economic growth during the “oil boom” failed to join the league of economically developed nations like the western nations. These countries lacked political systems
postulated a theory that a great deal of project management involves avoiding problems and tackling risks involved in Projects.in this chapter, a thorough investigation will be made on the problems facing the construction industries in the UK and also in Nigeria. Furthermore, a conclusion will be made to know if these problems can be solved in order for any project to be successfully completed. PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Project Management in construction is a well-established