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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Inflation can be defined as the persistence rise an prices of goods and service due to the volume of money in circulation.  This is an increase in the money and credit relative to available goods and service resulting in a general price level.  In order to observe that there is inflation there should be a rise in the volume of money credit.  ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It is certain that Nigeria is endowed with a lot of natural resources. These resources to mention but a few are skel, crude oil, natural gas, Iron ore, palm oil, ground nut yam, cassava etc. these resources found the major export earning before the era of independence an generate 80% of our then total revenue the precolorual era could be regarded as era ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACK GROUND TO THE STUDY The term Local government has been defined by many scholars with different view as regards its development. W.A. Robinson (2010) states that ‘Local government’ involves the conception of territorial non-sovereign community processing the legal right and the necessary organization to regulate right of its own affairs. This I turn presupposed the control, Vis-à-vis participation in state affairs. According to U.N. Akpan ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.1   INTRODUCTION Since July 1997 which marked the official beginning of the rural banking programme for commercial banks, the economy of Nigeria has gone, through several changes each government continued policies it considered relevant banks have in recent times been confronted with challenges and they have called for introduction of one reform or directives so as to put it with our present economic realities.  This role is about ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Trade in Nigeria before  the arrival of the Arras and Portuguese, trade before the early 18th century was strictly by barter. But in 1870 when those trade arrived, a mixed barter money economy was introduced during this period, commercial and economic activities among African’s were barters where as such activities between Africans and Arras Portuguese were commodity money or the other, such commodity  ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION  1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ... 1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM   Tax is a compulsory levy, which a government imposes on the income of eligible citizen in a state of which the government makes no direct benefit on the taxpayer. Revenue means the money government receives from tax. In this situation, tax evasion is a strong weapon, which fight against the revenue generation in our country. ...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the conflict resolution mechanisms in public secondary schools in Abuja, Nigeria. Four research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the public secondary school principals and teachers in Abuja. The sample for the study is 260 respondents, out of the total population of 5228 respondents. ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.1  BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Every country in the world aim at achieving economic growth and development. This is only possible if a country has adequate sources. In developing countries especially those in sub-saharan Africa. The resources to finance the optimal level of economic growth and development are in short supply. Inflation, economic growth and interest rate concepts that are central and interrelated in Macro economic. A proper ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Views about the important of money in the working of the economy vary greatly.  In particular, the means by which money affects income and output and the extent to which changes in money supply (that is money stock ) affect the economy are two issues that have given Nise to a major debate between two group of economists distinguished by their adherence ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Since money is needed for our day to day transactions and businesses, banks have also become an integral part of lives. Banking which generally refers to any business or transaction (depositing, withdrawal, asking for loans etc) carried out with a bank has evolved over the years. With the introduction of computers, mobile phones and the internet, e-banking has been enhanced to make ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0     Background of the Study The Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) originates from Millennium Declaration produced by the United Nations. The Declaration asserts that every individual has the right to dignity, freedom, equality, a basic standard of living that includes freedom from hunger and violence, encourages tolerance and solidarity (Deneulin, Séverine and Shahani, 2009). The MDGs were made to operationalize these ideas by setting targets and educational strategies ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The foundational history of the use of photography could be traced to 1950’s when the photo type block for copying line subjects, engraving manuscripts and photographic reproduction into books was invented. Ogedengbe (2002) reports that colour photo prints can be a source of help to students in Secondary Schools to develop the ability to compose effectively and increase the performance level in ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY It is a widely accepted fact that technology enhanced system of education, including distance and online instructions, is the known viable instrument necessary for preparing students to participate in the computer-driven teaching and learning activity. The concepts computer-aided teaching and computer-aided learning have given birth to computer-aided instruction, and all combined together to form the basis of e-education. Moreover, access to instruction through the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY During the past few years, technology has significantly reshaped the method of assessment. In many academic domains, educational measurement has been moving towards the use of Computer ­Based Testing (CBT), defined as tests or assessments that are administered by computer in either stand ­alone or dedicated network or by other technology devices linked to the internet or worldwide web most of them ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Entrepreneurial education is the incorporation into the student syllabus steps involved in starting a new business based on a recognized business opportunity as well as operating and maintaining that business. The belief of some people is that entrepreneurship education does not need to be taught and therefore, an entrepreneur is born to be so. It should however be noted that for one ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Views about the important of money in the working of the economy vary greatly.  In particular, the means by which money affects income and output and the extent to which changes in money supply (that is money stock ) affect the economy are two issues that have given Nise to a major debate between two group of economists distinguished by their adherence ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been widely believed that every nation, irrespective of its status in the global economy aspires a major goal and enhances the economic well being of its citizens within it’s area of jurisdiction.  The nations goal can only be achieved through economic growth and development, which is attended by provision of social amenities.  Since the responsibilities and duties of every government ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF STUDY Today, commercial banks are undergoing a far reaching but fortunately bloodless revolution due to advancement of technology. Everybody can now readily see the indelible impact modern technology is using on people lives. One of the technologies that has the greatest impact on our commercial banks now is the computer power with its attendant daily operation Commercial banks are constantly facing competition in the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ... 1.2   STATEMENT OF PROBLEM v  It is a general belief that bankers were concerned with their customer plight when it comes to matter of withdrawing money. v  Charges of commission, interest and services charges were cases of wore to the customers v  Delay and rampant bank strike could not be excluded. v  The lending habit of banks in Nigeria also call for question in that ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY This chapter deals with the back ground of the study, statement of problems, objectives of the study, research question, significance of the study, hypothesis, scope limitation of the study and definition of items. The banking system in Nigeria has undergone radical changes during the  35 years since independence . Banking developed from an industry which in 1960. was dominated by a small number ...