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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY There is no doubt that the type of education bequeathed to us in Nigeria by our Colonial Masters is devoid of reasoning. From the first Education Ordinance issued by the privy in England to our much cherished national policy on education of 1981 (reversed 1998), the whole idea and aims have been a process of remediation instead of redesign - a camouflage, ...

ABSTRACT Nigeria is at the· cross road of her developmental stage and therefore needs a decisive action to liberate her from the danger of total collapse in the face of political, economic, socio-cultural, environmental, ecological, and religious and communication problems. It has been repeatedly said that no nation can rise above her education and Nigeria is not an exception. The method of education adopted by any country speaks volumes as ...

ABSTRACT The study has been conceived out of the current problems facing the Nigeria education industry, especially the extravagant and uncontrolled bureaucracy which the government and the policy makers have enthroned over and above the profession of teaching. The undue recognition accorded to bureaucratic processes which place undue emphasis to the office administrators than those· teachers labouring in the classrooms. Teachers were underpaid and less motivated. The consequences are that ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Educational activities are geared towards ensuring that students achieve mastery of educational objectives. In school , the extent to which these objectives have been achieved, is determined by their level of peer pressure, time management as students’ success are reflected in their academic performance. Peers play a large role in the social and emotional development of adolescents Allen (2005). Their influence begins at ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Education is the life wire of any nation. It is the catalyst that propels both economic and social development.  This explains why nations as well as individuals lay so much emphasis on the intellectual development of individuals. No individual or group of individual has ever disagreed on the efficacy of education in solving societal problem. Everybody all agrees that education is the panacea for ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Actually, following the established fact that the Nigerian nation was being colonized by the Britain, Nigerian educational system was constructed on a remnant of the three ‘Rs’ as brought by the British government, -these include: READING, WRITING AND ARITHIMETICS. The formation of the Nigerian academic system consciously omitted the most vital or important educative valves. The fourth ‘R’ which was termed reasoning  or thinking has been ...

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ABSTRACT The project set out to examine the role of commercial banks to economic development of Nigeria from 1980 – 2008. The variables used for this study are commercial bank loans and advances, interest rate on the loans, gross fixed capital formation. The main objective of the study is to examine the role of commercial bank to economic development in Nigeria. The methodology involves the use of ordinary least squares ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Recapitalization is the most recent trend haunting the financial sector of the Nigerian economy. It was introduced in the form of an official order by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and was issued to banks to consolidate their capital bases to the tune of a minimum of N 25 billion to be raised by each bank before 31st December 2005 thus causing many ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Commercial Banks operate to mobilize deposits from the populace and keep. Some in trust payable on demand. Through the performance of this role, Banks act as reservoir for surplus funds and thus lend safe portion of these funds to clients that have genuine needs for them. The banks have special responsibility to ensure effective management of these funds kept in trust with them by depositors. Chester A ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Banking in Nigeria was carried out devoid of any electronic devices until the middle of 1980s. The operations of bank were mostly manual and fraught with attendant problem of poor services delivery. The era of new generation bank brought into the banking industry competition and need to provide quality services to the banking public. This brought about the need for some form ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigerian banking industry has witnessed and is still witnessing revolutionary metamorphosis in recent years as a result of the restructuring programmes channeled towards resolving the existing problems of the industry by the apex bank. The most recent championed epitome is the recapitalization exercise which has shaped the structure of the Nigerian banking industry significantly. According to Adegbaju and Olokoyo , the banking ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Information technology has already become the nervous system of banks the world wide. Banks all over the world realized that only those that overhaul the whole of their payment and services delivery systems and operations are likely to survive and prosper in this global world of technology. This is due to the pressure of globalization, consideration, deregulation and rapidly changing technology. In ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION  1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Micro finance Bank (describe here as small scale financial services to claim that they are economically active various urban and rural areas) has been proven to be effective in fighting poverty by providing entrepreneurs with the necessary capital to start and expand their entrepreneurial activities. Last year, successive government has put in place various policies in order to make things easier for the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria has been endowed with abundant human and material resources. Yet, imports bills for good and agricultural raw materials have been on the increase over the years. Prior to political independence and immediately after the country got its independence, it was not only sufficient in food production and agricultural raw materials, but was generally having surplus for export. Statistics from the Central Bank ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The revitalization of the agricultural sector has been the cornerstone of the government development policy. This is aimed at moving the country quickly to self-sufficiency in food production of agricultural raw materials for domestic agro-based industries. The need to increase agricultural productivity is implicit in the fact that It remains the leading non-oil sector of Nigerians population. The main objective of the agricultural ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.1   INTRODUCTION In most countries of the world vocational technical education has been given a pride of place, because of the realization of its importance in the economic growth and well being of any Nation. For any nation to be self reliant and self sufficient its educational programmes must have been properly planned and necessary facilities provided to enable the attainment of programmes goals. The current issues of concern ...

Abstract This study examines the problems and prospects of MFLS in Nigeria.  The importance of MFLS in Nigeria’s economy cannot be over-emphasized; this is because it plays a vital role in the financial intermediation process and also the lives of the low income earners who constitute over 70 percent of the Nigerian population.  The sample size used at random selection is 262, and the simple random sampling technique will be used in ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Commercial banking in Nigeria dated back to 1892, when what emerged as the bank of British West Africa (now bank of Nigeria) was established. This was followed in 1917 by the Barclays bank now Union Bank of Nigeria. The Nigeria banking scene was monopolized by these two banks until 1933 when the national bank of Nigeria ltd was established. The first successful indigenous commercials ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigerian banking industry has witnessed tremendous changes and expansion since the mid 1980s. Unfortunately the growth and expansion in the sector are not the manifestation of a sound or vibrant banking system known anywhere in the world. Most banks in Nigeria are characterized by inadequate capital base, poor services, high rate of bankruptcy, lack of management expertise, bad debt syndrome and ...