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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Electricity is pivotal to the economic development of nations. Its use is directly correlated with healthy economic growth (Kaseke & Hosking, 2013). Nigeria is one of the most populated countries in Africa but only about 40% of the people are connected to the energy grid. The people who actually have power experience difficulties around 60% of the time (Aliyu, Ramli & Saleh, ...

ABSTRACT This Research work attempts to look at the effect of Tax evasion and avoidance on economy of Nigeria and its capacity to reduce tax revenue growth (A case study of Lagos State Internal Revenue Service). Tax is a compulsory levy imposed by government on income individual, firms and household. It was also find out that an individual tax evader or avoider may engage in it simply because he is ...

ABSTRACT This research work is on the “Impact of Industrial Output on the Economy of Nigeria” between the period of thirty years (30) covered from 1980-2010. Impact of industrial output on the economy of Nigeria is a continuous discussion to every economy especially developing economy which will give rise to economic growth and development of a nation. Secondary data was used on PC Give 8.00 version package to regress the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For development and growth of any society, the provision of basic infrastructure is quite necessary. This perhaps explains why the government shows great concern for a medium through which funds can be made available to achieve their set goals for the society (Fagbemi and Noah, 2010). Government needs money to be able to execute its social obligations to the public and these ...

ABSTRACT This research work is on the “Impact of Industrial Output on the Economy of Nigeria” between the period of thirty years (30) covered from 1980-2010. Impact of industrial output on the economy of Nigeria is a continuous discussion to every economy especially developing economics which will give rise to economic growth and development of a nation. Secondary data was used on PC Give 8.00 version package to regress the ...

ABSTRACT This study has attempted to measure the impact of agricultural output on economic growth. The study made use of secondary data from 1970-2004 sourced from various CBN publications and with the use of the ordinary least squares regression procedure, our estimates were determined. The empirical analysis carried out confirmed that agriculture has contributed positively to economic growth. The model employed is adopted along the Robert Solow model based.

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Unemployment is generally seen as a macro-economic problem as well as socio-economic problem. Unemployment arises as a result of insufficient and non-availability of jobs to correspond with the growing population, even those who are employed sometimes live with the fear of being unemployed due to job insecurity and retrenchment of workers. There is employment of factors of production if they are engaged ...

CHAPTER ONE   1.0 INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY   One of the greatest threats to economic and political development of any nation is corruption (Mohammed, 2013). Corruption has been identified as one major obstacle militating against rapid growth and development of the Nigerian economy (Nagari, Umar & Abdul, 2013). It undermines good government, fundamentally distorts public policy, leads to the misappropatriation of resources, harms the private sector and ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background to the Study It is a matter of fact that there are a lot of things in which large companies are experts while the small firms can better do some things also. If both, small and large firms do their business in which they get advantage, the welfare of the economy can be maximized and the state of specialization can be attained. When we focus ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY One of the ways taken by all economy to make the banking sector effective is the use of the monetary policy introduced by the federal government and carried out by the apex bank of the country. Apparently, the existence of an effective banking industry is vital to every economy and it encourages economic growth and development via its role in financial interdiction ...

ABSTRACT The term unemployment can be defined as an economics condition marked by the fact that individual actively seeking jobs remain unhired. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage of the total available work force. The level of unemployment varies with economics conditions and other circumstances. This is mostly seen in graduate of various institutions of learning especially in under developed nations like Nigeria. The study was designed to investigate the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY One of the ways taken by all economy to make the banking sector effective is the use of the monetary policy introduced by the federal government and carried out by the apex bank of the country. Apparently, the existence of an effective banking industry is vital to every economy and it encourages economic growth and development via its role in financial interdiction ...

ABSTRACT This Research work attempts to look at the effect of Tax evasion and avoidance on economy of Nigeria and its capacity to reduce tax revenue growth (A case study of Lagos State Internal Revenue Service). Tax is a compulsory levy imposed by government on income individual, firms and household. It was also find out that an individual tax evader or avoider may engage in it simply because he is ...

ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of unemployment and inflation on the economy of Nigeria. Relevant literature was reviewed in chapter two to fill the existing gaps in the area of study. It was deduced that scanty studies have been done in this line of research. In chapter three, it was stated that the study employed the descriptive survey design in conjunction with the stratified sampling technique to select 100 staff ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Nigeria is one of the African nations that are plagued with fraud and financial crimes and these have had an effect on the economy of Nigeria. These crimes, be it economic or financial crimes or both have a kind of devastating effect on the economy, the security, socio-economic development and social wellbeing of the citizens of Nigeria. Although it may be pertinent ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Primarily, a stock market is a place where companies can raise money to make their businesses bigger and better. Companies raise money by selling shares or stocks to investors. At the same time, the stock market gives investors an opportunity to invest in these companies and benefit from any profit they can make. A stock market can also be called a capital ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The consequences of population growth on the economic development of less developed countries are not the same because the conditions prevailing in these countries are quite different from those of developed economies. Therefore, the body of literature on population growth in Nigeria has always emphasized either the negative or the positive effect. Therefore, in every discussion, it is conventional to start with a ...