Postprint Journal Articles
Permanent URI for this collection
Browse
Recent Submissions
1 - 5 of 315
- ItemTOWARDS EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES AS A STRATEGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL IN KADUNA STATE(2006-07)We cannot talk of development in a country like Nigeria with over seventy per cent (70%) of the population living in rural areas in abject poverty without basic social amenities and infrastructure. Experience has shown that the much talk about rural development is more often than not a political gimmick or propaganda. The third tier of government is expected to design strategies for effective utilization of human resources for rural development at its level, being the closes to the rural areas. Such strategies are critically examined as one of the major objectives in this article. The approach is mainly a critical analysis of available data. The article is concluded with some major recommendations in respect of power to utilize its revenue without interference by State governments. It is also recommended that United Nations Specialized Agencies like UNDP, Food and Agricultural Organization and World Health Organizations should not only assist but also deal with local governments directly in the process of rural development.
- Item
- ItemNIGERIA AND AFRICA'S SECURITY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY(2007-04)The paper contends that Africa's security in the 21st century is fundamentally non-military in nature. The repeated failure of African states to construct a stable, legitimate and developmental state has widened and deepened their vulnerability to non-military threats such as environmental degradation and pollution, crippling poverty, pandemic HIV and AIDS, perennial internal conflict, widespread corruption, incessant political instability and a host of others. This failure to transform the illegitimate and anti-developmental state bequeathed to the continent by the colonialists is substantially adduced to bad governance, which has remained the enduring characteristic of most African states. Although Nigeria is still in the throes of democratization, it is reasoned that the huge resources of the country, coupled with her enhanced diplomatic profile on the world scene raises considerable hope in terms of reversing the ugly situation on the continent. Nigeria's democratization project, if successfully executed, could boost her international image and make her a critical continental actor and catalyst for the painstaking reconstruction of African state that is stable, legitimate and developmental, suitable for tackling the preceding challenges of security in Africa.
- ItemASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE STUDY(2022-06)The paper is on the contribution of administrative science on the development of administrative study, the main objectives of the study is to explore the contribution of administrative science on the development of administrative study, Explanatory research was employed and allows the researcher to explore documented data on the concept of administration and public administration, scope of public administration as a discipline and as an activity, (he scientific management theory, bureaucratic theory and administrative theory. Data were generated from related literature research materials, such as internet, journals text book, unpublished dissertation, etc. The finding of the paper shows that administrative study help to understand the impact of government policy and operation of society as well as draw on a variety of sister discipline such as; economics, anthropology and sociology etc. Finding indicated that administrative science help to rely on government for speedy development in an organized and effective operation for increasing efficiency and productivity as well as jell need for a body of knowledge. This paper also concluded that the relevant of theories in other disciplines of science such as philosophy, sociology and ecology have contributed to Public Administration in understanding how public administration interacts with its interrelated environments. The study concluded that the theories of sciences have contributed to the development of administrative study in terms of efficiency and productivity.
- ItemCOMMUNAL INITIATIVE TOWARDS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN KEFFI TOWNSHIP, KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE-NIGERIA(2021-10)Since the dawn of human civilization, crime has been a re occurring problem. There is hardly any society in the world today without the challenges of crime. This paper examines the communal initiative towards crime control and prevention in Keffi Township, Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa St ate-Nigeria. The social survey research design was adopted for this paper. Data were collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. 101 questionnaires were distributed and 99 retrieved from respondents from four selected electoral wards in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State-Nigeria, through simple random techniques. The technique used in the analysis of data for the paper was the quantitative data analyzed using univariate analysis for this study. Data collected showed that loss of lives and properties are implications of crime and criminality among the residents of the study areas and mobilization of the private security group and private neighborhood patrol team are the two top measures often taken by residents of the area to control and prevent crime occurrence. The paper recommends that there is a need to adjust our political and economic system to alleviate poverty. Alleviating and alleviating absolute poverty from our society will go a long way to not only reduce the menace of crime but also reduced the rate of its occurrence.