AN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NITEL PLC AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO GROSS DOMISTIC PRODUCT (GDP) IN NIGERIA
AN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NITEL PLC AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO GROSS DOMISTIC PRODUCT (GDP) IN NIGERIA
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2006-05
Authors
ABUBAKAR, MUSAWA IDRIS.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Description
ABSTRACT
Telecommunication is an essential ingredient for economic growth and
development of society. It is a sector on which all other sectors depend
for their survival. An efficient telecommunication system has positive
impact on the development of a modern society. Countries lacking
modern telecommunication infrastructure cannot compete effectively in
the global economy. This research is aimed at evaluating the
performance and contribution of NITEL Plc to GDP in Nigeria. The choice
of Nitel Plc is based on its premiership position in the telecommunication
industry of Nigeria. The use of primary and secondary source of data
collection methods became paramount in this study in order to arrive at
the fact of information collected by the researcher. The result of the
statistical investigation revealed a functional relationship between
telecommunication and GDP of any nation. It went further to establish
that the higher the teledensity of any nation, the higher will be the
growth of the GDP of that nation. Another important technique was
adopted i.e. total factor productivity analysis in NITEL. Base the findings,
recommendations are made, tasking government on the proper solutions
to NITEL’S problem and poor performance. The need to work out
Keywords
EVALUATION,, PERFORMANCE,, NITEL,, CONTRIBUTIONS,, GROSS,, DOMISTIC,, PRODUCT,, NIGERIA.