THE EFFECTS OF NATIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL POLICY ON SECURITY MEASURES IN NIGERIA

PREFACE
The Nigerian security system has undergo series  of security threats, and efforts had been made by the Nigerian Government to tackle these security threats and place them in a minimal level for the protection of lives and properties of the Nigerian citizen and dwellers. The Government makes use of the National Budget and fiscal policy to facilitate its activities in making sure that the insecurity condition of the country is handled, and these made the national budget and fiscal policy of the country to have its effect on the security measures in Nigeria.
    Chapter one introduced the topic to be studied, definition of terms, chapter two is on the security situation in Nigeria, forms of security threats in Nigeria and it measures.
  Chapter three deals on the effects of national budget and fiscal policy on security measures in Nigeria.

THE APPLICATION OF LOCALISTIC APPROACH IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PREFACE

This paper is a discussion of the application of the localistic approach in Nigeria local government. The localistic approach holds that the localness of local government makes it to perform its functions in the areas of citizen participation so as to ensure sustainable rural development such as noticeable in Nigeria.
This paper had been divided into three chapters; chapter one was premised on the introduction and conceptual clarification, chapter two discussed the localistic perspective while chapter three applied the localistic approach to Nigeria local government and the paper was concluded.

SURE-P (SUBSIDY REINVESTMENT AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA

PREFACE
This paper has come to discuss the subsidy reinvestment and empowerment programme in Nigeria. The programme was purposely established to ensure that fuel subsidy removal would touch the lives of the poor and the most vulnerable in the country.
This paper had among others, suggested that there is need for the federal government to keep surveillance on the members of the committee to ensure practical utilization and to better the life the citizenry.

SOCIAL WORK IN NIGERIA, ISSUES, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

Preface
This paper is on attempt in the discussion of social work in Nigeria, issues, prospects and challenges. Social work is an important profession in a society. It is a helping profession that helps people both individually and collectively to meet up with their environments and their daily obligation.
This paper had treated the issues in social work profession such as education and poverty; it had also discussed the prospects and the challenges in social work.
The paper was divided into three chapters, chapter, one concentrated on the introductory aspect, chapter two discussed the issues, and prospects while chapter three focused on the challenges and summary.l

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NIGERIA RURAL AREA AND BRITISH RURAL AREAS

PREFACE

The similarities of rural areas in Nigeria and Britain are inevitable because Nigeria borrowed most of her policies and programmes from their Colonalists-Britain. This paper is a clear indication of these similarities. According to this paper the similarities between rural areas of Nigeria and that of Britain include: depression, degradation, poverty and deprivation among others.
This paper also gave some suggestions to ameliorate or improve the sufferings of the rural dwellers in our society. Among the issues recommended are: the need to infer with the existing structures so as to plan for future development activities. Also to address the issue of abject poverty among the rural areas in our countries.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract
This paper is an attempt to discuss the principles and practice of public administration in Nigeria. It is the principles and practices of Nigerian public administration that made it peculiar and differentiates it from other forms of administration. The principles of public administration in Nigeria as was discussed in this paper include the clientele, functional, process and area principles. The practice of Nigeria public administration is evident in the president, minister and national council of state. The problems facing Nigeria public administration are enormous. They include the weak institutional structure, excessive centralization of administrative power, lack of access to citizens, weak incentives, the adversarial relationship and the large scope of the public sector coupled with growing inefficiency in the public sector. Some recommendations were proffered, among which are: the need for citizens to have access to the public service providers, the need to decentralize administrative power among federal state and local governments, the need for government to make reference to the senior management categories when increasing minimum wage, etc.
Keywords: Administration, Public Administration, Principle and Practice

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH IN EXECUTION OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

Abstract

The thinking of government around the world for a long time now has been that of sharing the financial burden and professional expertise in the public utilities and infrastructure with the organized private sector. This gave birth to public-private partnership development initiative. The idea of the public-private partnership scheme is to provide what constitutes a social amenity without the huge financial strain that comes with the planning and execution of such projects. The paper examined using conceptual development approach the use of PPP in execution of development projects in the local government. In doing so the paper discussed the rationale for establishing PPP; examined the framework in which PPP can take place; analyzed the relevance of PPP in execution of development project and highlighted the danger inherent in PPP.  The paper discovered that PPP strategy helps to curb the huge waste in public expenditure arising from excessive and unconscionable use of political office spoils prevalent in developing countries, Nigeria inclusive. The paper concluded by making some vital suggestions that will help to strengthen the use of PPP in project execution.