GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORTING AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LAGOS STATE

ABSTRACT

This study examined the role of Government financial reporting and public accountability in the Ministry of Education, Lagos State, the researcher used primary and secondary sources to generate data for the study. From the data collected the study concluded that political office holders which included Lagos State and other states of the country, citizens and all stakeholders in the Nigerian project should embrace integrity, transparency and accountability in the management of public funds consequently, the study recommended that the staffs of the Ministry of Education are properly remunerated and better incentives introduced for improved efficiency and commitment in the discharge of their duties.

THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A CASE STUDY OF AHOADA-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE

PREFACE
This work is based on our desire to contribute to the Administration of Primary Health Care in Ahoada West Local Government of Rivers State. Meanwhile, Primary Health Care was introduced in this country as an integral part of the Nigerian social and economic development. It is the first level of contact of the individual and community in the national health system, thus bringing health care close to where people live and work.
To carry out this task effectively in this work, we divide it into five chapters
The first chapter titled introductions, starts with the background to the study, statement of the problem, significance of the study, and scope and limitation of the study.
The second chapter deals with the literature review and research methodology. It starts with literature review, conceptual definitions, hypothesis, research design, sources of data collection, population of the study, sample and sampling procedure and method of data analysis.
Chapter three treats the background information of the study area. It starts with the brief history of Ahoada-West Local Government and general information of primary health care.
Chapter four deals with data presentation and analysis. It starts with data presentation analysis and implication of the findings.
Finally, chapter five discusses the summary, conclusion and recommendations. It started with the summary, conclusion and recommendations. We capture the whole work with the list of the books, journals, magazines and papers from where we got information on the topic that we wrote about.

EDUCATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE.

ABSTRACT

This research work examines the place of education as a catalyst for women empowerment in Nigeria and Enugu State as a case study. The study, using primary and secondary sources of data, has show that in spite of all the lendable goals and objectives of education, Nigeria, vis a  vis Enugu State women still suffer a lot of constraints and inhibitions which militate against their personal and national development. The study therefore recommends, among others the involvement of women in educational policy formulation, extensive enlightenment campaigns, the discarding of stereotypical division of work into men’s and women’s job, and women must organize themselves to meet the challenges of a positive and meaningful role in the struggle for personal and national emancipation, development and progress.

INTER- GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE (2006-2010)

ABSTRACT
 This study traces the relationship between inter-governmental relations and the national development in Ojo local government area of Lagos State within the period of 2006-2010. This research study is particularly interested in the position of the inter-governmental relations on the national development at the local government level in Nigeria and specifically on Ojo local government area of Lagos State. This study focuses on the impact of inter-governmental relations within the period of 2006-2010. The survey research design was applied in carrying out the study. Two basic sources of data collection were used- primary and secondary sources. The structured questionnaire was applied in gathering necessary information for the study. We applied the systems theory to serve as an explanatory construct to the study. The system of government refers to the interrelated over- lapping principles governing the Nigeria polity and local governments (Ojo) serving as a link between the citizen and their environments. Structurally, Nigeria is a federal polity, operating an executive presidency. Powers are distributed democratically among the three tiers of government (Federal, State and Local) and institutions, (executive, judiciary and legislature), and sovereignty lies on the institutions and the people respectively. The study sees intergovernmental relations as a necessary process and component of a federal state which must be sustained to enhance national development at all levels/tiers of government. The research regrets to note that the gains made in inter-governmental relations between the period of 2006-2010 have been depreciated. This has been attributed to the over interference of the federal and state government on the local government activities in the country. Because of the deliberate actions of state government’s development at local governments appear to be weak and sick. Local governments are now treated as appendages or state extension rather than tier of government that can effectively play their part in intergovernmental relations process. Inter-governmental relations go beyond fiscal relationship to include developmental, administrative, strategic, socio-economic and legislative relationship owing  to the weakness of Ojo local government, it is our  contention that the local government’s  position should be strengthened allowing it to decide on its activities without  interference of the state government.              

WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

PREFACE
This paper evaluates Women in governance in Nigeria. Women constitute almost half of Nigeria population, but their participation in governance in the country has been noticed but not to be comparable to that of their male counterpart.
It is truism to state that one of the major constraints to Women’s participation in governance in Nigeria are cultural beliefs and practices, financial limitation, marginalization within the political fraternity among others.
Some solutions to the problems of women participation in governance in Nigeria include: the Nigerian cultural understandings of gender which revolve around division of labour rather than equality between the sexes, improvement of women’s rights in Nigeria, sustaining achievements, etc.
This paper has been divided into three chapters in order to elucidate its objectives. Chapter one concentrates on the introductory and conceptual definition, chapter two premised on the history of Women in governance in Nigeria and chapter three concludes the paper and it proffers some recommendations.

THE POLITICS OF AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY CREATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES

PREFACE
In this paper, the politics of autonomous community creation and development of our rural communities has been discussed. The politics of autonomous communities’ creation had more of ugly effect on the rural communities than the purpose of its creation. It had led to the untimely death of many prominent men of the rural communities and non-implementation of developmental projects in our rural communities.
This paper, in order to achieve the objectives of this paper, was divided into three chapters. Chapter one premised on the introductory phase, and conceptual definition of the key concepts in this paper. In chapter two, the issues of autonomous community creation are discussed, while in chapter three, the paper was brought to an end via conclusion.

THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT
This article focuses on the impact of education on rural communities in Nigeria. It examines the concept of education as a vital instrument to individual and the community at large. Education provides sustainable rural development. Hence, education has to be redefined in the context of rural communities to make it responsive to the yearning for better living conditions in the rural communities. The work takes a review mirror of the indigenous education as a recipe for development and submits that integrated with formal education, indigenous education can facilitate group and community betterment. Against this premises, suggests some measures that can foster education for all round development in Nigeria.