ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF AFRICAN PEER

ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF AFRICAN PEER: Plants are important in our everyday existence. They provide our foods, produce the oxygen we breathe, and serve as raw materials for many industrial products such as clothes, foot wears and so many others. Plants also provide raw materials for our buildings and in the manufacture of biofuels, dyes, perfumes, pesticides, adsorbents and drugs. The plant kingdom has proven to be the most useful in the treatment of diseases and they provide an important source of all the world’s pharmaceuticals. The most important of these bioactive constituents of plants are steroids, terpenoids, carotenoids, flavanoids, alkaloids, tannins and glycosides. Plants in all facet of life have served a valuable starting material for drug development (Ajibesin, 2011). Antibiotics or antimicrobial substances like saponins, glycosides, flavonoids and alkaloids etc are found to be distributed in plants, yet these compounds were not well established due to the lack of knowledge and techniques.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE: The rate of student’s dropout in Benue state is an alarming issue and has been increasing by the day. Many students dropout from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions which is causing great harm to the community in which they live. Statistics shows that 80% of criminal cases that was investigated found that these persons are student’s dropout (students who had either dropout from primary, secondary or tertiary institutions) at some point. Most of this student dropout is now found on the streets wandering and causing problem in the community, they are always fond bars and streets taking and drinking harmful substance. The number contain to increase as both Male and female are in this categories and if nothing is done about this problem the whole state will constitute 50% of dropout and make life miserable for others to live, it is because of this problem that the researcher intends to study the rate of students dropout in secondary school in other to provide/suggest possible ways of reducing the rate of dropout if not eliminate it.

EVALUATION OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN JALINGO METROPOLIS TARABA STATE

EVALUATION OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN JALINGO METROPOLIS TARABA STATE: School libraries are information or resource centres established for the purpose of supporting the teaching and learning objectives designed in any school curriculum and made available for use. The importance of libraries not only in public schools is valued towards the understanding that the changing concepts of modern education are making an impact. The libraries are the keys to the knowledge of the world. It is in recognition of this fact that the National policies on education of (1977) and (2004) gave the school libraries a pride of place. Fayose (1995) stressed that the total of school library collections is embodied into print and non-print, Penell H. and Smith E. (2000) widely acknowledged that “school libraries can make valuable contributions to teaching and learning of school children especially at their youthful age”. It was in recognition of this concern that the centre for information research at the University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE) developed pilot models focused on teaching and learning outcomes which assisted both primary and secondary school libraries.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE: The rate of student’s dropout in Benue state is an alarming issue and has been increasing by the day. Many students dropout from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions which is causing great harm to the community in which they live. Statistics shows that 80% of criminal cases that was investigated found that these persons are student’s dropout (students who had either dropout from primary, secondary or tertiary institutions) at some point. Most of this student dropout is now found on the streets wandering and causing problem in the community, they are always fond bars and streets taking and drinking harmful substance. The number contain to increase as both Male and female are in this categories and if nothing is done about this problem the whole state will constitute 50% of dropout and make life miserable for others to live, it is because of this problem that the researcher intends to study the rate of students dropout in secondary school in other to provide/suggest possible ways of reducing the rate of dropout if not eliminate it.

THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENUGU STATE

THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENUGU STATE: The post-independence Nigerian government adopted the entrepreneurship government which constrained it to assume the role of entrepreneur and the urge to offset the economic neglect of the colonial government and that resulted in engaging in ambitious industrialization programmes.When the Nigerian industrial Development Bank Limited (NIDB) was established in 1964 for the purpose of speeding up the industrialization process, its mandate was to promote industrial projects which were large enough to make applicable contribution to the national economy. However, the collapse of the oil boom in the early 1980’s exposed the inherent weaknesses of this importation of inputs resulted in large idle capacities, thereby creeping many gross domestic product (GDP) declined in the face of the strong national aspiration for the restructuring of the economy and reduction of the dependence on petroleum. Small and medium scale enterprises have since become the focus of national industrial policy.

In pursuit of self-reliance in a developing country particularly in Nigeria, the central government enacted a decree called “Enterprises promotion Decree” when there was need for small scale enterprises in the promotion of economic development.This has since been at the fore front of development strategies. However, many developing countries have failed to adopt these strategies owing to their belief that it is a relatively slow process of industrialization. Without the development of small scale enterprises in Nigeria

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS: The Research work focuses on the topic “An Assessment of the Impact of Communication as a Tool for Effective Management in Private Organization.” This research work aims at finding how communication contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives, and to appraise, analyze, evaluate different forms of organizational communication and also to suggest ways of solving communication problems. In other to achieve these objectives, both primary and secondary data where used to obtain the relevant information. The population for the study was 225 staff and 50 staff was used as sample size. The data collected were analyzed using the simple percentage, method of data analysis. From the analysis carried out, the finding revealed that communication is a tool for effective management in an organization. It also shows that organization use more of formal rather than informal channel of communication. Therefore based on the findings the researchers recommended that communication in an organization should be sustained and management should seek to develop a flexible network of communication other than the formal system. This network can be tagged informal.

AN ASSESSMENT OF COST PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRIVATIZED PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA

AN ASSESSMENT OF COST PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRIVATIZED PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: Despite an impressive level of privatization activity across Africa and the upsurge in search of the operating performance of privatized firms in both develop and developing economies, our empirical knowledge of the privatization program in Africa is limited. The purpose of this study is to appraise the post privatization cost and operating performance as well as accountability of some privatized public enterprises in Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted for the study, sixty five internal audit and thirty five accounting. Totally one hundred was randomly sampled and stratified among the staff of Oando plc Enugu state. Three research questions and hypothesis tested at 0.05 percent level of significance guided the study. Frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research questions while Z-test statistics were used to test the hypothesis. It was found that privatization of unipetrol has led to efficient and improved cost performance, and proper accountability to share holders. We conclude and recommend among others that effective cost performance and proper accountability to share holders is very necessary in privatized public enterprises and that government should prive the entire necessary enabling environment for the privatized company to carry out their activities without unnecessarily increasing their cost.

Why you need a bankable business plan today

Why you need a bankable business plan today: It’s very unfortunate that so many people think business plans are just for startups, new businesses that are just about to start, or to back up loan applications, or for getting investors. The truth is that business planning offers serious benefits for everybody in business and that is why you need a business plan today, weather it is for your new business or for your existing business get it now.

A well-written business plan is an important tool because it gives entrepreneurs the ability to lay out their goals and track their progress as their business begins to grow and also measures it sustainability. Formulating a business plan should be the first thing done when starting a new business.

Like a market analysis and survey, competitive analysis in the chosen industry, customer segmentation who are more likely to buy your products or service, marketing, logistics and operations plans, cash flow projection and an overall path to long-term growth, A Business plans typically include detailed information that can help improve the business’s chances of success.