WORK GROUP MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPERATIVES ON TEAM MEMBERS’ PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Bunmi Gabriel Ogunshola, & Taiwo Adewale Shobande

Department of Business Administration,

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye. Ogun State

Email: angeliclineonline@yahoo.com, taiwoshobande@hotmail.com

Abstract: Managing organization and developing managerial competency of employees could be time and resource consuming, however, organization that intends to keep a top flight and secure its competitiveness cannot but make this a priority, hence, recent innovations in organizational practices and management style, intended towards driving organizational performance by enhancing employee productivity, developing managerial competencies and leadership potentials, resulting in the adoption of relatively new models of employee management style by adopting a team model to work-place management. This study examines how the management of work group influences performance and personal development of employees. Respondents were selected from the Call Centers of one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit and administered questionnaire, 110 of the responses were analyzed to arrive at the findings of this research work using a mixture of Regression and correlation analysis and Chi square . The findings revealed that there is significant relationship between team leaders’ management style and team performance, and that individual performance is significantly related to their propensity for self-development, it was also discovered that the group management style impact the process of building employees’ leadership skills and personal development.

Keyword: Work Group, Team, Tele-density, Employee Performance, Self Development, Productivity


NIGERIA’S NATIONAL UNITY VERSUS REGIONAL POLITICAL TENDENCIES: ASSESSING THE TENABILITY OF REMAINING TOGETHER

Joshua Timothy                                                                               

Department of Political Science,

Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State.

Email: joshua_timothy84@yahoo.com. Josday37@gmail.com

Abstract: History is replete about instances in which two or more ethnic groups have come together with a desire to live and be governed by the same political administration. Although there have always been ethnic tensions at the beginning, these groups have often found a common ground that helped them to tolerate one another, and this has been positively exploited by some countries, such that they were able to see and tap into the enormous strength in their ethnic diversities. Nigeria, a country in the Western Sahara, is blessed with several ethnicities, but they have struggled unsuccessfully to live together as one country, due to ethnic chauvinism, which has been exploited by the political class so blatantly, that it has become commonplace for citizens to vote on ethnic lines during general elections. This paper assesses the historical coexistence between the various ethnicities in Nigeria, with a particular emphasis being placed on the reasons why they have found it difficult to live together. It further analyses the tenability of the forced amalgamation in the face of daunting events which point to uneasy coexistence. Having dissected the above, this paper recommends some policy alternatives, which, if adopted, will solve most of the problems militating against Nigeria’s unity.

Keywords: Ethnicity, Diversities, Union, Constitution, Regionalism, Primordialism, Instrumentalism, Coup d’état, Colonialism.

Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Joshua Timothy (2017), Nigeria’s National Unity Versus Regional Political Tendencies:  Assessing the Tenability of Remaining Together. J. of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Vol. 9, Number 3, Pp. 76-91


EFFECT OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY ON WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE ACTIVITIES IN JERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

1Baba Gana Alimi & 2Bintu Kachallah Galadima

1Department of Social Services, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State. Nigeria.

2Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Maiduguri, Borno State. Nigeria.

Email: bgalimi2@gmail.com

Abstract: This paper examined the effect of women participation in agricultural activities and further investigated whether the emergence of Boko Haram insurgency in 2009 had serious negative effects on the active participation of women in agricultural sector in Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State. The study obtained a sample size of (60) sixty respondents and all were women spreaded across five (5) villages, that includes: Addamari; Zabbarmari; Amaramanti; Gongulon Lawanti; and Nguddo. All the respondents were selected using simple random sampling techniques and structured questionnaire on the subject. An explanatory research design was applied in order to get sufficient information under investigation. A statistical data of simple frequency distribution and percentages coupled with chi-square analysis was used to understand the facts about the phenomena examined through the respondents responses. The researchers decline figures to appears in the work but extensively discussed. The study revealed that the emergence of Boko Haram has paralyzed the agricultural activities and seriously affected the women role and their participation in the agricultural activities and agro-allied businesses. The respondents appreciates the efforts of Borno State Government and some International Non-government Organization (INGO’s) for their supports.


THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA DEMOCRACY

Moses .M. Adagbabiri, & Ugo .C. Okolie

Department of Political Science, Delta State University Abraka, Nigeria.

Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Edo State Study Centre, Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.

Email: adagbabirimoses@gmail.com, Ugookolie2@gmail.com

Abstract

In the eve of transition from the military authoritarian regime, democracy was packaged by the apostles of democratization, both domestic and international, to Nigerians as a sine qua-non for development. Hence with the return to civil rule on May 29, 1999, the mantra of dividends of democracy which soon fizzled out became the populist political rhetoric. The hope for economic, social and political justice, popular empowerment, development and better life with the advent of democracy provoked was supplanted by injustice, disempowerment, insecurity, maladministration, poverty, indignities, backwardness and under development (Odukoya, 2015). Nigerians have become devalued, underdeveloped and victims of a flawed democracy. Africa is democratizing but the democratization occurring in African does not appear to be in the least emancipator. On the contrary, it is legitimizing the disempowerment of ordinary people who seen to be worse off than they used to be because their political oppression is no longer perceived as a problem inviting  solution, but a solution endowed with moral and political legitimacy (Ake, 1994). The 2015 general elections was in several respects a historical watershed in Nigeria. The elections took place against the background of important but debilitating factors namely: The presidency challenge, security threats and election postponement, opposition merger, the  expiration of tenure, intemperate political rhetoric, sanctity and independence of the electoral administration/ process, states where incumbents were not returning, proliferations of arms and privatization of security, state capacity to checkmate violence, nomination of candidates etc. These factors are strongly affecting democratic stability and consolidation. The analysis of the above factors is the mainstream of this paper.Keywords: Democracy, Election, Electoral Democracy, Democratization


FISCAL FEDERALISM AND UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION IN DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIES: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA (1999-2015)

Matthew J. Kromtit1; Gideon G. Goshit1, & Adakai F. Amayah2

1Department of Economics, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.

2Department of Political Science, University of Jos, Nigeria

Email: kromtitm1@gmail.com; kromtitm@unijos.edu.ng

Abstract

The Nigerian federal system over the years is beset by a lingering lopsidedness in revenue allocation among the three tiers of government-Federal, State and Local Governments amidst the debate whether the public or private sectors should be the major driver of the economy given rising unemployment. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the causal relationship between the statutory allocations to the levels of government, and unemployment in the country and estimating their contribution to unemployment reduction since the return to democracy in 1999. By using the Granger Causality Technique, the result shows that independence is suggested between Federal, State and local governments’ allocations and unemployment in Nigeria at 5% level of significance. The Ordinary Least Squares was used to determine the impact of federation allocations to various tiers on unemployment. The result indicates that while the Federal and State Governments’ impact positively on unemployment, the local Governments’ impact is negative. A 1% increase in federal allocation to the federal and states government would respectively lead to 118.17% and 11.06% increase in unemployment    while Local Governments would have a greater reduction of 54.76% in unemployment; The study concludes that the relationship between fiscal federalism and unemployment reduction in Nigeria is significant. It is thus recommended that more revenue should be allocated to Local Governments; Federal and State Governments levels should be more efficient in the allocation of funds; and a greater synergy should be promoted between the levels of government as well as between government and the private sector so as to help reduce unemployment in Nigeria.

Keywords: Fiscal Federalism, Democracy, Unemployment and Nigeria.


TERRORISM AND BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: A PROGNOSIS

Moses M. Adagbabiri & Ugo C. Okolie

Department of Political Science, Delta State  University Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.

Chartered Institute of personnel management of Nigeria, Edo State Branch Study centre, Benin City, Nigeria.

E-mail: adagbabiri@delsu.ng, Ugookolie2@gmail.com

Abstract

Since the emergence of the nascent democracy in 1999, the contemporary Nigeria Society has been engulfed by terrible acts of terrorism. The Country which had hitherto been one of the most relatively peaceful in Africa has been deeply enmeshed and suffused in political and ethno-religious conflicts characterized by genocidal attacks, bombing, maiming and killings of several persons, loss of business investments, and properties worth several billions of naira. These acts of terrorism have seriously caused untold hardship to the Nigerian populace. Terrorism has been a global menace which affects economic, political and social status of the country experiencing it. Since the inception of the president Goodluck Jonathan Political regime, Boko Haram has been disrupting and destabilizing government activities mainly in Northern Nigeria. The political implication of terrorism has been deadly in Nigerian democratic governance. The challenges of terrorism and insecurity have been traumatizing president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in Nigeria while many political gladiators hide under the Siege of Boko Haram insurgency in terrorizing existing political regime in Nigeria which makes it difficult to actualize governmental policies and programmes in Nigeria. It would seem that democracy has increased the culture of impunity in some people while political differences are believed to have fueled some of the violence that have erupted. The discourse of the argument put forward in this paper is that contemporary terrorism in Nigeria is a product of prolonged failure of the Nigerian state to show characteristics or fulfill the purposes accepted as normal or beneficial to the totality of her citizens. The thrust decimal of flawed political and ethno-religious conflicts with a view to pinpointing its nature, causes and proffering solutions for Nigeria’s democracy to thrive.


Table of Contents

Issues Affecting Testing Activities in Porting Mobile Applications

Gabriel Lazarus Dams& John T. Ogbiti                                                                                   1-24

Evaluation of Aqueous Extract of Vernonia Amygdalina on the Histopathology

of the Liver of Wistar Rats

Obeten, K.E., Ujong G. O, & Adoga M. O.                                                                                25-36

Time Dependent Effect of the Aqueous Seed Extract of Helianthus Annuus L. on

 Some Biochemical Parameters in Alloxan Induced – Diabetic Rats.

Saleh, B.G, &  Carol C.D                                                                                                          37-50

The Effect of Particle Size and Particle Size Distribution on the Modulus of Rupture

 of Some South East Nigeria Clays

Osonwa Nobert Okey , Nwabineli E.O, Ekwueme Ekenna, Ogbn Charles Collins, Alegu         51-60

Ferdinand Nnanna F.

Alcohol Use, Anxiety and Demographic Predictors of Aggressive Behaviour Among Adolescents in Ibadan and Uyo Metropolises: A Cross-Cultural Study

Mfon E. Ineme, Idris A. Sadiku, Kubiat M. Ineme & Helen O. Osinowo                                                61-79

Enhancing Industrialization in Africa Through Indigenous Technology

Otuu J.B.                                                                                                                                  80-90

Cosmetics: An Assessment of its Health Implications to Human Body

V.J., Nzuta                                                                                                                                91-105

Making Dyes from Local Plants: An Assess for Teaching Dyeing Skills

V.J., Nzuta                                                                                                                                106-114


MAKING DYES FROM LOCAL PLANTS: AN ASSESS FOR TEACHING DYEING SKILLS

V.J., Nzuta

Department of Home and Rural Economic,

Taraba State College of Agriculture Jalingo

Abstract: The study was conducted on making dyes from local pigments was carried out using natural pigments found within Zaria. An experimental study was carried out using ten selected natural pigments from Zaria, along with four local mordants for the purpose of dye extraction the major objectives of the study is making of dyes from local plants. Boiling and soaking methods were adopted for the dye extraction. On the whole forty-three different shades were got out of the experiment. On the whole the Ten (10) different pigments used includes Scale of Onions, Kola nuts, Guinea corn husk, mango bark, mango leaves, cashew bark, cashew leaves, cassia leaves and guava leaves locally obtained mordants were alum, potash, lye and common sal were used variously on the pigments. Two methods were basically employed to extract dyes from the selected pigments. These are boiling and soaking. Mordants were added to the pigments during the boiling and soaking processes. Length of white cotton was also dropped into each combination to test the color of dyes produced. The researcher further recommends that individuals as well as tie and dye companies or establishments are therefore encouraged to adopt the processes employed in this study to extract dyes from natural pigments within their environment in order to save cost and energy and students from home and rural economic departments and those willing should try out other methods of extracting dyes and as well combining different pigments and mordants to produced advanced or new colours which will serve as a literature for further academic work.

Keywords: Dyes, Extraction, Plants, Teaching, Dyeing, Skills


COSMETICS: AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS TO HUMAN BODY

V.J., Nzuta

Department of Home and Rural Economic,

Taraba State College of Agriculture, Jalingo

Abstract

Severe stomach irritation, vomiting and diarrhoea, while exposure to lower levels for a long time can lead to kidney damage, bone deformity, and the ability of bones to break easily, miscarriage, hormonal changes, reduced fertility in men and women, menstrual irregularities, delays in puberty onset in girls, contact dermatitis, neuro-developmental deficits in the children, cancer, mild to moderate skin and eye irritation, reduced sperm count in men and reproductive defects in the developing male foetus; liver and kidney failure in young children, increased skin aging and DNA damage, allergies, severe headache and asthma symptoms, skin irritation and systemic toxicity, allergies and skin irritation, endocrine disruption, possible reproductive toxicant, may impair human fertility, hormones disrupters, sneezing, runny nose, cough and shortness of breath, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, irritation, allergic contact reactions, severe contact dermatitis, skin rashes, skin discoloration and scarring, as well as a reduction in the skin’s resistance to bacterial and fungal infection. The study further shows that bout sixteen (DEA Cocamide DEA and Lauramide DEA, Coal Tar Dyes, Lead, Cadniun, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Parabens, Fragrance, Polyethylene Glycols (PEGs), Petrolatum, Siloxanes, Phthalates, Henna dyes, Coumarin and Phethleugenol, Hydrogen peroxide solutions, and Ammonium persulfate, Nickel and Mercury  minerals found in cosmetics have one effects or the other in human body. It was also found that these adverse implications can be avoided by reducing the rate of using these cosmetic products. It was further recommended that since there is little direct protection, consumers should read labels, understand what they are buying and focus on companies with established reputations for quality products, the agencies that control the safety of cosmetic products should work hard to ensure safety of the consumers of these products; the manufacturers of these products on their part to ensure the clinical safety of their products, parents and teens should limit the amount of makeup worn on their faces to avoid skin rashes and the effects attach to it therein and individuals should limit the use of cosmetics such as powders, cleansers, eye shadows, shampoo, dyes, lipsticks, foundation, mascara, tattooing, nails decorations etc. on their body.

Keywords: Cosmetics, Health, Chemicals, Minerals, Substance, Body, Skin, Makeup, Skin Care


ENHANCING INDUSTRIALIZATION IN AFRICA THROUGH INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY

Otuu J.B.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana Afikpo, Ebonyi State

Email: johnotuu@gmail.com

Abstract

One fundamental problem responsible for the technological backwardness of West Africa and indeed the whole of Africa is the inability of governments, stakeholders and peoples of the region to explore indigenous viable opportunities. A key answer to this problem lies in according indigenous technology the attention and pride of place it deserves. The feeling of a people in respect of their culture and tradition which define their identity and station in global events propels their desire for development. When a people’s indigenous knowledge, experiences, precepts, traditions and history are thrown off in favour of foreign ones, it beclouds and endangers the people’s corporate survival and identity. Indigenous technology, viewed against the backdrop of technology, is not a new concept. The paper therefore, looks at the concepts of indigenous knowledge and indigenous technology. The characteristics of indigenous knowledge and technology are considered. The paper also looks at the threats to indigenous technology and knowledge. It outlines the developmental opportunities offered by indigenous technology for West Africa in particular and Africa as a whole. Finally, the paper discusses ways of enhancing indigenous knowledge and technology.

Keywords: Indigenous Language, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Technology, Industrialization, Technology


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