PLANNED MAINTENANCE POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Agabi Iorhemen Julius and Iwar Moses Chigba

Department of Agric. Engineering

Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev,Benue State

Email:anemagabi@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The goal of planned vehicle maintenance is to retain or restore its output reliability.  However, the scope of planned maintenance for road transport system goes beyond that limit.  It covers management’s scheduled activities, supervisors, technicians and mechanics, drivers and motor vehicles.  These parameters, each bears a proof of good or poor management.  In this study, emphasis was on motor vehicles.  So data were collected from the records of Benue Links (Nig.) Ltd, on vehicles they acquired between year 2000 and 2009 and are working optimally and marginally.  The data analyzed, using t-test for independent samples showed that the calculated t- value was greater than the critical t- value, at the same probability level.  Therefore, the alternative hypothesis that stated, ‘there are motor vehicles of five operating years and above functioning optimally in the public transport systems,’ was rejected.  This explained that management does not plan its maintenance programs to run the sector.  It is suggested that a maintenance policy law be enacted to guide and direct management’s activities for sustainable development of the sector.

INFLUENCE OF HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION PROGRAMME ON JOB PERFORMANCE EFFECTIVENESS IN SELECTED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Satope Bola Funmilayo, PhD,

Department of Human Resource Development

Osun State University, College of Management and Social Sciences

E-mail: satopetito@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the influence of human capital formation programmes of the government on job performance effectiveness in industrial organizations in Osun state. This is with a view to ascertain the importance of government service delivery programmes on industrial organizations in the State. The descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect information from a total of 200 workers in manufacturing (Olaoluwa Aina Wire Industry) and agricultural industry (like those who went to Songhai). Oral interview was used to collect information from Ministries about the activities of the government. The results of the survey reveal that the human capital development programmes provided for workers have impacted on their job performance effectiveness. The computer training has significant effect on innovation (t=7.306, P<0.05) adaptability (t=2.073, P<0.05), staff development (t=4.626, P<0.05). Team building training programme also has significant effect on almost all the factors creativity (t=6.269, P<0.05) strategic leadership (t=5.424,P<0.05), teamwork (t=2.654,P<0.05); Interpersonal training programme has more significant effect on strategic leadership (t=6.621,P<0.05) and teamwork, with more impact on teamwork (Beta=0.658,P<0.05). In addition, Communication skill training equally has significant effect on teamwork (t=7.588, P<0.05), innovation, satisfaction (t=2.520, P<0.05) and finally, Labour-Management related Skill training impact more on creativity (Beta=1.34,P<0.05) and strategic leadership (Beta=1.098,P<0.05) and customer services (Beta=1.832,P<0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that the capital formation programme should be allowed to go round all workers for equal development.

Keywords: Osun State, Nigeria, human capital, effective, job performance

POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMME AS A BASIS FOR GRASSROOTS TRANSFORMATION: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE

D.O. Okibe (FHNR)

Department Of Public Administration

The Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda

E-mail:- dookvan@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Poverty has always posed and still poses as a menace against the transformation of the grassroots. The wide spread of  poverty have remain one of the most notable features that challenges the development processes in Nigeria especially at the grassroots in spite of all the efforts and resources which successive government in Nigeria have committed for many years in fighting poverty. The central theme of this paper is to highlight the efforts in term of policies and programmes that the Nigerian government has embarked upo n for grassroots transformation. The paper began with the conceptual clarification of the word “poverty” and after which went further to illustrates the major factors that inhibit the attainment of grassroots transformation in the country. The paper also make use of poverty indicators such as literacy level, access to safe water, nutrition, infant and maternal mortality as well as Human Development Index (HDI) to establish the poverty status of Nigeria. The paper equally give some options of what should be done, such as improving the general welfare and provision of more social amenities to the rural populace for there to be a transformation at the grassroots.

THE INTERACTION OF HUMAN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Rasak Bamidele

Department of Sociology and Psychology

Fountain University   Osogbo, Osun State

E-mail: delerasak@yahoo.co.uk

ABSTRACT

Understanding the makeup of a community’s human social capital is fundamental to understanding our capacities to not only absorb change, but potentially to also grow and prosper as a result of it.  The elements that comprise both social and human capital intimately interact to provide a ‘package’ of capacity that dictates a community’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances. A community’s human capital is comprised of the depth and diversity of skills existing in a community. To be able to use those skills however, we need social networks to connect us with those who need our skills, or government representatives to lead us through the bureaucracy. As a result, both human and social capitals are dealt with in the process of assessing the social component of sustainability, it has been argued that individually, communities, corporate entities or government bodies alone do not possess the resources needed to promote broad based sustainable development. Complementarities and partnerships forged within and across these groups of differing power are also necessary to achieve long term sustainable development. Therefore, this study will examine the interaction between human social capital and   sustainable economic development Nigeria.

Key words: Social capital, Economic development, Component of sustainability, financial capital, and Human capital

CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Agba, Arumun Solomon

Department of Sociology

University of Mkar, Nigeria.

solomon2000@rocketmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper dwells on culture and development in Nigeria. It focuses essentially on non-material cultural traits, which pertains to values, norms, beliefs, etc, in various societal systems such as: political, economic, religious and the social value-system, that are inimical to development strides in Nigeria. Structural Functionalism has been adopted as the theoretical instrument for its analysis. The paper establishes that culture is the spring-board from which virtually all development policies in almost all societal systems emerge. It thus, recommend that greater attention be paid to the Theatre for Development, which serves as an avenue for exploring the numerous Nigerian cultures for a culturally based development and media campaigns should be promoted for the restoration, preservation and improvement on positive Nigerian cultural values. This, the paper conclude, as the obligation of all Nigerians.