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Facilities Management Practices in a Selected Public Academic

Building in North Central Nigeria

S.N. Gaiya, C. Gofwen, E. O. Ola-Adisa and L.D. Dabi                                                 1-17

Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance Regulation and Practice in Nigerian Banks

Adegbola Olubukola Otekunrin, Tony Ikechukwu Nwanji, Roselyn Efenudu

Hermans, Samuel Abiodun Ajayi, Frank Dayo, Awonusi, Adebanjo Joseph

Falaye, Damilola Felix Eluyela                                                                        18-59

Effect of Regulation on the Performance of Deposit Money Banks in

Nigeria

Oboro Oghenero Godday and Edafiaje Lisa Aninoritse                                   60-71

Waste Management Characteristics of Selected IDP Camps in

Maiduguri

Ella, I.  I., Onazi, O., Ola-Adisa, E. O and Umar, M..A.                                      72-94

WASTE MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED IDP CAMPS IN MAIDUGURI

Ella, I.  I., Onazi, O., Ola-Adisa, E. O and Umar, M..A.

Department of Architecture

University of Jos,Jos

Email: olaefeadisa@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This study investigates waste generation and management system in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps in Maiduguri Urban City, Borno State. Records from Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA provided the primary data for this study, with structured interviews with BOSEPA personnel and questionnaires administered in four selected IDP camps within the Maiduguri City Centre. Results show that religious and cultural backgrounds of IDPs stand as one of the major challenges to the proper disposal and management of waste. While security provisions for the IDP camps within the urban city while commendable still pose a challenge, particularly in the camps towards the outskirts where there have been security breaches. In conclusion the study shows that waste management in IDP camps is not effectively managed as the final refuse disposal in borrow pits on the city outskirts  without further treatment is not in line with international best practices. The study further recommends that effective, efficient and sustainable waste management strategies such as waste minimization at source through reuse, recycle and energy recovery before final disposal should be introduced and adopted.

Keywords: Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps, Sustainable Waste Management, Waste Minimisation

EFFECT OF REGULATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA

Oboro Oghenero Godday and Edafiaje Lisa Aninoritse

Department of Banking and Finance,

Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro

E-mail: rawlings4good@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The study examined the effect of regulation on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study used secondary data derived from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and Annual Reports of deposit money Banks in Nigeria. Multi-regression was employed in the Analysis of the data collected. E-view 7.0 econometric results shows that inflation, maximum lending rate and real interest rate have negative and significant effects on the profitability of Nigerian deposit money banks as measured by return on assets at 5% level of significant effect on bank’s performance. Also, the study found that real interest rate, treasury bill rate and minimum rediscount rate do not have significant effect on return on equity of money deposit banks in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommended that the regulatory authorities should tackle inflation seriously as it is militating against the efficiency of the Nigeria banking system. Also, the lending rate of banks should not be too high as this will adversely affect their performance in the long-run.

Keywords: Bank Regulation, Interest Rate, Treasury Bill Rate, Minimum Rediscount Rate.

DIVIDEND POLICY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATION AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN BANKS

Adegbola Olubukola Otekunrin, Tony Ikechukwu Nwanji, Roselyn Efenudu Hermans, Samuel Abiodun Ajayi, Frank Dayo, Awonusi, Adebanjo Joseph Falaye, Damilola Felix Eluyela

Department of Accounting and Finance,

Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria:

Email:  otekunrin.adegbola@lmu.edu.ng, nwanji.tony@lmu.edu.ng, awonusi.frank@lmu.edu.ng, falaye.adebanjo@lmu.edu.ng, eluyela.damilola@lmu.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

This research examines impact of corporate governance regulation and practice on dividend policy using case study of First and Zenith Bank. The objective of this research is to examine, investigate and evaluate if and how corporate governance regulation and practice affect or influence dividend policy in banks. This research adopted a mixed method approach that is using both qualitative and quantitative approach. The research instruments used in data analyses were descriptive analyses, chi-square and multiple linear regressions. The findings in this research were; corporate governance regulation and practice has impact on dividend policy, non-executive directors are very essential in dividend policy decisions as to whether they pay or do not pay dividends, that corporate governance disclosure, board size and size of executive directors are major contributors to the dividend policy adopted and that dividend payments can be used as a corporate governance measure to reduce agency cost. This research revalidates and supports the use of agency theory that major studies regarding corporate governance support. This research also supports that corporate governance regulation and practice have impact on dividend policy. This research shows that Nigeria can rely on the details in this research.

Keywords: Dividend, Policy, Corporate, Governance, Regulation

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN A SELECTED PUBLIC ACADEMIC BUILDING IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

S.N. Gaiya, C. Gofwen, E. O. Ola-Adisa and L.D. Dabi

Department of Architecture

University of Jos, Jos

Email: olaefeadisa@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Buildings and their surrounding environments are important assets of an organisation, therefore they have to be well kept and maintained, so as to achieve the purpose of design. Maintenance is critical and should be well planned, because poor maintenance planning may cause negligence of some facilities, which will call for higher cost of repair when damaged. With the emergence of facilities management policies, maintenance planning can be improved, as maintenance is one of the key roles of facilities management. Therefore maintenance can be properly planned, especially for preventive maintenance, by daily maintenance and routine checks on facilities. The maintenance department are faced with challenges, which include cost of poor maintenance; laxity by users in reporting maintenance needs of the facilities they use, few maintenance officers, which makes routine checks difficult as it is time consuming and also, the process of approving maintenance needs is usually slow. Maintenance can be improved by employing more maintenance officers, educating facilities users on the importance of maintenance and its implications if not done on time and also there is urgent need for computerized maintenance which is being processed as this will bridge the communication gap between users and the maintenance department and also the maintenance department with the relevant authorities for approval of maintenance needs.

Keywords: Corrective Maintenance, Facilities Management , Planned Maintenance