The Guide

Abstract  The leaders of 189 countries of the world and their countries now face the challenges of achieving the Millennium Development Goals which they set for themselves during the Millennium Summit of September 2000.

ABSTRACT Nigeria is presently concerned with developing educational policies that will transform her status from a developing to a developed economy. The acquisition of technical education is possible from secondary to tertiary levels of the country’s 6-3-3-4 education system. 

ABSTRACT Each person like every business requires some measures of both financial position and financial performance in assessing his financial conditions. The financial position depicts one’s wealth at ascertain point in time while one’s financial performance describes once. Financial statements according to Illoumezie (2006:33) are like compasses “which navigators use to locate their bearing and find direction”.

ABSTRACT This study was embarked upon with a view to determining the impact of interest rate on other selected macroeconomic variables in Nigeria. Data were sourced from CBN Abuja and NBS. Data were analyzed using the ordinary least square regression (OLS). Results indicate that: Interest rate is inversely related investment and also negatively related with GDP. 

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of monetary policy variables on the performance of the stock market in Nigeria using quarterly data for twenty four years (1984:1 – 2007:4). A linear combination of stock market index and monetary policy variables is estimated using ordinary least squares; co-integration and error-correction specification. 

ABSTRACT  The aim of this research work is to appraise “The impact of credit management on the profitability of a manufacturing firm focused on Unilever Nigeria Plc Aba”. This is because; trade credit is a short term source of finance and sometimes take the form of bills payable. The statement problem of this research banks about the poor level of credit management and also the problems which the firms encounter as a result of high-rate of bad debts. 

Abstract  The circumstances/necessity for this empirical paper was as a result of the need to examine the contemporary development in Nigeria with special emphasis on financial accountability and transparency in this present democratic dispensation.

ABSTRACT  This research investigated the impact of audit committees attributes on financial reporting quality of Banks in Nigeria. Modified Jones model (1991) provided the measures of earnings quality, which were used to proxy for financial reporting quality. The audit committee attributes investigated were: independence, financial expertise, frequency of meetings, and multiple directorship.

ABSTRACT  Celebrity endorsement has been established as one of the most popular tools of advertising in recent time. It has become a trend and perceived as a winning formula for new product marketing and brand building. It is easy to choose a celebrity but it is tough to establish a strong association between the product and the endorser.

ABSTRACT  Promotion campaign is probably the most important aspect of the four marketing-mix elements Price, Place, Product and Promotion— that are used to solve companies’ problems and gain competitive advantage if well implemented. 

ABSTRACT The need for an organization to properly coordinate its marketing communications strategies to achieve a clear, consistent and competitive message about itself and its product has become issue of concern to every result driven firm. The study is aimed at examining the impact of integrated marketing communication on consumers’ patronage of Nigerian beverage products. 

This study examines the relationship between banks and economic growth in Nigeria with emphasis on the financial repression hypothesis. The study seeks to establish among others, the relationship between banking sector development in Nigeria and economic growth; the impact of regulation of banks on economic growth; the applicability of the financial repression hypothesis to Nigeria; and the direction of causality between banks and economic growth over a period of forty-one years divided into three regulatory regimes (intensive regulation regime (1970-1985), deregulation regime (1986-1995) and guided deregulation regime (1996-2010)).

Abstract Project monitoring and evaluation are important components of local government councils’ functions. Given the need to take governance to the grassroots, projects are regularly executed by this level of government. 

Abstract This study examines the effect of stock market on economic growth in Nigeria.Ordinary least squares regression (OLS) was employed using the data from 1989 to 2008. The results indicated that there is a positive relationship between economic growth and all the stock market development variables used. 

ABSTRACT A major engine of economic growth and development of any nation is the stock market. It impacts positively on the economy by providing financial resources through its intermediation process for financing long term projects. 

Abstract Risk Management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events .

ABSTRACT This study analyses the linkage between inflation rate and manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy over the period of (1981-2011). The study used data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The ordinary least square technique (OLS) was used to specify and examine the relationship between the variables Government expenditure, inflation rate and money supply which are the independent variables and the manufacturing index which is the dependent variable for the first model. 

Abstract The study reveals that interest rate is always difficult to forecast. Interest rates will probably rise with the removal of public sector funds from the industry. The interest rate (MPR) is the rate at which banks borrow from Central Bank to cover their immediate cash shortfall. The higher the cost of such borrowing, the higher also will be the rate banks will advance credit to the real sector. 

ABSTRACT The development of credit control and debt recovery in many deposit banks is ineffective with the level of industrialization in Nigeria. Impediments include inadequate professional skills on the part of credit controllers in organizing the funds to credit applicants, failure of the managers to adopt the efficient credit system and debt recovery techniques are some of the major problems militating against the effectiveness of credit control and debt recovery in financial institution in Nigeria. This paper examined the need for effective credit control and debt recovery in commercial/deposit banks in Nigeria. 

ABSTRACT  Credit extension is an essential function of banks and bank management strive to satisfy the legitimate credit needs of the community it tends to serve. This study is aimed at analysing the credit management in the banking industry in Nigeria with particular reference to first Bank of Nigeria PLC. The importance of credit in the economic growth and development of a country cannot be overemphasized.