IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA 1994 – 2013

IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA 1994 – 2013 ABSTRACT One of the activities of financial institutions (banks) involves intermediating between the surplus and deficit units of the economy.  Banks as financial intermediaries emerge to lower the cost of reaching potential investments, exerting corporate controls, managing risks, mobilizing savings and conducting exchanges.  […]

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IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA : 1981-2010

ABSTRACT The issue of linkage between external sector financing and economic growth has attracted wide debate within the context of domestic and international economies. Earlier studies have found that the inability of the developing countries to direct resources to productive use has been a disincentive to domestic capital formation resulting in repudiation to loan repayment, […]

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IMPACT OF CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA BANKS (2000-2019)

ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the impact of credit risk management on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria using five banks that have highest asset base. We adopted ex-post facto and analytical design. Time series data for the period (2000 to 2019) were collated from the annual reports and financial statement of […]

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IMPACT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study The issue of corporate governance and firm performance has dominated much of intellectual discussions in the last two decades. The discussions were not unconnected with the various corporate scandals that rocked giant corporations in the US and other parts of the world which have called to question […]

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IMPACT OF BOARD EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF BANKS IN NIGERIA, 2006 – 2019

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Corporate governance is concerned with the ways in which the shareholders of corporations assure themselves of getting a return on their investment (Shleifer and Vishny, 1997). It also deals with the mechanisms by which shareholders of a corporation exercise control over management such that the interests of […]

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Teachers Personal Characteristics And Students Academic Achievement On Public Secondary School Students In Anambra State

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Teachers have a direct responsibility to shape a student’s academic performance, and are the most important school based factor in their education (Rockoff, 2004; Rivkin, HanushekKain 2005; Aaronson, Barrow & Sander, 2007). This is why it is important to examine which teacher characteristics may be related to student […]

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RESPONSE OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) VARIETIES TO SOWING METHOD AND FERTILIZER TREATMENTS

viii ABSTRACT Field experiments were conducted in 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 dry seasons at the Research Farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru and Kadawa to study the response wheat varieties to sowing method and fertilizer treatment. The treatments consisted of three varieties (LACRIWHIT-1, LACRIWHIT-4 and LACRIWHIT-5), two sowing methods (broadcasting and drilling) and four […]

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Structural interpretation and mineral potential using remote sensing data and GIS tool

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   The use geographic information system for hydro-geological purposes has become widely acceptable in most of the developed countries. Although it is a recent technology or it is only appreciated recently, most of its foundation has been used for quite a long time. The age of computer and information technology has made […]

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RESPONSE OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) TO RHIZOBIA INOCULATION, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZERS ON AN ALFISOL IN THE NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Groundnut (Arachis hypogeaa L.) productivity in Nigeria has remained low over the years due to the inherent low fertility status of the soils of the savanna, a region where it is mostly grown by small holder farmers with limited imputs. Groundnut can fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic association with native rhizobia but unfortunately, the […]

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