2021

This study examines the effect of staff training on workers performance: a case study of Ifo local government secretariat. To carryout the study ,five objectives and four research questions were derived from the statement of the problems. The simple random sampling method was used to select sample size of 300 (three hundred) respondents. To test the research questions, data were collected with the aid of questionnaires and other relevant documents and literature. The data generated through the instrument were analyzed using the chi-square. The study revealed that the study revealed that staff training and development in organisation leads to increase in workers’ productivity and performance and also that staff development in an organisation enhances employee’s effectiveness and efficiency. The study also revealed that the acquisition of new skills by workers help in boosting their moral. Furthermore, the study also shows that staff training and development in organisation helps to motivate workers to put in their best at work. The study recommends that Ifo Local government should adopt modern practices toenhance their productivity. A permanent autonomous body should be established or contracted by the authority of the Ifo L. G. A. to induct and update knowledge of new and old staff on their job and to co-ordinate the activities of training and development on continuous basis

This study examined the impact of forensic audit on the integrity of financial statement in Nigeria. The objective of the study is to determine the relationship between forensic audit and 11the integrity of financial statement. In order to collect efficient primary data, the purposive survey method was employed and questionnaires designed and distributed to collect the needed data, while the data were analyzed using ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique.The study concluded based on the statistical analysis,as with Becca and Jay(2004),Enofe,Omagbon and Ehigiator(2015),and Oyedokun(2015),that fraud detection, investigation and litigation (using forensic evidence to establish fraud cases), will significantly enhance the integrity of financial statement in Nigeria. However, our fourth variable, periodic/mandatory forensic audit was rejected. In conclusion, forensic audit was adjudged to be an efficient and effective toolagainst fraudulent financial statement but should not be periodic and/or mandatory. It is therefore recommended that further empirical research be conducted with higher numbers ofsampling to establish or otherwise the conclusion arrived at with respect to periodic forensic audit

The study was to investigate the impact of the language laboratory on effective teaching and learning of the English language. Four (4) research questions were raised and literature of other researchers were reviewed. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, data was collected through the aid of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was structured according to the research questions and distributed to sample population of 63 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that secondary schools do not have adequate English laboratories for the effective teaching and learning of English language and lack the basic necessities needed for a good English laboratory with no adequate English laboratories for the effective teaching and learning of English language in secondary schools. Schools with adequate English laboratories are more effective in the teaching and learning of English language although many schools have limited facilities for a good English laboratory and so need to be upgraded to meet with international standards. It was however recommended that government should ensure that adequate funds is released to public secondary schools for the building of language laboratories needed for the teaching of student; government and schools should ensure that qualified and competent teachers are employed for the teaching of Oral English in secondary schools in Ikpoba Okgha LGA; and that school management should ensure that language laboratories are adequately utilized for the correction of other tongue interference in secondary schools in Benin City

BACKGROUND: Hemoglobinopathies are the commonest inherited genetic disorders worldwide. Sickle cell disorders were discovered by Dr J.B Herrick in 1904. There are some hopes for a definitive cure for sickle cell disorders in the form of stem cell transplantation. However premarital screening for intending couples seem to be an important primary preventive method. Pre-marital medical screening is a panel of tests that couples preparing to get married undertake so as to detect any genetic or infectious disease that may be transmitted to each other of their offspring. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to add to the existing body of knowledge on sickle cell disorder and to access the knowledge, attitude and practice of premarital screening for sickle cell disorder among students of University of Benin. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 393 students using multi- stage sampling technique from six selected faculties (Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Education, Management Sciences, Law, Pharmacy.) from the 13 faculties in the University. The time duration of this study spanned from August 2019 to June 2021. Data was collected using an self-administered questionnaire. Data was obtained and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25.0. Analysis employed descriptive and inferential statistics. Level of significance was set at 5%.

With the advent of renewable energy solutions in the energy sector of developed and developing nations, a cost evaluation of the different available options is necessary. In this project, a cost comparison of a 10kW wind and solar PV system was examined. This thesis uses the Life Cycle Costing (LCC) methodology to evaluate the cost of solar and wind power systems for a period of 25 years, to determine which is more cost effective. The cost of installing a 10kW wind turbine system was evaluated to be ₦25,753,268.75 while that of solar PV system for the same amount power was evaluated to be ₦26,068,916.76 for a period of 25 years.

This study, investigated efficacy of self- instructional therapy in managing truancy among secondary school students in Oredo local government area of Edo State. The study also examined the effects of parental socioeconomic status and sex on truancy among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. To address the problem of the study, five research questions were raised and formulated into four hypotheses, and were tested at 0.05 level of significance. This study adopted pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group and Quasi experimental research design. The target population of the study consisted of all the thirteen thousand and fifty one (13,051) senior secondary school students from the fourteen (14) public senior secondary schools in Oredo local government area of Edo State. A sample size of two hundred (200) students made up of one hundred males and one hundred females were selected using balloting without replacement. The standardized questionnaire adapted from Ehindero (2015) titled: Students Level of Truancy Questionnaire (SLTQ) was used by the researcher with two sessions, A and B and administered to the students in their various schools to evaluate truancy level among students. This instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two other lecturers in the Department of Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology (EECP). The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach alpha statistics and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.64. Data were analyzed using the two way ANOVA, descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test scores in truancy level among secondary school students exposed to Self- Instructional Therapy; there is a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test scores in truancy level xii among secondary school students exposed to Self -Instructional Therapy and those in the Control Group; there is no significant interaction effect of treatment by sex on the level of truancy among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, and there is no significant interaction effect of treatment by Parental Socio-Economic Status on the level of truancy among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that, experts in the field of counselling psychologist should train and retrain students on the use of self–instructional therapy because of its effectiveness in managing students with truant behaviour

A field experiment was conducted on the effect of the mixture of compost and cow dung manure on the growth of Vigna unguiculata for a period of 5 weeks. Each treatment had 3 replicates making it a total of 15 bags. Five (5) seeds were planted in each bag and
germination reading was taken for 7 days after which readings for plant height, number of leaves, number of branches and girth were taken weekly for 4 weeks. At the end of germination study, control, A, B, C and D recorded 86.67%, 86.67%, 60.00%, 86.67% and
46.67% respectively. At the end of the experiment (31DAP), height values calculated for control, A, B, C and D were 14.33 ± 1.67, 24.67 ± 0.44, 29.00 ± 1.53, 30.25 ± 1.25 and 34.00 ± 3.00 cm respectively and at the same time, the number of leaves values recorded for control, A, B, C and D were 7.00 ± 1.73, 23.33 ± 3.48, 28.00 ± 2.00, 30.50 ± 0.50 and 22.50 ± 3.50 respectively. The results gathered for girth and number of branches were inconsistent. From data gathered, it will appear that the optimum concentration of the manure mixture for growth of Vigna unguiculata lies within the range of treatment C

The main objective of this study was on adult education programs for reformation of prison inmates in Oko prison Benin city Edo state:Challenges and Strategies for improvement. To guide this study, four research questions were formulated. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised all the prison staf and inmates in Edo State. The sample consisted of 200 persons i.e. 100 inmates and 100 prison staf selected through simple random sampling. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection which was dully validated by experts in Adult Education and Measurement and Evaluation. Among the major findings of the study were that overcrowding, poor funding, poor sanitation, poor facilities militate against reformation of prison inmates while provision of adequate facilities, recruitment of professional educators and administrators, adequate counseling services, adequate funding of prisons among others were the strategies for improvement in reformation of prison inmates in Edo State

Chromium is one of the most notorious heavy metals released by various industries such as tanning and leather industries, manufacturing industries, catalyst and pigments, fungicides, ceramics, crafts, glass, photography, electroplating industry and corrosion control application. This study was aimed at sorption of chromium(VI) ion from aqueous solution by adsorbent derived from used tyres. Waste tyre was collected from Uwelu spare part market in Edo state. The collected tire was washed and rinsed with distilled water to remove debris, oven dried for 3hours at 180oC and ground into powder. This dried powder was carbonized and activated by charging into a muffle furnace for 2hrs at 500oC and then treated with 4M nitric acid. The efficacy of chromium removal of the adsorbent is determined by investigating the various parameters such as adsorbent dose, agitation time and shaking speed. The adsorbent was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy. The total pore volume of the adsorbent was observed to bet P/P0=0.988646762:0.624668 cm3/g. The percentage of C and O was found to be 30.50% and 20.23%. Analysis of Variance for the response surface quadratic model showed that the Model F-value of 75.25 implies that the model is significant. The Lack of Fit F-value of 0.9763 implies that the Lack of Fit is not significant relative to the pure error. The high R-square value (coefficient of determination) of 0.9898 indicates that the fitted model predicts the metal ion removal with reasonable precision

The preceptorship programme was an intervention to increase the knowledge of Lassa fever prevention among health workers and patients in lily hospital at Oredo Local Government Area, Benin city, Edo State. Nigeria On getting approval from the department to carry out the preceptorship programmed in lily hospital, the researcher moved to the preceptorship programmed area. The researcher got an introductory letter from the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education, University of Benin which was submitted to the chief medical officer at lily hospital and was approved by the director