FACULTYOFSOCIALSCIENCES

ThisstudyexaminedFiscalAdministrationandDevelopmentinLocalGovernment,usingIkpobaOkhaLocalGovernmentAreaofEdoStateasacasestudy.Theresearchfocusedonhowbudgeting,revenuegeneration,expendituremanagement,andaccountabilityaffectlocaldevelopment.Asurveydesignwasadopted,and120questionnairesweredistributedtostaffandresidentsofIdogboandOkhorocommunities,outofwhich100werereturnedandanalyzedusingdescriptivestatistics.Thefindingsrevealedthateffectivefiscaladministrationpositivelyinfluenceslocaldevelopment,butchxiallengessuchaslowinternallygeneratedrevenue,corruption,andpooraccountabilityhinderperformance.Thestudyconcludedthatsoundfiscaladministrationpromotessustainabledevelopmentatthegrassroots.Itrecommendedimprovedtransparency,citizenparticipation,andbetterfinancialmanagementinlocalgovernmentoperations.

This research work evaluates the extent of development in Entrepreneurship in a depressed economy like Nigeria. A closer and pragmatic approach was used by using Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI) Enugu State Chapter. NASSI has been seen as one of the nation’s governmental agency involved in manpower development and training and financing small-scale industrialists. The objectives of the study are to critically analyze the activities of entrepreneurs in Enugu, in relation to the overall objective of government programmes and policies, to know how the efforts of government to develop entrepreneurship is progressing, to identify the problems that has been militating against the development of entrepreneurship in Enugu and Prefer solutions. It was found that the development of entrepreneurs is now taking a formal footing as a result of the increased rate of response by the average entrepreneur in Enugu. From the research, it was observed that about over a 3,000 (three thousand) persons have gotten various trainings Nigeria association of small-scale industrialists (NASSI).Consequently, the research solicits for NASSI to be more pragmatic in their operation vis-à-vis the decree of which they were established and then government in its own effort to try and create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship development. In this word Abraham Maslow (A psychologist known for his theories regarding human needs) “indicated that the most valuable 100 people to bring into deteriorating society would not be economists or politicians or engineer rather 100 entrepreneurs”.

This study examined exchange rate on economic growth of Nigeria from 1986 to 2020.Exchange rate is the rate at which one currency exchanges for another, it is the external value of a currency in respect to the external value of another currency.The objectives of the study is to empirically examine exchange rate and its volatility in the Nigerian economy. It will be shown in the study that exchange rate,inflation,interest rate has no significant impact on economic growth, thus making it a negative relationship. The significance of the study cannot be overemphasized as it is of great concern not only to policy makers but the economy at large. The main data used in this study is secondary; sourced from various issues of Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression technique was used to analyze the data. Also in a view to afford difficulties while carrying out the regression analysis other methods such as Augumented Dickey Fuller test and ECMwasemployed, The result also revealed that exchange rate have no significant impacts on economic growth. The result also indicated that that interest rate and inflation rate have negative impact on economic growth respectively. We recommend that the government should properly manage exchange rate in Nigeria as its volatility has the potential to distort other factors (such as lending rate, labor force and price stability) that matter to the performance of the economy.Government should also encourage approved domestic investment to accelerate growth rather than relying on foreign direct investment. Interest rate should be managed in such a way that it will encourage savings but not to the extent of discouraging investment. Government should also reduce inflation to boost economic growth in Nigeria

This study aims to explore the difficulties that residents of the Ekosodin Community encounter due to epileptic power supply.Significant socio-economic consequences result from the community's frequent power outages, despite the growing demand for dependable electricity. The study investigates the underlying causes of the inconsistent power supply, which range from administrative inefficiencies to deficiencies in infrastructure, using a quantitative approach that includes the use of questionnaire.The results show that the ongoing power outages are caused by antiquated infrastructure, poor maintenance, and bureaucratic bottlenecks. The study emphasizes how urgently targeted interventions and policy changes are needed to address the epileptic power supply, improving the community of Ekosodin's quality of life and promoting economic growth.