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ABSTRACT BOOK 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences ( ICSS 2018 ) March 21-22, 2018, Abuja-NIGERIA

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NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

Editors Abdurrahman ISIK Ibrahim KELES Gylych JELILOV Benedict AKANEGBU Osman SAHIN Kemal OZDEN Ugwudioha M. Ofili Muhammed Kabir Yusuf Onyebuchi James Ile Yusuf Wasiyu Designer Bilal KELES

Copyright © Nile University of Nigeria, 2018 icssl.nileuniversity.edu.ng - [email protected] II

Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Huseyin Sert, Nile University Vice Chancelor, Honorary Chairman Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Isik, Coordinator of the Events Prof. Ibrahim Keles, Chairman of ICSS Prof. Dr. Onder Aytac, Advisor Prof. Dr. Kemal Ozden, Public Relations and Media Prof. Dr. Osman Sahin, Financial Commitee Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kabir Yusuf, Chairman of ISCSS Dr. Murat Akyuz, Logistical Arrangements Manager Dr. Gylych Jelilov, Collobration and Exhibition Dr. James Ile, Editor Mr. Yasar Aktekin, Nile University General Secretary Mr. Bilal KELES – Graphic & Media Relations Mr. Hayati DURMAZ – Financial Manager

Scientefic and Review Committee Prof. Dr. Naim Kapucu, University of Central Florida, USA Prof. Dr. Benedict Akanegbu, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. G.C. Nzelibe Nasarawa State University Prof. Dr. Gungor TURAN, Epoka University, ALBANIA Prof. Dr. Huseyin KALYONCU, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Idris SANI, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Joseph Obansa, Abuja University Prof. Dr. Recai Pecen, Northern American University, USA Prof. Dr. Sarah Anyanwu, Abuja University Prof. Dr. Teoman DUMAN, Burc University, BOSNIA HERZOGONIVA Prof. Dr. Faruk GURSOY, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Ali YURTSEVER, American Islamic College, USA Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman ISIK, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Kemal Ozden, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Sammas Salur, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Osman Sahin, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Olaoye Anthony Ayodele, Nile University of Nigeria Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kabir Yusuf, Nile University of Nigeria Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nika Chitadze , International Black Sea University, GEORGIA Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metin Mercan, International Black Sea University, GEORGIA Prof. Dr. Seth Akutson, Kaduna State University Prof. Dr. Nurettin Can, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Erkan Demirbas, Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Keles, Nile University of Nigeria Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alparslan Toker, Nile University of Nigeria

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Foreword The 4th International Conference on Social Science - Africa (ICSS-Africa) was held at Nile University of Nigeria (NUN) in Abuja, Nigeria from March 21 to 22, 2018. The international conference focused on new advance in research in the field of social sciences especially Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Political Science, International Relations, Criminology, Mass Communication and Public Administration disciplines. This exclusive meeting is an excellent & magnanimous platform that witnesses the participation of over 300 Thought Leaders, Management Gurus, Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors & High Commissioners, Members of Parliament, Vice Chancellors, Deans and Directors from reputed National & International Universities, Noted Academicians, High profile media personalities, Corporate leaders and students from different countries who share ideas, exchange thoughts, deliberate on various research insights and brainstorm to provide conclusive, logical & relevant world-class best practices. ICSS-Africa is organized in corporation with partner universities, companies and governmental and non-governmental institutions. As we multicultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary we pride ourselves on advancing the scholarly study of various scientific disciplines by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide. On behalf of the ICSS-Africa conference organizers, I want to thank to partner universities, Nasarawa State University, University of Abuja, National Open University, Epoka University, North American University, collaborators Vento International Trading, Turkic American Alliance. We hope that you enjoy reflecting and discussing the proceedings with your colleagues. Finally, ICSS-Africa organizing committee decided to organize 5th ICSS-Africa. We are very happy to invite you to our university again next year. On the behalf of the organizing committee Prof. Dr. Ibrahim KELES

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ACCOUNTING & FINANCE SESSIONS Session One

Session Chair: Olalekan Busra Sakariyau, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 217

Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Osman Sahin, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 226

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT, Nwoye, Chizoba Mary & Anichebe, Alphonsus Sunday 2-STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: INVESTIGATING THE NEXUS, Johnson Okoh 3-EFFECT OF TAX SHELTER ON EARNINGS QUALITY IN NIGERIA, Osegbue, Ifeanyi Francis, Austine Nweze & Meshack Ifurueze 4-DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015), Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa & Sufian Jelili Babatunde 5-MICRO-FINANCING OF SMALL BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Liman Nasiru Zuru & Mohammed Yusuf Alkali Session Two Session Chair: Prof. Ugwudioha M Ofili, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 226

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-POLITICALLY CONNECTED BOARDROOM AND FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURE OF LISTED NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS, Adamu Garba Zango & Ismail Tijjani Idris 2-RELEVANCE OF BANKING AGENTS IN ENHANCING AVAILABILITY OF BANKING SERVICES TO UNSERVED POPULACE IN NIGERIA, Abdullahi Shehu Araga & IsraelCookey Stowellic 3-WOMEN BORROWERS AND THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA, Ofe I. Inua & Kalu I. Awa 4-AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (ASCL)’S NONCOMPLETION:A SETBACK TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA, Jeremiah Johnson Obera BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SESSIONS Session One

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Time: 15:00 / 16:00

1-ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER PREFERENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, Yakubu Abdullahi Yarima & Ibrahim Garba Muhammad 2-EMERGING TRENDS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION: SKILLS ACQUISITION OF N.C.E GRADUATES AND WAY FORWARD, Oyegoke Adedoyin, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Hassan Isa Salihu, Ovosi, Bilksu Mohammed & Fatima Badiru 3-PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF GARKI GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA, Christy Zwingina Twaliwi, Michael Opusunju Michael & Akyuz Murat 4-THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF MTN IN MINNA METROPOLIS, Olalekan Busra Sakariyau 5-ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUMSIZED BUSINESS VENTURES: A MEDIATION MODEL, Ramatu Abdulkareem Abubakar, Kabiru Maitama Kura, Nasiru Abdullahi, & Sulaiman Abdulwahab Sulaiman 6-STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL RURAL MARKETING OPERATION IN NIGERIA, Musa Gambo K.K. & Ibrahim Garba Dawaki Session Two Session Chair: Dr.Selman Tetik, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 218

Time: 16:30 / 17:30

1-EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A FIELD STUDY IN SELECTED NIGERIAN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, Obiorah, Tonia Ngozi & Selman Tetik 2-THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: A FIELD STUDY ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS, Adem Arslan & Sabri Korkmaz 3-INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION IN ORGANIZATIONS: ROLE OF HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGEMENT THEORY, Yahaya Yakubu

4-EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING (HRP) ON ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE IN JUHEL NIGERIA LIMITED, EMENE ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA, Ikechukwu Dialoke,& Onyi Akachukwu Joseph 5-CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION ON MODERN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, Cross .O. Daniel Session Three Session Chair: Dr.Ada Mac-Ozigbo, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 219

Time: 16:30 / 17:30

1-IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE MEGA RETAIL STORES’ PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR, Timothy Ishola 2-EVALUATION OF PREDICTORS OF ONLINE SHOPPING BEHAVIOUR OF CONSUMERS IN NIGERIA, Eunice Adegbola

3-THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZAATION AS IT AFFECT POVERTY LEVEL IN NIGERIA, Michael Opusunju Isaac, Blessing Nwaiwu Nkechi & Lucy J George 4-ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA, Elikwu, Michael Ikechukwu, Ndubuisi, Walter, Obayi, Anthony Adio, Adebayo Isaac, & Ubawuike, Jeraldine Ifeoma 5-ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT (HCD) IN NIGERIA- A STUDY OF MEMBERS OF NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) 2017 BATCH A AGWU, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA, Onyi Akachukwu Joseph & Akamobi Obiageri Gloria Session Five Session Chair: Dr.Hauwa Lamino Abubakar, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 219

Time: 16:30 / 17:30

3-ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY FOR WORLD RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER, Abdullahi Bala Ado, Kabiru Tsoho & Kuwata Goni

1-BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS AT COLLEGES OF EDUCATION INTHE NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA, Abdullahi Magaji

4-DESTINATION ATTRIBUTES AND DOMESTIC TOURIST’S CHOICE DECISION OF DESTINATIONS IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA Yekinni Ojo Bello & Majebi Enesi C

2-EMERGING NEEDS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON ONLINE PUBLICATION PACKAGES: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL OF COLLEGE EDUCATION, ZARIA, Fatima Badiru, Ngaloru .N. Cecilia, & Abdullahi D.U. Eze

5-IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN ABUJA, Ibrahim Ohida Yusuf, Mohammed Babakatun Abubakar & Michael Opusunju Isaac 6-BUSINESS ETHICS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA, Munirat Yusuf-Habeeb, Dare Joseph & Mudashir Mohammed Session Four Session Chair: Dr. Ogohi Cross Daniel, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 218

Time: 16:30 / 17:30

1-EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON UNIVERSITY CHOICE OF STUDENTS. CASE STUDY: SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN ABUJA, Jalayev Jalay 2-PECULIARITY OF SMEs’ GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA; A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL MSME SURVEY REPORT, Munirat Yusuf-Habeeb, Suleiman Aruwa & Ibrahim Yusuf

3-COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Rukayya Abimbola & Olowe, Fadila Kabir 4-BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME: A WAY FORWARD TO NATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Abdullahi Saleh & Shehu Mohammed Abdullahi 5-TERTIARY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE GRADUATE SELFRELIANCE IN AGRO-ALLIED SMES, Elikwu, Michael Ikechukwu, Adio, Adebayo Isaac, Emokhare, Godwin & Ubawuike, Jeraldine Ifeoma CRIMINOLOGY SESSION Session One Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Onder Aytac, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 223

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

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1-THE REASONING CRIMINAL: THE RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY IN CRIMINOLOGY, Ngozi Anadi 2-FACTORS AFFECTING AWAITING TRIAL INMATES IN NIGERIA PRISONS, Adeniyi Adegoke 3-MANAGEMENT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA: THE NEED TO GO BEYOND MATERIAL SUPPORT, Ibrahim Abubakar 4-THE CRIMINOLOGY OF INSECURITY: CATTLE RUSTLING AND ITS EFFECTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Tijjani Halliru 5-HERDSMEN ATTACKS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: DEMONSTRATIONS OF REACTIVE SECURITY IN NIGERIA. A VIEW OF BENUE STATE, Haruna Abdullahi 6-AN INSIGHT IN TO EPISTEMOLOGY OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL RESEARCH, Mu’azu Abdullahi Saulawa ECONOMICS SESSIONS

1-THE IMPACT OF FARMER’S ILL-HEALTH ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND HOW IT INFLUENCE THE PARTICIPATION OF FARMERS IN OFF-FARM VENTURES IN NIGERIA, Mustapha Kachallah 2-COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL EXPENDITURE ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN NIGERIA, Gylych Jelilov & Paul Iorember 3-GOVERNMENT -PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND UNEMPLOYMENT CRESCENDOS IN NIGERIA, Rose Mbatomon Ako 4-EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND FARMER’S INCOME: A CASE OF ANIMAL TRACTION TRAINING IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA, Hassan Wali 5-IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1980-2015), Usman Mohammed Murtala & Erkan Demirbas

Session One FINANCE Session Chair: Dr. Ganiyyat Uthman Adeshina, National Open University of Nigeria Venue: A 208

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-EXPLORATORY INSIGHTS ON THE EFFECTS OF SUKUK ISSUANCE AGAINST THE YIELD ON CONVENTIONAL BONDS IN NIGERIA, Soliu Hamzat 2-FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM WEST AND EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES, Maryam Adamu and Suleiman Mamman 3-TAX EVASION AND TAX AVOIDANCE IN AN INFORMAL SECTOR SETTING IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA, Almustapha A Aliyu and Mohammed Yusuf Alkali 4-REINVESTIGATING ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOW AND SUSTANBALE DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF NIGERIA, Ganiyat Adesina-Uthman 5-DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015), Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa and Sufian Jelili Babatunde Session Two AGRICULTURE & MACRO Session Chair: Dr. John Ayedogbon, Bingham University Venue: A 209

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Time: 14:00 / 15:30

Session Three TRANSPORTATION & EDUCATION Session Chair: Prof. Gobna Wafure, University of Abuja Venue: A 210

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-A NEXUS BETWEEN RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA, Adewale E. Adegoriola and Prof. Peter Siyan 2-ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIGERIA: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND FORECAST, Wasiu Akintunde Yusuf, Mutiu Olawale Sulaiman and Saratu Rabiu Barau 3-A VICIOUS CIRCLE PROVIDING A STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN AUTOMATION AND HUMAN LABOR IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA, Sugh Ali, Ozturk Ali and Ozturk Nuray 4-INFLUENCE OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN IMO STATE, Oyogoke Adedoyin, Mohammed Ovosi Bilkisu, Eze Daniel Uzoma Abdullahi and Isah Abdullahi Ibrahim 5-CLUSTER EFFECT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES CLUSTER IN IKEJA, LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA, Abdullahi Shehu Araga and Sufian Jelili Babatunde Session Four MONETARY

Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Salamatu Isah , Ahmedu Bello University Venue: A 216

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS AND OIL ECONOMY ASYMMETRIC NEXUS: THE CASES OF ANGOLA AND NIGERIA, Abdulkabir Niran Adedeji, Funmilola Fausat Ahmed and Musa Muhammad 2-INFLATIONARY RECESSION IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE COPING STRATEGIES OF WORKERS IN ABU ZARIA, Su'Ada Mohammed and Isah Maikudi Yusuf 3-DOES INTEREST RATE REALLY AFFECT HOUSEHOLDS' LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE?, Ismail Sanusi, Alhassan Mahmud and Ali Kole 4-COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY INSTRUMENTS ON MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA, Sule Magaji, Jemaza Micheal and Ayo Andrew Anthony 5-DOES PHILLPS CURVE HOLD IN NIGERIA? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT, Aliyu Hassan Balewa Session Five MONETARY Session Chair: Prof. Sarah Anyanwu, University of Abuja Venue: A 208

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-ASYMMETRIES IN MONETARY POLICY REACTION FUNCTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, Mudi Salisu and Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi

1-GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA, Samuel Ochinyabo and Shimonkabir Shitile 2-A REVISED MEASURE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEPRIVATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Ismail Sanusi 3-EXTERNAL DEBT EFFECT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA, Hamza Auwalu Abdul’aziz, Ibrahim Shehu and Alhassan Mahmud Idris 4-FOOD PRICE TRANSMISSION: THE CONCEPT, ISSUES AND EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN ECONOMY, Babatunde Moses Adesanya 5-ASSESSMENT OF EXTERNAL DEBT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA, 1999-2016, John Aiyedogbon, Bright Ohwofasa and Ropheka Bot Session Seven SECURITY & MACRO Session Chair: Prof. Erkan Demirbas, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 210

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA, David Nwogbo 2-THE EFFECTS OF INSECURITY ON INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA, Sotonye Briggs and Gylych Jelilov 3-EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: AN OPINION SURVEY OF UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES IN KADUNA STATE, Aminu Muhammed, Jamilu Ja'Afar Salihu and Mustapha Alhassan Alhassan

2-EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANT OF EXTERNAL RESERVE IN NIGERIA (1986-2016), Hussaini Adamu

4-SOLOW GROWTH MODEL AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO THE NIGERIA ECONOMY, Ebunoluwa Oyegoke

3-AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON PRICE STABILITY IN NIGERIA, Adamu Usman Abubakar and Ibrahim Sulaiman

5-IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY ON MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA, Uchendu Winifred Chinyere

4-IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OUTPUT IN NIGERIA: 1986-2016, Ogbodo Kenechukwu Peter & Abdurrahman Isik

Session Eight DEVELOPMENT & MACRO

5-IMPACT OF INFLATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: FOR THE PERIOD 1981-2016, Fadhilat Mohammed Yusuf Session Six DEVELOPMENT Session Chair: Prof. Ebele Amali, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 209

Session Chair: Prof. Benedict Akanegbu, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 216

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-FINANCIAL BURDEN OF MALARIA TREATMENT BY HOUSEHOLDS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Wasiu Akintunde Yusuf, Sulaiman Adesina Yusuf and Segun Oladunni

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

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2-FOREIGN AID, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA, Nafisah Hamidu Nafisah and Abdurrahman Isik

3-LITERATURE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE TEXT, THE CRITIC AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN NIGERIA, Onyebuchi James Ile

3-HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA, Haruna Abdullahi

4-ROOTS OF IDENTITY AND LONELINESS IN ZADIE SMITH’S WHITE TEETH, AlpaslanToker

4-IMPACT OF URBAN EXPANSION ON LIVELIHOOD OF PERIURBAN DWELLERS IN IGABI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, Abdulyasar Idris Baba, Njiforty Peter P. and Suleiman Dahiru

Session Two

5-ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC RECESSION, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA (2007-2016), Mudi Salisu Session Nine DEVELOPMENT & MACRO Session Chair: Prof. Nurettin Can, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 217

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-HOW CAN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BOOST ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF REGIONS IN A FRONTIER COUNTRY? Chidiebere Anago 2-AN ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES TO THE COUNTRYS' GDP, Sayyid Abubakar 3-ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGRIA, Shehu Ibrahim & Mahmud Alhassan Idris 4-RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND CONSUMERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS ELECTRONIC PAYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM OSUN STATE, NIGERIA, Iriobe, O. C. &Iriobe, G. O.

Session Chair: Dr.Bello Yekeen, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 227

1-SHARED SITUATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXHIBITED IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING INTERACTIONS: JAY E. ADAMS EXAMPLES, Abayomi O. Ayansola 2-SPEECH ACT AS BASIS FOR DIALOGUE COHERENCE: A CASE OF ENGLISH –YORUBA TRANSLATION, Bello Yekeen 3-THE PRAGMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIRST PERSON PLURAL PRONOUN IN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S INAUGURAL SPEECH, Agbara, Clara Unoalegie Bola 4-AN APPRAISAL OF VARIANT SPELLINGS USAGE IN STUDENTS’ ESSAYS AND THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ADVANCED ENGLISH COMPOSITION TO UNDERGRADUATES OF NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, Martha NguemoTernaAbah 5-ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION, ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES IN THE CONDUCT OF MICRO-TEACHING PRACTICUM IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA, Adamu Mohammed Ashiru & Bilkisu Ibrahim Zubairu POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSION

ENGLISH STUDIES SESSION Session One

Session One

Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alpaslan Toker, Nile University of Nigeria

Venue: A 321

Venue: A 227

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-REVAMPING THROUGH HISTORY: A NEW HISTORICIST READING OF OBAFEMI’S RUNNING DREAMS AND BINEBAI’S DRUMS OF THE DELTA, Salihu Sarat Adenike 2-RE-THEORISING ON CONTEXTUALISATION OF WOMEN'S WRITINGS IN AFRICAN CULTURE: THE ALTERNATIVE OF AFRO-FEMINISMS, Foluke Aliyu-Ibrahim

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Session Chair: Prof. Nuhu Yaqubu, Nile University of Nigeria Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-THE ADOPTION AND CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC VOTING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY, I.S Ladan-Baki 2-TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE REGENERATIVE SOCIOPOLITICAL ECOSYSTEM IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE , Wilson Nwankwo & Comfort Tosin Olayinka 3-ASSESSING REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN WEST AFRICA, Ebimboere Seiyefa

4-FORUM ON CHINA- AFRICA COOPERATION: AN OVERVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim & Olamiriki Oluwaseun

4-PSYCHOLOGICAL TOOLS AS POTENT INSTRUMENT FOR POLITICAL UMPIRES AND POLITICAL PARTIES DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, Alphonsus Ihenacho

5-SOCIAL DEPRIVATION AND INSECURITY: A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE, Okokhere Omoh Felix, Bob-Manuel, Kio & Aroriode, Ojiyovwi Arariode

5- BACKGROUND OF SOCIO-POLITICAL EXCLUSION IN NIGERIA, Muhammad Alamin Mahmud

6-POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, Okokhere Omoh Felix

Session Four Session Chair: Dr. Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 321

Session Two Session Chair: Prof. Michael Udochukwu MBANASO, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 322

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT, NATURE AND DYNAMICS, Abubakar Aliyu Rafindadi, Mustapha Sule Lamido, & Abimbola Jamiu Babatunde 2- ROLE OF NIGERIA IN THE GAMBIAN POLITICAL CRISIS (2016-2017), Umar Mashio Babani, Nurettin Can & Babatunde K. Adeshina 3-THE IMPACT OF GULEN MOVEMENT MULTICULTURAL POSTURE ON TURKEY AFRICA RELATIONS 2000-2017, Nazli Isik & Chigozie Enwere 4-ATTACKS ON HIZMET MOVEMENT AND ITS PATIENCE ON TOLERANCE, Myrzagul Zakirova 5-INFLUENCE OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Nuray Ozturk, Peter Agu, & Ali Ozturk

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-COOPTING AFRICA IN THE NEW GLOBAL INTEGRATION INITIATIVE: THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHINESE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim & Sandra B. Amegbe 2NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT: TRENDS IN NIGERIAN TRANSPORT , Michael Udochukwu MBANASO, Kemal OZDEN 3-NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC : REGRETTING THE PAINS AND RELISHING THE GAINS, Ishaka Dele, Zainab Lawal Kankara & Humphrey Ukeaja 4-A SURVEY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN TEACHING CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA, Salihu, Jamilu Ja’afar, Sani, Adama Shu’aibu, Buhari, Yusuf Sulaiman, & I.D Abubakar 5-WOMEN AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY ON FOURTH REPUBLIC (1999 – 2007), Umar Mashio Babani, Muhammed Ab Muhammed & Mustapha Ismail Alhassan 6- WOMEN AND YOUTH EXCLUSION IN NIGERIA, Muhammad Alamin Mahmud

Session Three

Session Five

Session Chair: Dr. Hakeem Onapaja, Nile University of Nigeria

Session Chair: Dr. Chigozie Enwere, Nile University of Nigeria

Venue: A 323

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-THE FACTORS WHICH FOSTERED THE EMERGENCE OF BOKO HARAM, Kemal Ozden, Peter Dung Mancha, Abubakar Umar Mahmud

Venue: A 322

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1-MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD: NIGERIA IN FOCUS, Garba Isa Hassan

2- SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF BOKO-HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA, Umar Abdulaziz & Hassan Nuhu Wali

2-THE 2008 GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION: CAPITALISM ON EXILE OR THE TRIUMPH OF MARXISM, Ogbu Collins, Dr Ereke Ernest, & Dr Umar Kari

3-ROLE OF MEDIA IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION, Faiza Taiye Busari & Hamidah Kehinde Busari

3-DEBATING COLONIALISM AS AGENT PROVOCATEUR OF NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT DILEMA, Alimi, M.K.O., Nofiu,

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Oluwasesan Akanni, Onyema, Nnaemeka Shedrack, & Aloba, Idowu Folorunso 4-EFFECT OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYABLE WOMEN AND WOMEN IN POLITICS, Hamidah Kehinde Busari & Faiza Taiye Busari 5-CHILD POVERTY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA: TO ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES IN NIGERIA, ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES, Yahaya Yakubu, Erunke Canice Esidene & Erunke Joseph Obia MASS COMMUNICATION SESSION Session One: Media Ethics and Audience Theory Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kabir Yusuf, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 224

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-AWARENESS OF PROTECTION AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AMONG MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALIST, KADUNA STATE CHAPTER, Jamila Mohammed Dahiru 2-A SMALL OR CLOSED WINDOW: MEDIA WITHING THE REVIVAL OF AFRICAN IDENTITY, Lateef Adelakun & Chidinma Onwubere 3-PERTICIPATORY PHONE-IN RADIO PROGRAMMES AND AUDIENCE SOCIO-POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR IN KWARA STATE, Okaiyeto, Simon Ayodele 4-COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION: A MODEST PROPOSAL, Habeeb Salaudeen 5-AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION VIEWING ON THE HABITS OF STUDENTS IN SELECT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, Ogakason, Rasheed Oshoke & Abdullahi Jubril 6-NEWSPAPER SURVIVAL AND NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT: A POSITION, Ibrahim Jimoh Session Two: Communication for Development Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kabir Yusuf, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 224

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1-STATUTORY PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA, Jonathan Aliede

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2-PERCEPTION OF MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS ON THE PREVALENCE OF FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA, Aminu Mohammed Abdullahi & Aliyu Husseini 3-IMAGE-TEXT FOR VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS PROJECT WORKS, Andrew Omebije 4-EFFECT OF ONLINE NEWS READERSHIP ON THE PATRONAGE OF TRADITIONAL NEWSPAPERS: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY STAFF, Mohammed Abdullateef 5-THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA, Imoh Sunday Obot 6-PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ON VOCATIONAL SKILLS AMONG PALLADAN YOUTH TRANSFORMATION ASSOCIATION. (PAYOTA), Abubakar Abdulmalik 7- WE HAVE WON THE BATTLE AND LOST THE WAR: MEDIA FRAMING OF THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF BOKO HARAM CRISES AND WHAT WE LEARNT FROM IT, M. Kabir Yusuf PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SESSION Session One Session Chair: Dr.Abubakar Allumi Nura, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Venue: A 223

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1-EFFECT OF HRM PRACTICES ON PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES, Abubakar Tabiu 2-DISCRETIONARY POWERS, ETHICS AND HUMAN RESOURCE EFFICIENCY: SUBSTANTIATION FROM THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR, Nura Abubakar Allumi & Abubakar Tabiu 3-REFLECTIONS ON THE REVENUE ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA, Nuruddeen Muhammad Koko 4-EFFECT OF ROLE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Firdausi Ahmad Sani & Abdulyasar Idris Baba

Contents ACCOUNTING & FINANCE SESSIONS ................................................................................................................. 10 EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT, Nwoye, Chizoba Mary & Anichebe, Alphonsus Sunday ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: INVESTIGATING THE NEXUS, Johnson Okoh ........................................................................................................................................ 12 EFFECT OF TAX SHELTER ON EARNINGS QUALITY IN NIGERIA, Osegbue, Ifeanyi Francis, Austine Nweze & Meshack Ifurueze ................................................................................................................................................ 13 DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015), Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa & Sufian Jelili Babatunde ..................... 14 MICRO-FINANCING OF SMALL BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Liman Nasiru Zuru & Mohammed Yusuf Alkali ................................................................ 15 POLITICALLY CONNECTED BOARDROOM AND FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURE OF LISTED NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS, Adamu Garba Zango & Ismail Tijjani Idris ................................................................................ 17 RELEVANCE OF BANKING AGENTS IN ENHANCING AVAILABILITY OF BANKING SERVICES TO UNSERVED POPULACE IN NIGERIA, Abdullahi Shehu Araga & Israel-Cookey Stowellic ....................................................... 18 WOMEN BORROWERS AND THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA, Ofe I. Inua & Kalu I. Awa ............................................................................................................................................... 19 AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (ASCL)’S NON-COMPLETION:A SETBACK TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA, Jeremiah Johnson Obera ..................................................................................... 20

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SESSIONS ........................................................................................................... 21 ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER PREFERENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, Yakubu Abdullahi Yarima & Ibrahim Garba Muhammad ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 EMERGING TRENDS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION: SKILLS ACQUISITION OF N.C.E GRADUATES AND WAY FORWARD, Oyegoke Adedoyin, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Hassan Isa Salihu, Ovosi, Bilksu Mohammed & Fatima Badiru ................................................................................................................... 23 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF GARKI GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA, Christy Zwingina Twaliwi, Michael Opusunju Michael & Akyuz Murat ................................ 24 THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF MTN IN MINNA METROPOLIS, Olalekan Busra Sakariyau .................................................................................. 25 1

ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS VENTURES: A MEDIATION MODEL, Ramatu Abdulkareem Abubakar, Kabiru Maitama Kura, Nasiru Abdullahi, & Sulaiman Abdulwahab Sulaiman ................................................................ 26 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL RURAL MARKETING OPERATION IN NIGERIA, Musa Gambo K.K. & Ibrahim Garba Dawaki ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A FIELD STUDY IN SELECTED NIGERIAN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, Obiorah, Tonia Ngozi & Selman Tetik .................................................... 29 THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: A FIELD STUDY ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS, Adem Arslan & Sabri Korkmaz ..... 30 INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION IN ORGANIZATIONS: ROLE OF HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGEMENT THEORY, Yahaya Yakubu .................................................................................................................................... 31 EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING (HRP) ON ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE IN JUHEL NIGERIA LIMITED, EMENE ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA, Ikechukwu Dialoke,& Onyi Akachukwu Joseph .............................. 32 CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION ON MODERN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, Cross .O. Daniel ........................................................................................................................ 33 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE MEGA RETAIL STORES’ PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR, Timothy Ishola ............................................................................................................................... 35 EVALUATION OF PREDICTORS OF ONLINE SHOPPING BEHAVIOUR OF CONSUMERS IN NIGERIA, Eunice Adegbola ............................................................................................................................................................. 36 ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY FOR WORLD RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER, Abdullahi Bala Ado, Kabiru Tsoho & Kuwata Goni .............................................................................................. 37 DESTINATION ATTRIBUTES AND DOMESTIC TOURIST’S CHOICE DECISION OF DESTINATIONS IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA, Yekinni Ojo Bello & Majebi Enesi C ........................................................................................... 38 IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN ABUJA, Ibrahim Ohida Yusuf, Mohammed Babakatun Abubakar & Michael Opusunju Isaac 39 BUSINESS ETHICS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA, Munirat Yusuf-Habeeb, Dare Joseph & Mudashir Mohammed ........................................................................... 40 EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON UNIVERSITY CHOICE OF STUDENTS. CASE STUDY: SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN ABUJA, Jalayev Jalay ..................................................................................................................................... 42 PECULIARITY OF SMES’ GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA; A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL MSME SURVEY REPORT, Munirat Yusuf-Habeeb, Suleiman Aruwa & Ibrahim Yusuf ...................... 43 THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZAATION AS IT AFFECT POVERTY LEVEL IN NIGERIA, Michael Opusunju Isaac, Blessing Nwaiwu Nkechi & Lucy J George.......................................................................................................... 44

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ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA, Elikwu, Michael Ikechukwu, Ndubuisi, Walter, Obayi, Anthony Adio, Adebayo Isaac, & Ubawuike, Jeraldine Ifeoma…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………45 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT (HCD) IN NIGERIA- A STUDY OF MEMBERS OF NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) 2017 BATCH A AGWU, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA, Onyi Akachukwu Joseph & Akamobi Obiageri Gloria .......................................................................................... 46 BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS AT COLLEGES OF EDUCATION INTHE NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA, Abdullahi Magaji ..................................................................... 48 BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME: A WAY FORWARD TO NATIONAL GROWTH AND EMERGING NEEDS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON ONLINE PUBLICATION PACKAGES: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL OF COLLEGE EDUCATION, ZARIA, Fatima Badiru, Ngaloru .N. Cecilia, & Abdullahi D.U. Eze ............. 49 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Rukayya Abimbola & Olowe, Fadila Kabir .... 50 BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME: A WAY FORWARD TO NATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Abdullahi Saleh & Shehu Mohammed Abdullahi ................................................................................................. 51 TERTIARY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE GRADUATE SELFRELIANCE IN AGRO-ALLIED SMES, Elikwu, Michael Ikechukwu, Adio, Adebayo Isaac, Emokhare, Godwin & Ubawuike, Jeraldine Ifeoma................................................................................................................................ 52

CRIMINOLOGY SESSION ..................................................................................................................................... 53 THE REASONING CRIMINAL: THE RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY IN CRIMINOLOGY, Ngozi Anadi ....................... 54 FACTORS AFFECTING AWAITING TRIAL INMATES IN NIGERIA PRISONS, Adeniyi Adegoke ............................ 55 MANAGEMENT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA: THE NEED TO GO BEYOND MATERIAL SUPPORT, Ibrahim Abubakar ............................................................................................. 56 THE CRIMINOLOGY OF INSECURITY: CATTLE RUSTLING AND ITS EFFECTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Tijjani Halliru.................................................................................................................................................................. 57 HERDSMEN ATTACKS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: DEMONSTRATIONS OF REACTIVE SECURITY IN NIGERIA. A VIEW OF BENUE STATE, Haruna Abdullahi ......................................................................................................... 58 AN INSIGHT IN TO EPISTEMOLOGY OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL RESEARCH, Mu’azu Abdullahi Saulawa ................. 59

ECONOMICS SESSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 60 EXPLORATORY INSIGHTS ON THE EFFECTS OF SUKUK ISSUANCE AGAINST THE YIELD ON CONVENTIONAL BONDS IN NIGERIA, Soliu Hamzat ...................................................................................................................... 61 3

FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM WEST AND EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES, Maryam Bala Adamu & Mamman Suleiman ....................................................................................................... 62 TAX EVASION AND TAX AVOIDANCE IN AN INFORMAL SECTOR SETTING IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA, Almustapha A Aliyu & Mohammed Yusuf Alkali ................................................................................................. 63 REINVESTIGATING ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOW AND SUSTANBALE DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF NIGERIA, Ganiyat Adesina-Uthman .................................................................................................................................... 64 DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015), Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa & Sufian Jelili Babatunde ..................... 65 THE IMPACT OF FARMER’S ILL-HEALTH ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND HOW IT INFLUENCE THE PARTICIPATION OF FARMERS IN OFF-FARM VENTURES IN NIGERIA(1996-2016), Mustapha Bulama Kachallah ............................................................................................................................................................ 67 COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL EXPENDITURE ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN NIGERIA, Gylych Jelilov & Paul Iorember .................................. 68 GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND UNEMPLOYMENT CRESCENDOS IN NIGERIA, Rose Mbatomon Ako................. 69 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND FARMER’S INCOME: A CASE OF ANIMAL TRACTION TRAINING IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA, Hassan Nuhu Wali, ................................................................ 70 IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1980-2015), Usman Mohammed Murtala & Erkan Demirbas ................................................................................................. 71 A NEXUS BETWEEN RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA, Adewale E. Adegoriola &Peter Siyan ..................................................................................................................................... 73 ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIGERIA: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND FORECAST, Mutiu O. Sulaimon, Wasiu. A. Yusuf &Rabiu Saratu Bara U ........................................................................................................................... 74 A VICIOUS CIRCLE: PROVIDING A STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN AUTOMATION AND HUMAN LABOR IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA, Sugh Ali Musa, Ali Ozturk, Hamza Abubakar, & Nuray Ozturk..... 75 INFLUENCE OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN IMO STATE, Oyegoke Adedoyin, Ovosi, Bilksu Mohammed, Abdullahi D.U Eze & Abdullahi Ibrahim Isah.............................. 76 CLUSTER EFFECT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES CLUSTER IN IKEJA, LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA, Abdullahi Shehu Araga & Sufian Jelili Babatunde ................................................. 77 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS AND OIL ECONOMY ASYMMETRIC NEXUS: THE CASES OF ANGOLA AND NIGERIA, Adedeji Abdulkabir Niran, Ahmed Funmilola Fausat &Muhammad Musa .................... 79 INFLATIONARY RECESSION IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE COPING STRATEGIES OF WORKERS IN ABU ZARIA, Su'Ada Mohammed & Isah Maikudi Yusuf .............................................................................................. 80

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DOES INTEREST RATE REALLY AFFECT HOUSEHOLDS' LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE? Ismail Sanusi, Alhassan Mahmud & Ali Kole .............................................................................................................................................. 81 COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY INSTRUMENTS ON MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA, Sule Magaji, Jemaza Micheal & Ayo Andrew Anthony ........................................................................ 82 DOES PHILLIPS CURVE HOLD IN NIGERIA? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT, Aliyu Hassan Balewa & Gylych Jelilov ....................................................... 83 ASYMMETRIES IN MONETARY POLICY REACTION FUNCTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), Mudi Salisu & Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi ....................................................................................... 85 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF EXTERNAL RESERVES IN NIGERIA (1986 – 2016), Hussaini Adamu .................................................................................................................................................. 86 AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON PRICE STABILITY IN NIGERIA, Adamu Usman Abubakar &Sulaiman Ibrahim ................................................................................................................. 87 IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OUTPUT IN NIGERIA: 1986-2016, Ogbodo Kenechukwu Peter & Abdurrahman Isik ............................................................................................................. 88 IMPACT OF INFLATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: FOR THE PERIOD 1981-2016, Fadhilat Mohammed Yusuf ............................................................................................................................................... 89 GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA, Ochinyabo, Samuel &Shitile, T. Shimonkabir ...................................................................................................... 91 A REVISED MEASURE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEPRIVATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Ismail Sanusi 92 EXTERNAL DEBT EFFECT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA, Hamza Auwalu Abdul’aziz, Ibrahim Shehu & Alhassan Mahmud Idris ...................................................................................................................................... 93 FOOD PRICE TRANSMISSION: THE CONCEPT, ISSUES AND EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN ECONOMY, Babatunde Moses Adesanya ................................................................................................................................................. 94 ASSESSMENT OF EXTERNAL DEBT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA, 19992016, John.O. Aiyedogbon, Bright. O. Ohwofasa & Ropheka Bot ....................................................................... 95 GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA, David Nwogbo .......................................................................... 97 THE EFFECTS OF INSECURITY ON INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA, Sotonye Orinaemi Briggs .................................. 98 EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: AN OPINION SURVEY OF UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES IN KADUNA STATE, Muhammed, Aminu & Salihu, Jamilu Ja’afar & Alhassan, Mustapha Alhassan ............................................................................................................................................................................ 99 SOLOW GROWTH MODEL AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO THE NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTHEbunoluwa Oyegoke ............................................................................................................................................................ 100

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IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY ON MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA, Uchendu Winifred Chinyere .......................................................................................... 101 FINANCIAL BURDEN OF MALARIA TREATMENT BY HOUSEHOLDS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, W. A. Yusuf, S. A. Yusuf, &O. S. Oladunni ...................................................................................................................................... 103 FOREIGN AID, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA, Nafisah Hamidu Nafisah & Abdurrahman Isik ............................................................................................................................. 104 HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION AND GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY, Haruna Abdullahi .......................................................................................................................................................................... 105 IMPACT OF URBAN EXPANSION ON LIVELIHOOD OF PERI-URBAN DWELLERS IN IGABI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, Abdulyasar Idris Baba, Njiforty Peter P. & Suleiman Dahiru ...................................... 106 ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC RECESSION, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA (2007-2016), Mudi Salisu............................................................................................................... 107 HOW CAN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BOOST ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF REGIONS IN A FRONTIER COUNTRY? Chidiebere Anago ........................................................................................................................... 109 AN ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES TO THE COUNTRYS' GDP, Sayyid Abubakar.................................................. 110 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGRIA, Shehu Ibrahim & Mahmud Alhassan Idris .................................................................................................................................... 111 RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND CONSUMERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS ELECTRONIC PAYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM OSUN STATE, NIGERIA, Iriobe, O. C. &Iriobe, G. O. ................................................................................. 112

ENGLISH STUDIES SESSION ............................................................................................................................ 113 REVAMPING THROUGH HISTORY: A NEW HISTORICIST READING OF OBAFEMI’S RUNNING DREAMS AND BINEBAI’S DRUMS OF THE DELTA, Salihu Sarat Adenike ................................................................................. 114 RE-THEORISING ON CONTEXTUALISATION OF WOMEN'S WRITINGS IN AFRICAN CULTURE: THE ALTERNATIVE OF AFRO-FEMINISMS, FolukeAliyu-Ibrahim ............................................................................. 115 LITERATURE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE TEXT, THE CRITIC AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN NIGERIA, Onyebuchi James Ile............................................................................................... 116 ROOTS OF IDENTITY AND LONELINESS IN ZADIE SMITH’S WHITE TEETH, Alpaslan Toker ............................ 117 SHARED SITUATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXHIBITED IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING INTERACTIONS: JAY E. ADAMS EXAMPLES, Abayomi O. Ayansola ....................................................................................................... 119 SPEECH ACT AS BASIS FOR DIALOGUE COHERENCE: A CASE OF ENGLISH –YORUBA TRANSLATION, Bello, Yekeen .............................................................................................................................................................. 120 6

THE PRAGMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIRST PERSON PLURAL PRONOUN IN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S INAUGURAL SPEECH, Agbara, Clara Unoalegie Bola ....................................................................... 121 AN APPRAISAL OF VARIANT SPELLINGS USAGE IN STUDENTS’ ESSAYS AND THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ADVANCED ENGLISH COMPOSITION TO UNDERGRADUATES OF NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, Martha NguemoTerna-Abah.............................................................................................................................. 122 ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION, ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES IN THE CONDUCT OF MICRO-TEACHING PRACTICUM IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA, Adamu Mohammed Ashiru&Bilkisu Ibrahim Zubairu .................................................................................................... 123

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSION .................................................................. 124 THE ADOPTION AND CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC VOTING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY, I.S Ladan-Baki ............................................................................................................................ 125 TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE REGENERATIVE SOCIO-POLITICAL ECOSYSTEM IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE (NSITA), Wilson Nwankwo & Comfort Tosin Olayinka ............................................................................................................................................................ 126 ASSESSING REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN WEST AFRICA, Ebimboere Seiyefa ................................ 127 FORUM ON CHINA- AFRICA COOPERATION: AN OVERVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim & Olamiriki Oluwaseun................................................................................................................ 128 SOCIAL DEPRIVATION AND INSECURITY: A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE, Okokhere Omoh Felix, Bob-Manuel, Kio & Aroriode, Ojiyovwi Arariode……………………………………………………………………………………………………….129 POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, Okokhere Omoh Felix…………………………………………………………………………………………………130 THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT, NATURE AND DYNAMICS, Abubakar Aliyu Rafindadi, Mustapha Sule Lamido, & Abimbola Jamiu Babatunde .................................................................................... 132 ROLE OF NIGERIA IN THE GAMBIAN POLITICAL CRISIS (2016-2017), Umar Mashio Babani, Nurettin Can & Babatunde K. Adeshina ..................................................................................................................................... 133 THE IMPACT OF GULEN MOVEMENT MULTICULTURAL POSTURE ON TURKEY AFRICA RELATIONS 2000-2017, Nazli Isik & Chigozie Enwere ............................................................................................................................. 134 ATTACKS ON HIZMET MOVEMENT AND ITS PATIENCE ON TOLERANCE, Myrzagul Zakirova ......................... 135 INFLUENCE OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Nuray Ozturk, Peter Agu, & Ali Ozturk ................ 136 THE FACTORS WHICH FOSTERED THE EMERGENCE OF BOKO HARAM, Kemal Ozden, Peter Dung Mancha,& Abubakar Umar Mahmud .................................................................................................................................. 138 7

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF BOKO-HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA, Umar Abdulaziz & Hassan Nuhu Wali .......................................................................................................................................................................... 139 ROLE OF MEDIA IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION, Faiza Taiye Busari & Hamidah Kehinde Busari ................................................................................................................................................................ 140 PSYCHOLOGICAL TOOLS AS POTENT INSTRUMENT FOR POLITICAL UMPIRES AND POLITICAL PARTIES DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, Alphonsus Ihenacho ............................................................................................. 141 BACKGROUND OF SOCIO-POLITICAL EXCLUSION IN NIGERIA, Muhammad Alamin Mahmud ......................... 142 COOPTING AFRICA IN THE NEW GLOBAL INTEGRATION INITIATIVE: THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHINESE ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim & Sandra B. Amegbe ........................................................ 144 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT: TRENDS IN NIGERIAN TRANSPORT, Michael Udochukwu Mbanaso & Kemal Ozden .............................................................................................................. 145 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC : REGRETTING THE PAINS AND RELISHING THE GAINS, Ishaka Dele, Zainab Lawal Kankara & Humphrey Ukeaja................................... 146 A SURVEY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN TEACHING CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA, Salihu, Jamilu Ja’afar, Sani, Adama Shu’aibu, Buhari, Yusuf Sulaiman, & I.D Abubakar ............................................................................... 147 WOMEN AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY ON FOURTH REPUBLIC (1999– 2007), Umar Mashio Babani, Muhammed Ab Muhammed & Mustapha Ismail Alhassan ............................................................................... 148 WOMEN AND YOUTH EXCLUSION IN NIGERIA, Muhammad Alamin Mahmud ................................................. 149 MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD: NIGERIA IN FOCUS, Garba Isa Hassan .............................................................................................................................................. 151 THE 2008 GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION: CAPITALISM ON EXILE OR THE TRIUMPH OF MARXISM, Ogbu Collins, Dr Ereke Ernest, & Dr Umar Kari ........................................................................................................... 152 DEBATING COLONIALISM AS AGENT PROVOCATEUR OF NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT DILEMA, Alimi, M.K.O., Nofiu, Oluwasesan Akanni, Onyema, Nnaemeka Shedrack, & Aloba, Idowu Folorunso.................................... 153 EFFECT OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYABLE WOMEN AND WOMEN IN POLITICS, Hamidah Kehinde Busari & Faiza Taiye Busari ................................................................................................................ 154 CHILD POVERTY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: TO ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES IN NIGERIA, ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES, Yahaya Yakubu, Erunke Canice Esidene & Erunke Joseph Obia .......................................................................................................................................... 155

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MASS COMMUNICATION SESSION ................................................................................................................... 156 AWARENESS OF PROTECTION AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AMONG MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALIST, KADUNA STATE CHAPTER, Jamila Mohammed Dahiru............................................................. 157 A SMALL OR CLOSED WINDOW: MEDIA WITHING THE REVIVAL OF AFRICAN IDENTITY, Lateef Adelakun & Chidinma Onwubere .......................................................................................................................................... 158 PERTICIPATORY PHONE-IN RADIO PROGRAMMES AND AUDIENCE SOCIO-POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR IN KWARA STATE, Okaiyeto, Simon Ayodele ...................................................................................................................... 159 COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION: A MODEST PROPOSAL, Habeeb Salaudeen.......................... 160 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION VIEWING ON THE HABITS OF STUDENTS IN SELECT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, Ogakason, Rasheed Oshoke & Abdullahi Jubril .............. 161 NEWSPAPER SURVIVAL AND NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT: A POSITION, Ibrahim Jimoh ................................. 162 STATUTORY PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA, Jonathan Aliede......... 164 PERCEPTION OF MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS ON THE PREVALENCE OF FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA, Aminu Mohammed Abdullahi & Aliyu Husseini .................................................................................... 165 IMAGE-TEXT FOR VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS PROJECT WORKS, Andrew Omebije .................................................................................. 166 EFFECT OF ONLINE NEWS READERSHIP ON THE PATRONAGE OF TRADITIONAL NEWSPAPERS: A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY STAFF, Mohammed Abdullateef ......................................................... 167 THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA, Imoh Sunday Obot................................................................................................................................................................... 168 PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ON VOCATIONAL SKILLS AMONG PALLADAN YOUTH TRANSFORMATION ASSOCIATION. (PAYOTA), Abubakar Abdulmalik.............................. 169

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SESSION ...................................................................................................... 170 EFFECT OF HRM PRACTICES ON PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES, Abubakar Tabiu................................................................................................ 171 DISCRETIONARY POWERS, ETHICS AND HUMAN RESOURCE EFFICIENCY: SUBSTANTIATION FROM THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR, Nura Abubakar Allumi & Abubakar Tabiu ............................................................ 172 REFLECTIONS ON THE REVENUE ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA, Nuruddeen Muhammad Koko .... 173 EFFECT OF ROLE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Firdausi Ahmad Sani & Abdulyasar Idris Baba....................................................................... 174

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ACCOUNTING & FINANCE SESSIONS Session One Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Osman Sahin, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 226

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT, Nwoye, Chizoba Mary & Anichebe, Alphonsus Sunday 2-STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: INVESTIGATING THE NEXUS, Johnson Okoh 3-EFFECT OF TAX SHELTER ON EARNINGS QUALITY IN NIGERIA, Osegbue, Ifeanyi Francis, Austine Nweze & Meshack Ifurueze 4-DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015), Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa & Sufian Jelili Babatunde 5-MICRO-FINANCING OF SMALL BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, Liman Nasiru Zuru & Mohammed Yusuf Alkali

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EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT

(A study of quoted financial institutions in Nigerian stock exchange)

Nwoye, Chizoba Mary & Anichebe, Alphonsus Sunday Accountancy Department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria Accountancy Department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria E-Mail: [email protected]

This study examines the effect of audit quality on earnings management using modified jones model and performance matching model to determine earnings management. This study used a sample of 38 financial institutions, which comprise of both banks and insurance companies in Nigeria. Preliminary analyses was conducted, such as descriptive statistics and correlation matrix. In analyzing the data, the study adopted panel multiple regression to identify the possible effects of audit quality on earnings management of financial institution in Nigeria while we interpreted fixed effect analysis after using Hausman test. The result shows that audit quality had a significant and positive effect on earnings management using modified jones model. We therefore, conclude that, audit firm tenure, audit committee independence, financial literacy of audit committee members and audit fees goes a long way to determine the level of earnings management because these variables affects the auditor’s level of independence. While audit firm size has a significant negative effect on earnings management hence size of audit firm whether big 4 does not affect earnings management using modified joes model. However, model two which is performance matching model also concluded that audit quality affects earnings management significantly. The study therefore, recommended that, financial institutions should focus more on having an independent audit committee and ensuring that members of the audit committee have a very good knowledge of accountings standards. while accounting bodies should implement policies that reduce the tenure of auditors in a particular institution and also ensure a fixed audit fees depending on the size of the financial institution the firm is auditing. Keywords: Earnings Management, Audit Firm Tenure, Audit Firm Size, Audit Committee Independence, Financial Literacy of Audit Committee Members, Audit Fees

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STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: INVESTIGATING THE NEXUS Johnson Okoh [email protected] National Open University of Nigeria

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key element in the rapidly evolving international economic integration which is referred to as globalization. FDI provides a means for creating direct, stable and long-lasting links between economies. Under the right policy environment, it can serve as an important vehicle for local enterprises development, and it may also help improve the competitive position of both the recipient and the investing ("home") economy. A boost in the foreign direct inflow of an economy does not just emerge on its own but largely dependent on the performance or drive from other sectors of the economy. This study is yet another empirical attempt to examine the nexus between the performances of selected stock market variables on the foreign direct investment in Nigeria. The study made use of time series data from 1980-2016. To ensure the goodness of fit of the model, diagnostic and stability tests were conducted and the null hypothesis of all coefficients in the given regression was stable and cannot be rejected. The study applied the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) co-integration technique as a general vector autoregressive (VAR). The correlation result showed that all of the variables have positive relationship with the FDI. The Fstatistic result and the attendant probability values confirmed that the selected stock market variables are significant and positively related to foreign direct investment in Nigeria. Keywords: Stock Market, Foreign Direct Investment, Nigeria

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EFFECT OF TAX SHELTER ON EARNINGS QUALITY IN NIGERIA

Osegbue, Ifeanyi Francis, Austine Nweze & Meshack Ifurueze Accountancy department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria Accountancy department, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. Nigeria Accountancy department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria [email protected]

The study investigates the effect of tax shelter on earnings quality using licensed pensions fund administrators in Nigeria. Unlike previous studies done in developed countries as well as in emerging countries such as USA, India, Iran etc. The present study examines how tax shelter and its interactions with accounting effective tax rate, current effective tax rate, long-term cash effective tax rate, financial leverage and firm size has impacted on accrual quality and predictability (earning quality) from 2010 to 2014. The study used a sample of 21 licensed pensions fund administrators in Nigeria. Preliminary analyses were also conducted, such as descriptive statistics and correlation matrix. In analyzing the data, the study adopted panel multiple regression to identify the possible effects of tax shelter on earnings quality using licensed pensions fund administrators in Nigeria while we interpreted fixed effect analysis after using Hausman test. The result shows that tax shelter had a significant and positive influence on licensed pensions fund administrators accrual quality and predictability. However, when interacted with current effective tax rate and Long term effective tax rate, we found negative and significant effect on accrual quality. We observed positive effects of accounting effective tax rate and firm size indicates high accrual quality while financial leverage appears insignificant as investors ignore debt reflecting in balance sheet from year to year in decision to accrual quality. Accounting effective tax rate reveals negative effect on predictability as increase in accounting effective tax rate, decrease the value of earnings per outstanding share. The study recommends that fund administration should concentrate on pre-tax earnings, accruals, and cash flows from operations given the sustainability of the firms’ tax shelter as consistent to earning quality. Keywords: Accounting Effective Tax Rate, Current Effective Tax Rate, Long Term Cash Effective Tax Rate, Leverage, Firm Size, Earning Quality

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DETERMINANTS OF LENDING BEHAVIOUR OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA: A CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2015) Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa & Sufian Jelili Babatunde [email protected] National Open University of Nigeria [email protected] National Open University of Nigeria

The research study takes a look at determinants of lending behaviour of commercial banks in Nigeria: a Co-integration analysis between 1980 to 2015. However, the study make use of secondary data and series of Econometrics techniques were adopted, to justify the long run relationship between Commercial bank and its lending behaviour over the period of analysis. The paper investigates the level of commercial banks loan advances in Nigeria and to also examine those various determinants of commercial banks’ lending behavior in Nigerian. More so, the model used is estimated using Nigerian commercial bank Loan and advances (LOA) and other determinants such as Volume of deposits (Vd), annual average exchange rate of the naira to dollar (Fx) for the period of thirty-five (35) years, Investment Portfolio (Ip), Interest rate (lending rate) (Ir), Gross domestic product at current market price (GDP) and Cash reserve requirement ratio (Rr). However, the model result revealed that there is positive relationship between Loan and advances and Volume of deposits, annual average exchange rate of the naira to dollar, Gross domestic product at current market price and cash reserve requirement ratio except Investment portfolio and Interest rate (lending rate) that have a negative relationship. It was also revealed from the result that there is a long run relationship between Loan and advances and all the explanatory variables in the model and this shows that commercial bank has a lot of impact on their lending behaviour. Finally the paper recommend and concludes that commercial bank should endeavour to create more deposit in other to improve their lending behaviour and should enforce the most easily realizable policies and good credit management in every situation. Keywords: Investment Portfolio, Lending Rate, Gross Domestic Product, Loan and Advances

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MICRO-FINANCING OF SMALL BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA Liman Nasiru Zuru & Mohammed Yusuf Alkali [email protected] University Utara Malaysia [email protected] Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi

Although small businesses in Nigeria housed majority of employment but the method of its financing in Nigeria has been challenging to policy makers and regulators. Several reports had proved not to provide a solution to the problem. This study used qualitative data from a sample of 800 small business in Kebbi and Sokoto to determine the failure of policy and regulations in financing of small businesses. The study findings showed that attitude, educational level, taxation and corruption are significantly related to the financing of small businesses in Nigeria. In contrast, religion and societal influence does not provide any significant relationship with financing of small business in Nigeria. Therefore, policy makers and regulators could consider providing policy that will address attitude, educational level, taxation and corruption in order to ensure financing of small businesses in Nigeria. Future study should look into political, working environment and access to finance. Keywords: Financing, Small Business, Policy Makers, Regulators, Nigeria

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Session Two Session Chair: Prof. Ugwudioha M Ofili, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 226

Time: 16:00 / 17:30

1-POLITICALLY CONNECTED BOARDROOM AND FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURE OF LISTED NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS, Adamu Garba Zango & Ismail Tijjani Idris 2-RELEVANCE OF BANKING AGENTS IN ENHANCING AVAILABILITY OF BANKING SERVICES TO UNSERVED POPULACE IN NIGERIA, Abdullahi Shehu Araga & Israel-Cookey Stowellic 3-WOMEN BORROWERS AND THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA, Ofe I. Inua & Kalu I. Awa 4-AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (ASCL)’S NON-COMPLETION:A SETBACK TO SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA, Jeremiah Johnson Obera

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POLITICALLY CONNECTED BOARDROOM AND FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURE OF LISTED NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS

Adamu Garba Zango & Ismail Tijjani Idris School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara, Malaysia Email:[email protected] Department of Business Administration Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria [email protected]

This paper investigated the association between board characteristics and financial risk disclosure in the annual reports of 14 Nigerian listed banks from 2012 to 2014. A checklist of 45 mandatory financial risk information disclosure required items extracted from the full list of 132 (IFRS 7) financial instrument risk information disclosure items issued by IASB in 2007 provide the disclosure index. Multivariate robust regression analysis was carried out to obtain the result of the association between the selected corporate governance attributes and the financial risk information disclosure. The findings of this study indicate that the financial risk disclosure is significantly associated with boardroom cultural diversity and boardroom expertise at 5% significant level each. However, the result also showed that the association between financial risk and politically connected boardroom and boardroom size is not significant. The study concludes that; the findings is apropos to both agency and resource dependency theories. Keywords: Boardroom Size, Politically Connected Boardroom, Boardroom Ethnicity, Nigeria.

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RELEVANCE OF BANKING AGENTS IN ENHANCING AVAILABILITY OF BANKING SERVICES TO UNSERVED POPULACE IN NIGERIA Abdullahi Shehu Araga & Israel-Cookey Stowellic [email protected] Open University of Nigeria [email protected] National Open University of Nigeria

The study has been undertaken to investigate the relevance of banking agents in enhancing availability of banking services to the unserved segment of the public in Nigeria. The study made use of secondary data based on content analysis of existing literature on the scenario of banking agency in the country. The study revealed, among others, that the practice of banking agency is still evolving in the country. Furthermore, the main model of banking agency being practised by the commercial banks, as discovered from the study, is the usage of point of sales (POS). This involves the use of POS machines deployed by commercial banks to their customers, mainly distributors of mobile network operators’ products, retail outlets, supermarkets, restaurants, department stores, fuel dispensing stations, hospitals, transporters, institutions, and courier service organisations, etc. In addition, some Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are deployed by the commercial banks at some strategic places with which to serve their customers. It is recommended herein that: commercial banks should roll out strategic agent networks by making use of post offices with well established infrastructure facilities for safe keeping of funds. This, considering the fact that these public institutions (the post offices) are found in almost every nook and cranny around the country. Keywords: Banking Agents, Banking Services, Unserved Populace

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WOMEN BORROWERS AND THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA

Ofe I. Inua & Kalu I. Awa Department of Financial Studies, Faculty of Management Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Email: [email protected] Alternative Email: [email protected] Department of Financial Studies, Faculty of Management Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Email: [email protected] Alternative Email: [email protected]

The objective of this paper is to determine the effects of the ratio of women borrowers on the financial sustainability of Microfinance Banks (MFBs) in Nigeria using Lagos state as a case study. A quantitative parametric pooled regression was used as technique of analysis. The study was based on eight years (2008-2015) secondary data obtained from MIX and CBN database for twenty (20) selected MFBs in Lagos, Nigeria. Ratio of women borrowers was the dependent variable. The nature of the data used in this study enabled the use of panel data regression model to estimate the relationship among the variables of this study. Result shows that the ratio of women borrowers of microfinance banks in Nigeria do have a positive relationship with the financial sustainability of microfinance banks in Nigeria. This implies that MFBs that focus more on female client tends to be more financially sustainable. It is therefore recommended that MFBs should focus more on reaching female clients as this will increase their level of financial sustainability. Keywords: Women borrowers, Microfinance Banks, Financial sustainability.

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AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (ASCL)’S NON-COMPLETION:A SETBACK TO SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA Jeremiah Johnson Obera [email protected] National Open University of Nigeria

Steel is the key to industrialisation, economic development and the foundation of human advancement of any nation. Parastatals are organisations owned by the state whose activities are of a business in nature and which provide services or produce goods and have their own distinct management. Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) is a parastatal established in 1979 but which has not yet produced steel. This study looks at a single case in depth to cast light on impediments to socio-economic development in Nigeria. This study is to examine and understand why parastatals in Nigeria are on the face of it performing so poorly. Parastatals are critised for being ostensibly immersed with ethnicism, corruption, nepotism, patronage, clientelism, low accountability and transparency. These issues were explored in the context of Ajaokuta Steel; an enterprise that was substantially complete two decades ago but subsequently progressed no further. Ajaokuta Steel is an industrial giant meant to take the lead of industrialising, developing, and taking Nigeria and Africa from poverty and unemployment. To pursue this study the researcher employed mixed methods of research with interpretivism combined with a critical ambition and a case study as the main research strategy. The researcher used questionnaires and interviews to gather data. Theoretical framework based on neopatrimonialism was used to guide the researcher in the empirical work and in the study. The results showed that lack of political will, international and local politics, corruption, military interventions in politics are responsible for ASCL incompletion. Keywords: Neopatrimonialism, Clientelism, Parastatals

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SESSIONS

Session One Session Chair: Olalekan Busra Sakariyau, Nile University of Nigeria Venue: A 217

Time: 14:00 / 15:30

1-ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER PREFERENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, Yakubu Abdullahi Yarima & Ibrahim Garba Muhammad 2-EMERGING TRENDS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION: SKILLS ACQUISITION OF N.C.E GRADUATES AND WAY FORWARD, Oyegoke Adedoyin, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Hassan Isa Salihu, Ovosi, Bilksu Mohammed & Fatima Badiru 3-PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF GARKI GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA, Christy Zwingina Twaliwi, Michael Opusunju Michael & Akyuz Murat 4-THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF MTN IN MINNA METROPOLIS, Olalekan Busra Sakariyau 5-ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS VENTURES: A MEDIATION MODEL, Ramatu Abdulkareem Abubakar, Kabiru Maitama Kura, Nasiru Abdullahi, & Sulaiman Abdulwahab Sulaiman 6-STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL RURAL MARKETING OPERATION IN NIGERIA, Musa Gambo K.K. & Ibrahim Garba Dawaki

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ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER PREFERENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS Yakubu Abdullahi Yarima & Ibrahim Garba Muhammad [email protected] Department of Business Education, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare Bauchi State [email protected] Department of Business administration and Entrepreneurship, Bayero University Kano

The study was designed to explore the mediating effect of entrepreneurial Skills on the relationship between supportive environment and entrepreneurial career preference among university students in Nigeria. The study used structural equation modelling Smart-PLS (2.0) to analysis the data obtained from a sample of 395 final year students cross six universities to test the hypotheses. The study established a significant positive association between internal supportive environment and the students’ entrepreneurial career preference. However, the study found no significant association between external supportive environment and the students’ entrepreneurial career preference. In addition, the study established that entrepreneurial skills significantly mediate the association between internal supportive environment, external supportive environment and students’ entrepreneurial career preference. The study provided suggestion for future research. Keywords: Entrepreneurial Career Preference, Supportive Environment, Entrepreneurial Skills

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EMERGING TRENDS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION: SKILLS ACQUISITION OF N.C.E GRADUATES AND WAY FORWARD

Oyegoke Adedoyin, Mohammed Afolabi Idayat, Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Hassan Isa Salihu, Ovosi, Bilksu Mohammed & Fatima Badiru Business Education Department, Federal College of Education, Zaria

Emerging trends on Entrepreneurship education has continued to be a focus of fostering entrepreneurial interest and raise the attitudes of school leavers especially university graduates to start their own businesses in Nigeria. The believed is that through entrepreneurship education, school leavers will go out and create careers as entrepreneurs. This triggered educational policy to introduce entrepreneurship education into the curricula of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In view of this, Nigerian Federal and State Colleges of Education, Universities and Polytechnics started offering entrepreneurship education to their students as a way of creating awareness and encouraging future graduates to consider starting their own business ventures on graduation. The goal of introducing entrepreneurship education is in line with that of the National Policy on Education (FRN, 2013) which emphasized on developing intellectual capacity and values for the individual survival that will provide enabling environment to acquire both physical and intellectual skills for self-reliance and becoming useful members of the society. Based on these, the study wishes to investigate the emerging trends on entrepreneurial innovation: skills acquisition of Nigeria Certificate in Education N.C.E graduates and way forward. The study has nine objectives and five. Survey design method was used for the study. Keywords: Emerging Trends, Entrepreneurial Innovation, Skills Acquisition, N.C.E Graduates

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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF GARKI GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA Christy Zwingina Twaliwi, Michael Opusunju Michael & Akyuz Murat [email protected] Nasarawa State University, Keffi [email protected] Nasarawa State University, Keffi [email protected] Nile University of Nigeria

The study examines the impact of public private partnership on entrepreneurship development in Garki General Hospital, Abuja. Over the years, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) adopted PPP principles to encourage entrepreneurship development in terms of innovation, risking taking, creativity, and independence among workers, yet there is no innovation, risking taking, creativity, and independence at work, the workers and hospital still remain as it was years back. The research design is survey research design and the period of study is years from 2007 to Jan, 2018. The study adapted structured questionnaire administered to the respondents who the workers of Garki General Hospital, Abuja. The population of the study included 981 workers of the hospital and this was reduced using Taro Yamane formula to arrive at 284 as the sample size. The study employed random sampling method and the questionnaire was design in five point likert scale. The study used mean, test of normality, correction and regression with the aid of econometric view and the finding indicates that there is an association between public private partnership and entrepreneurship development (innovation, risking taking, creativity, and independence) in Garki General Hospital, Abuja. The study also found that there is a significant relationship between PPP and entrepreneurship development (innovation, risking taking, creativity, and independence ) in Garki General Hospital, Abuja. The recommends that Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) should try as much as possible to monitor the public property in the hand of private individual (Garki General Hospital, Abuja) to ensure total compliance with Government aim of PPP in Nigeria since there is significant relationship between the variables and they should also encourage entrepreneurship development (innovation, risking taking, creativity, and independence) in the hospital. Keywords: Public Private Partnership, Entrepreneurship Development, Innovation, Risk Taking, Independence

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THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF MTN IN MINNA METROPOLIS Olalekan Busra Sakariyau [email protected] Federal University of Technology Minna

This study investigates the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Entrepreneurship Growth (EG) in Nigeria, Minna Metropolis with focus on Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) franchise owners and dealers. Employment generation, managerial training and innovative opportunities were used as variables of DFI in the host community. The empirical studies used a census survey with 26 respondents operating in Minna metropolis of Niger state and a total of nineteen items were employed. The result of the survey were analyzed using statistical tools like pearson-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results of the investigation showed that all the variables are significantly correlated at P