Browsing by Author "Abdullahi, Garba Kangiwa"

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    The Political Economy Aspect of Technology Transfer And Development In Nigeria
    (Department of Sociology, Nasrawa State University, keffi., 2016-03-13) Abdullahi, Garba Kangiwa
    Nigeria is well known for its propensity to import foreign technology, sophisticated equipments and machineries that costs billions of Naira and are constantly breaking down as a result of poor maintenance and lack of spare parts. Although Nigeria spent heavily on importation of foreign technologies, it lacked the infrastructural facilities for scientific and technological advancement. This study utilized secondary data to explain the role of technology transfer in Nigeria's development process. The main objective of the paper is to study the methods of technology transfer and their challenges with a view to mapping out strategy to reduce Nigeria's over dependence on foreign technology and to facilitate its technological development. The paper adopts the political economy approach as its tool of analysis in an attempt to explain Nigeria's technological dependence in the global economy. The paper posits that Nigeria cannot achieve technological development with total dependence on foreign technology. In fact its continued reliance on imported technology would only further its incorporation into the world capitalist system. The paper concludes that the strategy of technology transfer cannot lead to a meaningful development and self-reliance in any nation and that Nigeria must resort to the strategy of appropriate technology which has both the potential capacities to revolutionize Nigeria’s industrial sector and the impetus for future technological advancement of the country.
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    URBANIZATION AND PROPERTY CRIME IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL, NIGERIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
    (Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2015-02-13) Abdullahi, Garba Kangiwa
    The general aim of this paper is to determine the trend, pattern and control of property crimes in Abuja Municipal. The target population for this study resides in various parts of Abuja Municipal Area Council. Sample populations of600 respondents were drawn using cluster and systematic random sampling of households and respondents in six (6) chosen locations in Abuja Municipal namely Garki, Wuse, Maitama and Asokoro from the city centre, Nyanya/Karu and Gwagwa/Karmo from the satellite towns. The results showed that urbanization has only brought improvements in living conditions of the people, but it has also brought profound changes which created conditions conducive for property crimes. Based on its findings, the study recommends for the provision of basic amenities and social infrastructural facilities such as good road networks, housing, education, hospitals, electricity and water among others should be a major priority of government as part of the measures towards controlling the challenges of urbanization and property crimes in Abuja.