Browsing by Author "Joel, Osekweyi Odonye"

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    Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on Socio-Economic Status of Households in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria
    (Department of Economics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-12-24) Salihu, Habibu Muhammed-Gani; Joel, Osekweyi Odonye; Francis, Uger Iorbee; Sabo, Ajidani Moses; Agot, Galadima James
    The study' examine the impact of coronavirus (CO VID-I9) on socio-economic status of households in the federal capital territory. The study adopted stratified and simple random sampling techniques to draw the sample from the population. The respondents were randomly selectedfrom the six (6) A rea Councils Headquarters namely: A baji area council; Abuja Municipal Area Council; Bwari Area Council; Gwagwalada Area Council; Kuje Area Council, and KwaIi Area Council. The area council headquarters were chosen because they are more populous and constitute the main commercial centres in the territory. The respondents were stratified into six according to the area councils and a simple random sampling was usedfor the selection of households. The findings of the study revealed that CO VID-19 has severe impacts on health, education, employment, and income of residents in the Federal Capital Territory. The study recommends that governments should increase funds to National Centre for Disease Control to enable it perform better; in terms of prevention of diseases that will enhance health status among households in the FCT. To this end, increase in annual budgetary allocations to the health sector will assist in powering health institutions to render effective services to the people.
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    IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT MONETARY POLICY ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Economics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2017-06-05) Sabo, Ajidani Moses; Salihu, Habibu Muhammed-Gani; Joel, Osekweyi Odonye; Francis, Uger Iorbee
    The role played by entrepreneur in economic growth of development countries cannot be over stressed. Now, it has been realised by government globally that increasing entrepreneurship both qualitatively and qualitatively will lead to the achievement sustainable economic development. This is because entrepreneurship development helps to create employment and make goods available everywhere. In view of the above, developing countries including Nigeria made several efforts towards entrepreneurship development at several times. On historical front, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) were bom at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The objective was to produce a set of universal goals that meet the urgent environmental, political, and econOmic challenges facing our world. The SDGs replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which started a global effort in 2000 to tackle the indignity of poverty. Some of the objectives of MDGs include: reducing extreme poverty and hunger; preventing deadly diseases; and expanding primary education to all children; among others (UNDP, 2012). For about 15 years, the MDGs made some progress in some areas including: reducing income poverty, driving down child mortality, and improving maternal health as well as increasing literacy levels. The SDGs are built on the successes of the MDGs, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable production and consumption, peace and justice, good governance, among other priorities. According to UNDP (2015), the SDGs are an inclusive agenda, and poverty eradication is at the heart of the 2030 agenda, and so is the commitment to include all and sundry to make a positive change for both people and planet. This means that SDGs are of the people, by the people and for the people