- Volume 13, Number 2 (2025)
CLIMATE VULNERABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN COASTAL FISHING ENTERPRISES: EVIDENCE FROM AKWA IBOM
Emem Bassey Okon
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of empathy on Customer patronage of Microfinance banks in Akwa Ibom State. To achieve this objective, the main source of data was through primary sources with the use of a questionnaire. The researcher adopted the survey research design approach and data were collected from 323 respondents drawn from the banks customers’ base. A total number of 295 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved in useable form representing 91.3 percent of data analyzed using the Simple Regression Model (SRM). Data generated from the study were processed using descriptive and inferential statistics...
HARNESSING NON-OIL SECTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN NIGERIA
Amaka Ngozi Nwankwo, Tonye Gabriel Amadi
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of empathy on Customer patronage of Microfinance banks in Akwa Ibom State. To achieve this objective, the main source of data was through primary sources with the use of a questionnaire. The researcher adopted the survey research design approach and data were collected from 323 respondents drawn from the banks customers’ base. A total number of 295 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved in useable form representing 91.3 percent of data analyzed using the Simple Regression Model (SRM). Data generated from the study were processed using descriptive and inferential statistics...
EXCHANGE RATE BEHAVIOR AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE IN NIGERIA (1996–2015)
Samuel Chukwudi Eze
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of empathy on Customer patronage of Microfinance banks in Akwa Ibom State. To achieve this objective, the main source of data was through primary sources with the use of a questionnaire. The researcher adopted the survey research design approach and data were collected from 323 respondents drawn from the banks customers’ base. A total number of 295 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved in useable form representing 91.3 percent of data analyzed using the Simple Regression Model (SRM). Data generated from the study were processed using descriptive and inferential statistics...
MINIMUM WAGE NEGOTIATIONS AND EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NIGERIAN LABOUR CONGRESS
Nkechi Chinyere Okeke, Uchenna Godwin Igbokwe
This study focused on the effects of employee participation on minimum wage determination, with reference to the Nigerian Labour Congress. The specific objectives are to: ascertain the mode and level of Nigerian Labour Congress members’ participation in minimum wage determination, and examine the impact of employee participation in minimum wage determination on the performance of members of Nigerian Labour Congress. The researchers adopted a survey research design. The population of the study is one thousand eight hundred and forty six (1846) being top official members of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the South Eastern States of Nigeria. Using Taro Yamen’s...