- Volume 13, Number 2 (2025)
FISCAL POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM A DISAGGREGATED VAR MODEL
Chinedum Ikechukwu Okoro
Fiscal deficits which emanates from the unbalancing of the annual budgets are mostly prescribed to developing countries by development apologists, given the acclaimed expansionary effects it has on output and employment. This study investigates the relationship between fiscal deficits and economic growth in Nigeria from 1970 to 2016. The data for the empirical analysis was sourced from secondary sources such as the CBN statistical bulletin. The study used GDP per capita (GDPP) to proxy economic growth whereas Overall Fiscal Deficits (OFDE), fiscal deficit financed by Domestic Borrowing (DBFD), fiscal deficit financed by External Borrowing (EBFD), and Domestic Credit to the...
THE IMPACT OF COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS ON RURAL WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA
Kelechi Chukwuma Nwankpa
All over the world, one form of cooperative society of the other has been established by women for the purpose of coming together to achieve common goal. These cooperative societies are seen as one of the unique platforms that can help women to discover and harness their god-given potentials. The purpose of this study was to examine cooperative societies and women empowerment in rural development (a study of Isiala Ngwa LGA, Abia State, Nigeria). The study employed the descriptive study design where a structure questionnaire was used to get information from the target respondents (which are women). The sample size...
BANKING SECTOR TRANSFORMATION IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2005 REFORM AGENDA
Chukwuemeka Obiora Ndukwe, Ifunanya Ugochi Okafor
This research study was conducted on banking sector reforms, its opportunities and challenges for Nigeria Economic Development. The study examined how the banking sector performed a decade after the 2005 banking recapitalization, the problems associated with the profitability and efficiency of banks. The study utilized multiple regression using SPSS, The correlation coefficient R2 for each of the banks studied indicated that most of the variations in the dependent variables were explained in the independent variables. The Variance Impact Factor (VIF) and Ftests showed that model was not plagued by multicollinearity and the model’s goodness of fit adjudged reliable. It became...
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF CEO DUALITY AND BOARD COMPOSITION ON BREWERY COMPANY PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
Kenneth Obinna Eze
This work investigated the effect of CEO duality and board size on the performance of quoted Nigerian brewery companies. Corporate governance has been brought to limelight as a result of the dilemma faced by organizations ranging from large scale misappropriation of funds, excessive executive remuneration and unequal treatment of shareholders to total corporate failure. The objectives of this research were to: Determine whether chief executive officer (CEO) duality has any effect on firm's financial performance and to examine how board size influences the firm's financial performance, as independent variables while the performance variable used was Profit after Tax (PAT) as...