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Relationship between Returns on Investment, Return on Equity

and Capital Structure of Selected Quoted Firms in Nigeria

Adegbola Olubukola Otekunrin, Tony Ikechukwu Nwanji,Babatunde

Taiwo Adesina &Eseosa David Obadiaru                                                       1-26

Harnessing Full Employment Strategy for Nigeria. Entrepreneurship

Imperatives, Prospects and Challenges

S.O. Onimole & S.A.  Olaiya                                                                            27-58

Academic Stress, Achievement and Concentration as Correlate Sleep

Quality among Undergraduate Business Students: Counselling

Intervention

Muhammad Adam, Aminu Yusuf & Zainab Aliyu Abubakar                          59-74

Alternative Agricultural Financing and Rural Economic Diversification

in Nigeria: Does Access to Credits Challenges Matters?.

Isaac M. Ikpor, B.C Eneje and H.E Nwosu                                                        75-94

Academic Stress, Achievement and Concentration as Correlate Sleep Quality among Undergraduate Business Students: Counselling Intervention

¹Muhammad Adam, ²Aminu Yusuf & ³Zainab Aliyu Abubakar

^1,2Department of Educational Foundations

³Department of Vocational and Technical Education

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

E-mail: amuhammad2@atbu.edu.ng, yusufaminu59@yahoo.com,aliyuzainabgiade@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Determining the relationship between sleep quality and academic stress among under graduate students were among the objectives of this study. Correlational research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study constitutes 563 undergraduate Business Education students from the Faculty of Technology Education. A sample size of 217 students was drawn using proportionate stratified sampling techniques as participants in this study. A self designed questionnaire titled “Counselling Intervention for Psychological Adjustment Questionnaire (CIPAQ)” was used for data collection in this study. The scale has a coefficient reliability index of 0. 85. Hypothesis was formulated and tested at α 0.05 level of significance. The data was analysed using mean, standard deviation and independent sample t-test.  Findings from the study showed that there is a significant difference (t-value= 45.3 as against t-critical = .000) between psychological adjustment and academic achievement of undergraduate students in educational research method .However recommendations offered a need to sensitize study skills and group discussion among the students; this will go a long way in assisting them to learn and understand the basic rudiments in educational research method.

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL FINANCING AND RURAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN NIGERIA: DOES ACCESS TO CREDITS CHALLENGES MATTERS?.

Isaac M. Ikpor, B.C Eneje and H.E Nwosu

Department of Accountancy and Business Administration

Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo.

Email: isaacikpor@rocketmail.com

ABSTRACT

Purpose:-The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effect of alternative agricultural financing strategies on rural economic diversification in Nigeria with a view to ascertaining whether or not access to credit challenges matters among farmers in Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach:-We identified some alternative agricultural financing strategies currently employed by government and regressed it against annualized aggregate data of rural economic diversification in Nigeria extracted from the database of United Nation Conference on Trade And Development(UNCTAD) for the period 1990-2016 using fixed effect regression model approach.

Findings:-.The study finds that the link between alternative agricultural financing and rural economic diversification in Nigeria appears non-monotonic; and that the consistency of empirical results and development theory across various agricultural regimes in Nigeria depend much more on the extent of implementation rather than policy making.

Research Limitations/Implications:-Among various alternative agricultural financing strategies available in Africa, this study employs only nine alternative financing strategies available to the smallholder farmers in Nigeria. This might make the result of the study not to be generalizable bearing in mind the country specific effects of the variables employed.

HARNESSING FULL EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY FOR NIGERIA. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IMPERATIVES, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

S.O. Onimole & S.A.  Olaiya

Department of Entrepreneurship

Department of Economics

Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji–Arakeji, Osun State

ABSTRACT

In this study, entrepreneurship education is considered as the vehicle required for exploiting the talents, skills, creativity and competencies of the populace towards creating productive employment to generate full employment. This study examines the strategies, challenges and prospects in harnessing full employment for Nigeria through entrepreneurship education and development.  The research method adopted for the study was survey and documentary analysis. The survey research involved the collection of data from existing records and findings of opinion on the subject matter through the use of structured questionnaire. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the respondents for the study.  The instrument was validated and pilot-tested to ascertain the internal consistency. The population for the study comprised employers of labour, unemployed graduates and government officials in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states of Nigeria. Stratified proportional random sampling technique was used to select a total of 426 individuals for this study. Out of this number 380 responded to the questionnaire for the study.  The internal consistency of the questionnaire was 0.71. Data obtained were analyzed using mean, frequency count, percentages and one-way analysis of variance. A large proportion of the respondent indicate that the challenges to full employment are many including, unclear monetary and focal policies  insufficient economic capabilities, lack of access to the control of productive resources, unreliable official statistics, absence of technology,  etc. as part of major challenges  for full employment  in Nigeria. The study is of the view that planned development strategies and activities to effect the necessary change for creating new enterprises and entrepreneurial education must be undertaken. Employment promotion strategies must become an integral part of the development process.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETURNS ON INVESTMENT, RETURN ON EQUITY AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF SELECTED QUOTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA

¹Adegbola Olubukola Otekunrin, ²Tony Ikechukwu Nwanji, ³Babatunde Taiwo Adesina &⁴Eseosa David Obadiaru

^1,2,4Department of Accounting and Finance, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria

³Department of Agriculture, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara

Email: otekunrin.adegbola@lmu.edu.ng, nwanji.tony@lmu.edu.ng, adesina.babatunde@lmu.edu.ng &obadiaru.eseosa@lmu.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

Extant literatures show that Nigeria firms have issue with determination of the perfect mix of debt and equity or whether to use equity or debt capital only to finance their investments and operations. The study explored the extent of relationship between profitability of the firms in Nigeria through the use of return on assets and return on investment ratios and capital structure decisions. This study used regression analysis to find the relationship that exists between capital structure and return on assets of the selected quoted firms in Nigeria form 2011 to 2015. It also find the relationship that exists between capital structure and return on assets of the selected quoted firms in Nigeria. This research limits its analysis to the use of data taken from the selected firms’ financial statement for the period under study. This finding shows that the relationship between to return on asset (ROA) and capital structure is insignificant but the relationship between return on equity (ROE) and capital structure is significant.