Th. 3e cycle--Litt. anglophone--Lille 3, 1986.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The problem addressed in this study is the identification of perceived and preferred goals in post-primary educational institutions in Kaduna-State, Nigeria. The purposes of the study are to identify and analyze the most important goals and to make recommendations for improvements based on these findings. Chapter I discusses the background and significance of the study and the procedures used in collecting and analyzing data; Chapter II surveys related literature. Methodology and analysis of data are presented in Chapters III and IV. Chapter V offers the study's findings, summary, conclusions, and recommendations.

As the number of people immigrating to the United States of America increases, so too does the richness of U.S. American culture. However, research is lacking focusing on the impact race and race-related problems have on African and African-descent immigrants and their personal identities. The following research study investigates the influence of U.S. acculturation and Igbo acculturation on black racial identity attitudes of first generation and second generation Ibos of Nigeria living in the U.S. Results of the study indicated differences exist between first generation and second generation Ibos on levels of U.S. and Igbo acculturation, first generation Ibos were more likely to identify as being American rather than being a part of the black racial group in the United States, second generation Ibos were more likely to accept stereotypes about blacks, second generation Ibos less familiar with Igbo culture were more likely to perceive themselves as multicultural beings, length of stay in the U.S. mediated multicultural attitudes of Ibos, and both length of stay in the U.S. and generational status mediated Afrocentric attitudes of Ibos. Implications and discussion of the findings are followed by a suggested framework for practicing counselors to use, based on these results, when working with African and African-descent immigrants. i

Considering its level of sophistication and complexity communication can be understood as a fundamental characteristic of humankind. Since early times humanity has continued to devise novel techniques and tools to enhance the process of communication and governance procedures. This study explores and analyses developments in internet and communication technology (ICT) in relation to governance procedures in Nigeria. It looks at the rapid expansion of ICT and examines levels of assimilation by the population. This study includes an investigation of the challenges and impediments encountered in the process of the integration of ICT into the fabric of Nigeria’s governance. The data and information gained about ICT is then employed towards the development of a theoretical framework to identify and assess good governance. A mixed method and hermeneutical approach were used in the collection and analysis of data. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 100 selected professionals with varied backgrounds as users or experts regarding communication. Those chosen to receive questionnaires were members of the public and individuals from professional and stakeholder groups in the communication industry. Survey questions addressed the frequency of use of ICT in Nigeria in commonly-cited activities as well as areas of success where future improvement may be identified. The questionnaires provided an overview of the benefits of ICT regarding the developments and challenges confronting the communication industry and governance. This overview formed the basis for semi-structured interview questions and focus group sessions. This thesis demonstrates the interconnectivity between communication and governance and how triangulation and hermeneutics were combined to study ICT use in the context of Nigeria. The results also indicated that in certain population groups and in some economic sectors of government ICT use is rapidly growing. However, the study and theoretical framework illustrate that many opportunities and challenges remain for optimal use of ICT for Nigerian governance procedures.

This investigation set out to determine the level of Local Community contributions towards the development of secondary education in Imo State. It also set out to find out whether the derived gains with regard to the satisfaction of community needs are commensurate with the input into secondary education by the community. Twelve (12) hypotheses were tested to arrive at the decisions. Ten schools from each Educational Zone were randomly chosen for the investigation, giving a total of fifty (50) schools. The respondents for each school consisted of the principal, two teachers, two parents, two town union or community leaders, two final year students and the Eze (Traditional ruler) of that particular school community. The instrument of questionnaire as well as information from the Ministry of Education formed the basis of data collection. Structured interview questions were also used. It was found that in the establishment of schools, the Voluntary Agencies exceeded the government and the Local Communities. In the case of funding of the secondary schools before the government take-over of schools in 1970, it was found that the three bodies, the community, the government and the Voluntary Agencies contributed equally. The Analysis of Variance technique was used to test the difference. It was also found that there was no significant difference in the community contributions before and after the war; the same applied to that of the government, but in both instances, community contributions surpassed that of the government. In these cases the chi2 test was used to test the differences in contribution. With regard to the relevance of the curriculum to community needs it was found that despite the government's effort to satisfy the different needs and aspirations of the people, theoretical education still prevails, thus providing no solution to the unemployment problem. The Student-t test was used to identify significant differences in the opinions of adults and students with regard to the relevance of the curriculum in the achievement of educational objectives. Significant differences were found in the areas of employment, ability to acquire local culture and crafts, spiritual development, acquisition of high morals, discipline, ability to go for further education and ability to think objectively. Histograms were used to show the differences clearly. In spite of this, parents are still enthusiastic about secondary education in that they still contribute towards the establishment of new schools and are still keen on sending their children to school. It was therefore recommended that:- 1. Government should allow other bodies such as the voluntary agencies, individuals and other interested groups to be involved in the development of secondary education to reduce the costs borne by the community and the government. 2. The government should increase its areas of involvement in secondary education development. 3. The government should see that budgeting and curriculum planning should involve representatives of all interested groups in secondary education. 4. Artisans and people skilled in the local crafts should be incorporated in the School-Community Relations workshops by the government to train the crux of the new breed of teachers. 5. Workshops, seminars and in-service training should be organised by the government for serving teachers at minimal costs to the teachers. 6. The government should ensure that the least qualification for teachers in the secondary schools be the Nigerian Certificate in Education (N. C. E. ). 7. Government should ensure that guidance and counselling services be provided in schools to advise the students about vocational choice. 8. The people should consider alternative avenues of economic investments such as small scale industries, to absorb both secondary school drop-outs and graduates without jobs. 9. Specification of aims and objectives should be shared at four levels of the educational system. General aims by the Federal government, specific aims by the State government, general objectives by the local communities and specific objectives by the school. 10. Measures to improve curriculum design are also suggested. 11. The government should organise a carefully planned, coordinated and long-term investment in both community and educational welfare to avoid spirals of educational deprivation.

This thesis analyses legal disputes between village communities and oil companies in Nigeria. We have three principal aims. First, the thesis is an attempt to provide a detailed analysis of the nature of legal disputes between oil companies and village communities in Nigeria, particularly in the light of the rise in oil related litigation. Second, the study of litigation is meant to serve as a window to an understanding of social conflicts between village communities and oil companies. Third, the thesis is aimed at making a contribution to the research and the debate on the role of multinational companies in developing countries and on the day-to-day operations of African legal systems. The thesis is organised as follows. Section two analyses the political context of oil operations. Section three provides an introduction to the legal framework by discussing Nigeria's formal legal institutions and oil related statute law. An analysis of a survey of Nigerian lawyers in section four is aimed at evaluating the constraints and opportunities faced by potential and actual litigants in oil related litigation which can either encourage or discourage litigants from engaging in litigation. Focusing on issues such as oil spills and compensation payments for land acquisition, factual evidence from court cases in section five illustrates the adverse impact of oil exploration and production on village communities with a view to identifying the sources of conflict between oil companies and the local populace. A detailed analysis of litigation in section six reveals the principles of tort law upon which oil related cases are based, the legal defences employed by oil companies and legal innovations in oil related cases. Section seven concludes the thesis.

My research investigated the extent to which the Nigerian media have alerted the public and key opinion formers to risk-related issues/conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region in order to shape the Nigerian public policy sphere as a response to the reoccurring [1958-2009] conflict between the government, oil host communities and independent multinational oil companies operating in the Nigeria’s Niger Delta region over economic embarrassment due to underdevelopment and environmental degradation. Drawing on the recent academic literature on policy agenda-setting, risk communication and trust communication, my research explored Research Questions on risk communication and risk perception linking policy agenda-setting that would be of great benefit for the Nigerian policy-makers, and indeed oil companies to understand. The researcher addressed these Research Questions through a survey [1,200 questionnaires] of Nigerians and interviews [10] with key people in Nigeria. These Research Questions are very timely and penetrating, in what has been, to date, a very under-researched area – namely, investigating the flows and impacts of trust-risk communication in agenda setting in a less-developed country. The researcher used three states in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region namely, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers for the purpose of this research because conflict and risk issues is most pronounced in the aforementioned states due to oil exploration/exploitation and underdevelopment. Findings from this research revealed that the Nigerian media-policy-public agendas face specific problems in influencing one another on environmental risk issues and other facet of the conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. These specific problems which reflect gaps in knowledge in the Niger Delta conflict have now been outlined, so needing further attention and work by stakeholders in the public policy field with regards to the Niger Delta conflict. To this end, areas in need of research focus were outlined and several recommendations were made by the researcher which if adopted by the Nigerian government/policy makers, the media, oil companies and other stakeholders will help douse Nigeria’s Niger Delta conflict.

The 1:50,000 geological map of the Tibchi Complex presented is characterised by a closed elliptical ring-dyke framework hitherto unpredicted by pioneer workers. Major rock units comprise a basalt - potassic granite suite. The structural history of the Complex involved a central shield volcano, succeeded by a caldera and fluidised intra-caldera volcanism. The model proposed is on the principle of positive magma pressure during both caldera formation and ring-dyke intrusion. With ash-fall tuff and rhyolite lavas resting directly on the subsided basement block within the ring-fracture, the Tibchi Complex shows the first clear exposure of the Jurassic landscape to be recorded in Nigeria. An olivine tholeiite - tholeiite - andesine basalt - trachyte sequence, and a microferrodiorite - microsyenite - granitic porphyries sequence are separately established but together appear to form a unified petrogenetic succession. The scarcity of modal plagioclase, and the low levels of calcium and magnesium, together with the extreme iron-enrichment, in the rocks, are accounted for. The petrology is complicated by various post- magmatic hydrothermal and metasomatic processes from which certain distinctive rock-types formed. These processes are described in full and explanations offered. Contact metamorphism previously unassociated with the Nigerian Younger Granites is recorded in a bifacial metamorphic aureole related to the biotite granite intrusion. Joint-controlled greisen vein development and primary mineralisation are among the most extensive in the Nigerian Younger Granites. Chemical analyses of fayalites, Ca-rich pyroxenes, amphiboles and a selection of biotites and chlorites show that these minerals approach very closely the iron end-members of their solid solution series. Two distinct but related pyroxene crystallisation trends are found in the porphyries. The 'granite porphyry pyroxene trend' involved a significant role of the acmite component in a way that suggests a modification of the 'quartz porphyry pyroxene trend' by increased oxygen fugacity. The presence of sufficient volatiles in the quartz porphyry magma was probably enough to account for the observed difference between the two trends. Pyroxene data on the whole indicate the Tibchi Complex to be of tholeiitic affinity, but with a mild alkalinity. Amphiboles are mostly postmagmatic in origin and define two divergent reaction series: a ferro- actinolite - ferroedenite series, and a ferroactinolite - ferrorichterite - alkali amphibole series. The compositions of the amphiboles are predestined by the compositions of the pyroxenes from which they formed. Despite the origin of the Tibchi, rocks from basaltic liquids, the presence of large volumes of granitic rocks suggests .extensive crustal anatexis as possible source of additional acid magma.

The purpose of this study was to develop a standard instrument for determining the basic elements to be contained in a state of national long-range plan for higher education and to utilize that instrument in evaluating the current planning efforts in Nigeria. In order to fulfill the purpose of the study, answers were sought to seven research questions and procedures were worked out for ten experts in higher-education planning to validate criteria statements about the major elements of a model long-range plan for higher education in a political unit. The findings of this study appear to warrant the conclusions that (1) state or national plans for higher education contain similar major elements and have certain underlying assumptions, (2) long-range planning documents can be evaluated using established criteria, (3) Nigerian planning for higher education has been somewhat systematic but lacks thoroughness, and (4) Nigerian planning for higher education can be strengthened and improved if future planning activities more closely meet established criteria of the model used in this study. Recommendations are offered which could strengthen the existing plan and aid future planning exercises in Nigeria.