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Item Assessment of Time Budgeting and Activity Pattern of Rural Women in Rural Development and Planning. Case study of Rafi Local Government area, Niger State(Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences.Faculty of Business and Social Science, University of Ilorin, 2009) Haruna Danladi Musa; Solomon N. JiyaA balanced participation of both genders results in a more comprehensive approach to issues of development. Indeed, their living conditions are more widely taken into account, thus leading to improved measures and their enhanced acceptance of rural development decisions. Decision-making has to be comprised of both men and women in a proportion, if the decisions made is to be valid. Women are the most threatened by the dangers that stem from global warming, war, disaster, etc. Therefore, defending the full range of women's human rights within the context of gender equality in addressing issues of spatial development is essential both to protecting women themselves and to cultivating their capacity for leadership, which so many lives depend on. Using questionnaire technique, 150 women from 10 district heads of Rafi Local government area of Niger state were interacted with to elicit information on the relationship between time budgeting and activity pattern of rural women in rural development and planning. The questionnaire probed into the background of each woman, such as age, educational qualification, occupation, monthly income and average percentage of income spent on family expenses. The study revealed that rural income is generally low because of the low level of social and economic activities. In a community where there is no supply of electricity and water, and the roads are almost impassable, it would be impossible for any meaningful economic activity to operate. Policy on the planning of the area should include the provision of social facilities and the establishment of industries capable of, among others, processing farm products.Item Generation of Random Numbers for Data Security Applications(7th Annual Engineering Conference, 2006-06-28) Usman A.U; Ajiboye, Johnson AdegbengaIn this age of Electronic connectivity, the issue of data security is becoming more and more of great concern. The growth in computer systems and their interconnections via networks has increased the dependence of several organizations and individuals on information stored and communicated using these systems. Hence, there is need for data and resources to be well protected to guarantee its authenticity and to protect systems from network-based attacks. Cryptography and network security have matured, leading to the development of practical, readily available applications to enforce network security. This work covered a review of the concept of randomness with the stringent randomness requirement in data security systems giving particular attention to the Blum-Blum-Shub random number generator.Item Development of Mathematical Model for the Assessment of Hydrogen Sulphide Pollutant in the Air(Journal of Research in Engineering (JRIE), 2008) Olutoye, M. A.; Eterigho, Elizabeth JumokeThis work is aimed at developing a mathematical model to determine the concentration of Hydrogen Sulphide pollutant in air from the gas flare of a refinery. To achieve this, experimental data on concentration of Hydrogen Sulphide from Kaduna refinery and petrochemical company Nigeria were collected and the dispersion model was developed based on Gaussian distribution principle. The simulation of the model was carried out using visual basic programming. It was observed from the simulated result that the gas dispersion model developed for Hydrogen Sulphide showed a remarkable agreement with the dispersion pattern, and agrees with the experimental results with a correlation co efficient of 0.98. Thus, the model can be used to determine the safe distance for human habitation from an industrial area and the refinery in particular.Item Factors affecting loan acquisition among small-scale farmers in Otukpo Local Government area of Benue State, Nigeria.(2008) Nmadu, J. N., Egwa, E. P. O., & Ogaji, A.This study investigated the factors affecting loan acquisition among farmers in Otukpo LGA of Benue State of Nigeria. Primary data collected directly from the farmers were utilised in this study and analysed using descriptive statistics and probit analysis. The findings indicate that the loan collected during the 2006/2007 farming season was significantly lower (1000 times lower) that the amount of money spent on family obligations. This brings to the front burner the issue of food security and income stability of the small scale farmers. It has been discovered that many small scale farmers tend to sell off their farm produce when prices are low in order to repay social-obligated loans and also meet up some social obligations. Among the explanatory variables, interest rate charged and collateral given positively influenced loan acquisition while response to loan conditions impacted negatively on it. This findings indicates that farmers are favourable disposed towards taken loan with interest and given of collateral and this is contrary to what many researchers have tended to postulate.Item Property Tax as a Tool for Effective and Sustainable Development (A Case Study of Minna Metropolis)(The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Niger State Branch, 2008) Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Adeogun Adekunle SundayThe property tax is an important source of revenue for state and local governments. On average, property taxes account for about 75% of state and local government tax revenues in the Unites States. These revenues are used to fund education, police and fire protection and other government services (Charles T. Floyd and Marcus, T. Allen, 2005). In a research conducted in Minna East and Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State, out of 150 people sampled about 35 people are aware of property rating which is a reliable source of local government finance. The remaining 115 people are ignorant of what property rating is all about. Also, at the State Inland Revenue office in Minna, only few property based taxes are in operation and collectible by this state constituted authority. The reason for this could be attributed to political, socio and economic problems associated with tax administration in the state. This paper emphasized the need to engage the services of estate surveyors and valuers as well as State Inland Revenue offices in our rating departments comprehensive enabling Edict, vigorous enlightenment campaigns, placing checks on multiplicity of rates and judicious use of tax should be juxtaposed with the provision of amenities and infrastructures among others. The paper concludes that, political will on the part of our government will in no small measure address the identified problems associated with property tax administration in the state.Item Analysis of credit utilization behavior of small scale business farmers in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State(Continental Journal of Agricultural Science, 2009) 13. Otitolaiye, J.O., Ogaji A., Ajayi, O.J. and Emesilowa, A.M.This study analyses the credit utilization behavior of small scale farmers n Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state. The main objectives of the study include the identification of the various formal and informal sources of credit, pattern of their utilization by farmers as well as the examination of the effect of c*-I. allocation on the value of output. Primary data used for the study were obtain using structured questionnaire administered to 60 purposively Selected farmers. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Result shows that most of the farmers (95.0%) were married and ownership of farmland was mainly through inheritance. Results of the regression analysis gave R2 value of 0.684. This indicates that 68.4% of the variation in Y (value of output) was explained by the independent variables (Xi - X5) include in the model. Three (3} out of the five (5) variables in the model were found to be statistically significant in explaining total value of output. This include X3 (amount allocated to other inputs), X4 (amount allocated to equipment) and X5 (amount allocated to land). High interest rate, inadequate credit and late arrival of credit were identified by the farmers, as some of the constraints encountered in accessing credit. It was however, recommended that timelines of loan disbursement will reduce its diversion to other non farm uses. Interest rates charged by banks should be reduced to enable farmers' access it profltably.