Ibrahim Kambai Ayuba

Formerly@ University of Utara Malaysia

This study examines capital adequacy and the moderating impact of asset growth on the performance of firms in the agricultural sector. 4 listed agricultural firms were examined over a period of 10 years and data were extracted from their financial statements which were analyzed through a STATA 13 tool of analysis. Regression, correlation matrix and...

Abstract This study seeks to examine the effects of globalization on CO2 emission in Nigeria. This study was motivated by the theoretical postulation that developing countries emit more CO2 at their early stage of development and less when they become more developed. This was tested in the case of Nigeria. Data was used from 1970 to 2014 and the me...

The study examines the long-run relationship between domestic debt and the fiscal policy of economic growth in Nigeria in the period from 1981 to 2013 owing to government reforms in the financial system, particularly due to the establishment of the Debt Management Office (DMO) in 2000 and a new fully funded pension fund scheme, both of which result...

This study examines food insecurity, agricultural production and economic growth in the West African region. Food insecurity creates tension and anger that could lead to various ills, vices and a threat to national security in many countries. Due to the negative effect of food insecurity, this paper considers the issue in relation to the current is...

The need to alleviate poverty among women in the devastated NorthEastern region of Nigeria is timely and coupled with the central role they play in any society in Africa and the rest of the world cannot be contested. Therefore, this study seeks to assess the extent to which micro-credit has eradicated poverty most especially the poor women living i...

This study set out to investigate, the link between economic development and governance with the aim to address the particular problem associated with development that persists in the ECOWAS region. Economic growth in most West African nations are relatively low and perhaps, translates to the poor level of economic development with a significant le...