Competencies required by Agricultural Education Lecturers in Bee Keeping for Effective Teaching of Bee Production in Tertiary Institutions in Southeastern Nigeria

Valentine S. O. Ibe & Uloh, Emeka Victor
Department of Agri. & Home Sci Edu., Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
Department of Agricultural Education, Ebony State College of Education, Ebonyi State
Email: ibeurovso@gmail.com & vicbethels99@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This study identified competencies required by agricultural education lecturers in bee keeping for effective teaching of bee production in tertiary institutions in South-Eastern States of Nigeria, namely Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. Four research questions were posed to guide the study and four hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study was 311. The entire population was used for the study because of the manageable size. Bee production item questionnaire made up of 54 competencies was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. A Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.74 was obtained. Three hundred and eleven copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents by the researchers with the help of three research assistants. All the administered copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t – test. The researcher observed that agricultural education lecturers required 18 competencies in planning, 19 competencies required in site
selection and construction of beehives for bee production and 17 competencies required in harvesting and marketing of Bee production. It was recommended among others that the identified competencies be used by the agricultural education lecturers in teaching bee production to tertiary institution students.
Keywords: Bee production, Competencies, Effecting teaching, Tertiary institution, Agricultural Education

A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS

Agburu Ogbaji Gabriel
Department Management Information Technology
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
Email: gabrielagburu2017@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

A good number of information systems have been designed for use in modern organizations. These information systems perform different functions depending on the needs and objectives of the organization which provides a firm with competitive products and services that give strategic advantages over its competitors. This can reinforce a firm to survive and succeed in the long run in the market. Today, organizations use a variety of information systems such as transaction processing systems (TPS) to record
the daily routine transactions necessary for the conduct of the business, office automation systems (OAS) to perform office task effectively, management information systems (MIS) to Provide information in the
form of pre specified reports and displays to support business decision making, decision support system (DSS) to support unstructured and semi-structured decision making, executive information systems (EIS)
that support top managers in decision making, Expert System (ES) that performs the jobs of human experts etc. Each plays a different role in organization’s hierarchy and management operations. This study attempts
to review the role of different information system (IS) in modern organizations.
Keywords: Information Systems, Types of Information Systems, Computer-based information System, Modern Organizations.

THE ESCAPE OF CHIEF ADA SPIFF TO TWON-BRASS AND THE FOUNDING OF GBOBOKIRI (ADA-AMA) IN 1871 AND EKPERIKIRI 1873

Oscar Inowei – Alabo
Department of History
Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State
Email.inobra4@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The focus of this study is about the conversion of chief Ada –Spiff with Christianity at Nembe and his subsequent escape into Twon-Brass as a result of him violating the traditional taboos of the Nembe traditional juju. Before the coming of Christianity into Nembe, there are certain belief which the people believed are taboos which is forbidden in the Nembe society. But Chief Ada Spiff believed in his Christian faith was alleged to have violated and was sentenced to death at the instinct of the Juju priest. Chief Ada Spiff escaped to Twon-Brass with the secret assistance
of King Ockiya Amayanabo of Nembe – Brass

Factors Influencing Users’ Satisfaction with E-Payment System in Nigerian Universities

Ayoade, Olusola Bamidele & Yusuf, Kemi Jemilat

Department 0f Computer Science

Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria

Email: ayoadebamidele2014@yahoo.com & kjemsla@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This study examined factors influencing users’ satisfaction with e-payment system in Nigerian universities. A descriptive survey design was employed and a conceptual model was constructed using extended TAM theoretical model with the inclusions of perceived speed, ease of payment, perceived compatibility, perceived convenience, perceived trust and safe to use. An incidental random sampling technique was used to select two hundred respondents from each university making a total of one thousand. The items for each construct were adapted from the previous validated constructs in literatures with little modification to suit the objectives of the study. Ten hypotheses were formulated for the study and data collected were analyzed using stepwise regression analysis at 0.05 level of significant. The results of the study showed that all the ten independent variables significantly influence users’ satisfaction with e-payment system while ease of payment made the most significant influence on users’ satisfaction with e-payment system. Therefore, the providers of the service should organized awareness campaigns to the potential users properly and emphasize the ease of use of e-payment services to them. Also, when designing e-payment applications the designer should make sure that the end product is robust, fast, easily accessible 24/7 and affordable to the users. Service providers must ensure that their system is reliable, free of technical errors, and highly responsive to users’ enquires or any problems that might arise. And finally, service providers should increase services’ security and reliability, reduce transaction errors, and protect consumers’ privacy.

Keywords: e-payment, perceived convenience, perceived credibility, perceived security, perceived usefulness, subjective Norms