Should former government employees be allowed to work for companies they used to regulate? There are no laws, rules and regulations that govern dealings with federal, state and local governments, prohibit their former employees to work for companies they regulated. The Code of Conducts for government employees is also silent on the same issue. However, […]
World’s highest prison population rate in US
Prisons, Jails and Probation – Overview The Department of Justice reported that at year-end 2003, federal prisons held a total of 158,426 inmates, of whom 86,972 (55%) were drug offenders. By comparison in 2000 federal prisons held 131,739 total inmates of whom 74,276 (56%) were drug offenders, and in 1995 federal prisons […]
Military Spending Proves a Detriment to Human Rights
The disproportionate rift between military spending and money spent on programs that would potentially advance or sustain human rights has become a disturbing worldwide standard. As William Felice points out in his article from International Affairs, many of the world’s nations are denying basic fiscal rights to their citizens, instead favoring major investments in […]
MakeMillions From Yam Flour Production
Yam is available everywhere in Nigeria and it is estimated that 40 per cent of the harvested tubers are lost or wasted due to lack of good processing method. This has led to gross inefficiency in production and inability to satisfy the local and export demand year round. The processing of yam increases its […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
A sleeping dragon rises from hibernation
Apprehension seeps into the spines of leaders of many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, where China is observed to be dominating in so far as international trade and advancement in modern warfare are concerned. And who wouldn’t? With rising economic growth, sparked by its extensive industrial developments taking shape in almost all parts of the country, the dragon has risen […]