International Journal of Management studies and Social Science Research

Dr. Innocent Benjamin Namo, Dr. Attah Henry Attah, Prof. Nse Etim Akpan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56293/IJMSSSR.2026.6101

ABSTRACT: The New Partnership for Africa’s Development has in the past twenty-four (24) years undertook several economic development programs on behalf of the African Union for the continent. Within this period, the agency has experienced several problems and challenges including limited funding capacity, reliance on external aid, lack of technical expertise and human capacity as well as limited access to technology and innovation. However, the agency has also recorded some remarkable strides within the same period of its existence including the promotion of regional integration with the potential for enhanced economic cooperation, reduced trade barriers and increased economic efficiency among African countries. This study attempts an analysis of the problems and prospects of the agency in the twenty first century with a focus on the extent to which the organization has been able to fully implement its mandate. It adopts a qualitative research method with a content analytic approach and relies solely on the secondary sources of data. The study argues that given the myriads of unsuccessful past economic initiatives in Africa, there seem to be an understandable pessimism and even cynicism directed at the agency by both scholars and researchers alike. It recommends the need for African leaders to look inwards by mobilizing and harnessing the abundant human and natural resources in the continent for sustainable development, investment promotion alongside regional and sub-regional economic cooperation and integration and concludes that a judicious implementation of these recommendations could take the agency to another level in sustainable African development.

Keyword: Africa, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Problems, Prospects, Sustainable development

Dr. OSEZUA, OZINEGBE, ORONSAYE ESOSA JOEL, OGINNI JOY KEHINDE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56293/IJMSSSR.2026.6102

ABSTRACT: The Nigerian state like many other Nation-states in the world today is currently faced with a lot of security challenges which has manifested in form of Boko-Haram threat, Fulani herdsmen militia, IPOB secessionist movement and Niger Delta Militant. These illegal armed groups now contend with the state in the legitimate use of force by carrying out series of bombings and killings, kidnapping/hostage taking, destruction of properties, armed robbery attack, political assassination as well as secessionist movement which security agents in Nigeria appears incapable of handling which is a clear manifestation of state failure. This is worrisome to scholars, practitioners, researchers and policy makers, as the continuous existence of Nigeria as a nation state is been threatened. The objective of this study therefore, is to examine the relationship between insecurities and state failure, its effects on the Nigeria state as a nation and to proffer solutions. The study collected data from the secondary sources and the technique of content analysis was used in analyzing the data. The Elite theory forms the theoretical framework of this study. The study revealed that there is a link between state failure and the existence of Boko-haram militia, herdsman militia, IPOB secessionist movement and Niger Delta militant group. This study recommends in a very holistic approach, good governance as a panacea for Nigeria’s security challenges and state failure. Apart, Nigeria as a state should also adopt an effective surveillance and forensic intelligence gathering to enable her defeat Boko-haram and other criminal groups in the country. The establishment of state police and community police will help solve the problems of insecurity in Nigeria.

Keyword: State, Insecurity, State failure, Boko Haram.

Ratna Mappanyukki 1, Nengzih Rahman 2, Natasya Audrey 3, Zubir Azhar 4, Agustin Fadjarenie 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56293/IJMSSSR.2026.6103

ABSTRACT: According to Rahman Yakubu, Tracey Williams (2020), an audit opinion must show the reliability of the audit that has been carried out by the auditor in examining the company's financial reports. The audit opinion must be of high quality because it will reflect the company's actual financial condition and the audit opinion is also very important for stakeholders to use to make decisions. To ensure that the resulting audit opinion is of high quality, the researcher decided to conduct research on leverage and financial distress on audit opinions moderated by the audit committee. And this research proves empirically that there is an influence of leverage and financial distress on audit opinion which is moderated by the audit committee. The population of this research is 171 companies with the sample used being 83 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2019-2021. The data collection method in this research is secondary data processed with Eviews 12. This research method uses panel data regression analysis to determine the influence of independent variables and dependent variables partially within a certain period of time. From the results of the t test and moderation analysis, it is known that the leverage and financial distress variables have a significant effect on audit opinion. The audit committee is able to moderate leverage and financial distress on audit opinions with a type of quasi moderation.

Keyword: Leverage, Financial Distress, Audit Committee, Audit Quality

Evren AYRANCI 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56293/IJMSSSR.2026.6104

ABSTRACT: There is a jungle of managerial theories and paradigms related to business context that have been scrutinized by countless studies so far. Despite this abundancy, there are still some gaps that require further research. This current study aims to make such a contribution by considering the issue of strategic leadership in Turkish businesses. Due to the nature of leadership, workers’ perceptions about existence and in case of existing, components of strategic leadership features as revealed by their businesses' top managers have been investigated. The results based on a large data set collected from businesses in the city of İstanbul, Mecidiyekoy district point out that aforementioned managers are perceived to be strategic leaders due to a combination of five organizational level, task and people-oriented components.

Keyword: Strategic leadership, top managers, Turkish businesses, Turkey.