The study specifically examines the correlation between remuneration and the effectiveness of employees in commercial banks in cross river state, adopting a survey method, data was collected from 232 participants employed by five commercial banks in cross river state. The participants were selected using the proportional stratified and simple random sampling technique. A self-developed questionnaire was adopted to elicit the required information for the study. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. out of the 232 distributed questionnaires, 213 was returned and used for analysis. Result revealed a correlation between remuneration and the effectiveness of employees in commercial banks in cross river state. From the analysis 21.8 per cent of the variance in the effectiveness of bank's employees is accounted for by remuneration. The study concludes that bank the management of banks need to take into cognizance the economic situation in the country and improve on the take-home package of their employees.

Nigeria ranks among the highest consumers of marijuana global and the youths are among the highest demographic of consumers. But there is dearth of evidence that people know about the dangers inherent in being addicted to marijuana. This study examined public knowledge of marijuana addiction and risk of psychosis mental health outcome among youths in Calabar. The survey method through the distribution of self-administered semi structured was used to elicit data from a sample of 384, selected from Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria using the stratified, purposive and random sampling technique. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics using such as frequency distribution, percentages, figures and inferential statistics in the form of independent T-test. Results revealed that there is public knowledge of the marijuana addiction and psychotic. there is need for the government and its Drug enforcement agency to formulate drastic laws and put in place punitive measures that will curb the distribution, sale and consumption of marijuana

Introduction Poverty has affected all aspects of rural life including the environment, health, education, housing, nutrition, agriculture etc. It has disrupted families and communities. Countries of Sub-Saharan African are among the poorest in the world both in terms of real income as well as access to social services. About forty-five percent of the people of this region live below the poverty line. About sixty six percent of the rural people and forty three percent of urban poor live on less than $1 per day (Nkpoyen & Bassey, 2012; National Independent Report, 2004). Poverty in Nigeria remains one of the greatest challenges the country is facing. The 1995 World Summit for Social Development defined absolute poverty as the condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health facilities, shelter, education and information. Despite alternative development strategies, many rural communities continue to register poor socioeconomic conditions, rising inflation, lack of access to basic social services. In Nigeria, a large number of economically active poor people are known to reside in rural areas. Their feelings towards their plight is occasioned by the inability of governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)to efficiently harness resources in order to better the quality of lives. The persistency of this problem continues to widen the income gap between the rich and the poor and with implication for social inequality of rural dwellers, thereby necessitating rural-urban migration (Nemedia, 2000). Poverty has been recognized as a universal social problem that must be eradicated if the world is to be humane, stable and just (Ekong, 2003). While opening the World Submit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South African September 2002, Thabo Mbeki the then South African President told delegates that "for the first time in human history, human society possess the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty and underdevelopment". Ellis (2000) had earlier observed that "poverty is no longer inevitable and should not be tolerated; that its eradication is a practical possibility. Rural poverty tends to be of compound of absolute relative and zero-sum. Poverty eradication has since become the major focus of the more important funding agencies of the United Nations Organization, namely UNDP and IFAD-rural poverty reduction; UNFPA-women, reproductive health and family planning; UNICEM-women empowerment; UNICEF-children and the girl child. At the 1995 Copenhagen Summit, world governments committed themselves to follow-up action and implementation in partnership with all stakeholders. They were to prepare strategies geared towards overall reduction of poverty substantially in the shortest possible time (Ekong, 2003).

The main focus of this study was to examine tourism as indices for sustainable development of the people of Cross River State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined the extent to which tourism contributes to improved social status, and increased educational opportunities of the people of Cross River State. These two variables formed the objectives and hypotheses used for the study. Relevant literatures were reviewed while Endogenous Development Model constituted the theoretical framework for the study. The research design employed was a survey design, with a sample of 400 respondents selected using the Taro Yamene's (1967) sample size determination technique. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to select respondents from the delineated clusters using an 18-item questionnaire as an instrument. Demographic data were presented using simple percentages, while hypotheses were tested with two statistical tools. Hypotheses one was analyzed using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) while hypothesis two used linear regression statistical method all at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that there is a significant relationship between tourism and improved social status as well as increased educational opportunities for sustainable development of the people of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study concluded that in spite of the high recognition of the state as the tourist base of the nation, the multiplier effect on individuals, and sustainable development is still not very noticeable. This is also the case with the internally generated revenue of the state, high rate of youth unemployment, youth restiveness, poor road network and poor manpower development. From the study, it was therefore recommended that the Government of Cross River state should intensify efforts in expanding the tourism sector to other areas in dire need of tourism potential such as cultural tourism.

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