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This article inductively identifies barriers and limitations to Green IT policy as perceived by IT and environmental regulators in Nigeria. Qualitative interviews were conducted with the set of senior executive managers of Nigerian regulators who share Green IT as a key remit. The data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Although mostly reactive, Green IT policy in Nigeria has mainly targeted e-waste and incentivized innovative uses of renewable energy. However, insufficient financial provision towards the promotion of Green IT was perceived to hinder efficient regulatory activities. Similarly, poor energy infrastructure and insufficient collection and recycling facilities prevented the regulators from enforcing Green IT strategies. Major impeding barriers were also reported at the levels of policy ownership and control. This article is valuable to public administration agencies who must collaborate to address the issues of information technology/information systems and sustainability. It exposes regulators' perceived difficulty to establish lines of accountability between agencies that intervene in Green IT policy, from the perspective of a developing country. Each regulator is currently focused on taking individual efforts and steps which are perceived to lead to conflict in policies and overlapping authority. As remedial action we propose tighter coordination amongst regulators who share Green IT as a key remit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the Nigerian banking industry needs to adopt a risk-based regulation as a future regulatory model in the industry. The frequent distress and failures in the industry have shown that reliance on recapitalisation and on credit rating information by the supervisors and investors to determine the health of the financial institutions is less than satisfactory. This is more so when agency ratings suffer accountability deficits. Design/methodology/approach – This paper posits that while the regulation of the credit ratings is necessary for institutional accountability, it is never a substitute for oversight functions and due diligence exercise for both the supervisors and investors in the industry. This exploratory research paper is structured to cover the origin of banking regulation in Nigeria, the recapitalised efforts by the regulators, the problem with the agency ratings and why the future of Nigerian banking regulation should be risk-based. Findings – This research paper posits that while reliance on recapitalisation strategy and agency rating publications is relevant in banks, the future of Nigerian banking regulation should be risk-based. Originality/value – The Nigerian banking industry should develop effective risk-management structures in line with the international regulatory framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on language use and communication in the Pentecostal church of Nigeria, with particular reference to Calabar in Cross River State. It is observed that language use and communication arises out of the doctrine characteristics of the church. This shapes all aspects of language and communication use in the church including literary devices in preaching and prayers, neologisms, kinetics and the music of the church. There is no doubt that the influence of the church not just in its beliefs and dogmas but in its use of language and communication has had an effect on the Christian community in Calabar. This effect should be used positively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]