EDITORIAL

Editorial

Welcome to the fourth issue of the seventh volume, comprising 24 articles as follows:

Opto-Electrical Characterization of Annealed Cdse And Cdte Thin Films Synthesized Via Thermal Evaporation Technique; Removal of 4-Nitrophenol from Aqueous Solution by Brachystegia Eurycoma Seed Hull Impregnated with Titanium Oxide (TiO2) using Solid-phase Extraction Method; Physicochemical Analysis of Soap Produced from Tallow (Animal Fat) and Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil Blends; and New Algorithm Techniques for Efficient Analysis of Tissue Images.

Other articles include: Library as an Impetus to the Development of Academic Needs of the Exceptional Students / Special Learners; Recruitment Type and Job Contents of the Working Class in Deposit Money Banks in Lagos State, Nigeria; Teamwork and Staff Performance at Umar bin Al-Khattwab Islamic Centre (UBAIC) – Uganda; Single Window Platform in The Nigerian Maritime Sector: Between Easiness and Contention among Government’s Agencies; Accounting for Climate Change Implications of Deforestation: The case of Forest Reserves in Osun State, Nigeria; Impact of Ownership Structure Mechanisms on Reported Earnings Quality of Quoted Consumer Goods Companies in Nigeria; Issues and Challenges of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Rural Nigeria: Survey of Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria; Information Communication Technology Integration in School Systems and Management of Secondary Schools in Nakawa Division, Uganda; and Communication and Employee Performance at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development (MLHUD)-Uganda.

The issue also includes: Analytical Appraisal of The Factors Responsible for the Metamorphosis of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to African Union (AU); Economic History and Socio-Economic Prospects in Esanland, Nigeria: Options for Indigenous and Foreign Investors; The Crack of Dawn of Muhammad’s Tradition: Mild Approaches in Enugu Indigenes’ Ritual Obligation to Allah; Raising Virtuous Children in The Contemporary Vicious World: The Islamic Paradigm; The Concept and the Challenges of Muslims Unity in Contemporary Nigeria from an Islamic Perspective; Evaluation of Labour Related Disputes and Service Delivery in Healthcare Institutions in Nigeria: Moderating Role of Pay Structure; Non-financial Rewards, Motivation and Employee Performance in Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA)-Uganda; A Historical Survey of Nigeria's Economic Diplomacy, 1960-1985; Evaluation of Osun State University Library: 2013 to Date; Ash-Shaykh Adam CAbdullahi Al-‘Ilori and his beautiful and Valuable Preaches in Parable and Wisdom; and Political Threat in Nigerian Arabic Poetry: Reading from Selected Poems.

We are very grateful to our authors, reviewers and readers for their continued support.

Yours sincerely,

Maimuna Aminah Nimulola
Editor-in-Chief
Islamic University Multidisciplinary Journal