EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

We are once again grateful to the Almighty Allah who has enabled us to churn out another edition of the Islamic University Multidisciplinary Journal (IUMJ) formally known as the Islamic University Journal (IUJ). With Volume 6 Issue 2, we are steadily marching the University community towards academic growth and intellectuality. The journal is a multidisciplinary and multilingual publication that cuts across all areas. It engages the creative, innovative and keen minds of scholars around the world while providing a rich point of reference for the ever-inquisitive researchers. The IUMJ fulfills two of the core functions of Islamic University in Uganda viz; dissemination of knowledge that is relevant to the needs of the society and involving in research that reveals new knowledge and provides solutions to existing community challenges.

This volume 6 issue 3 presents scholarly works on; Linking Research in Islamic Law with Action for Sustainable Development in Uganda in Relation to Environmental Conservation; Migrants’ Remittances and Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from Nigeria; Ethical Issues on Creative Accounting: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives; Communication and Employee Performance at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) Uganda; Perception of Tai Solarin University of Education Women Staff on Fitness Coaches’ Influence on Exercise Participation in the Prevention of Hypo-Kinetics Diseases; Doctoral Supervision A Challenge in Universities: The Context of the Sub-Saharan African Universities; Accountability and Transparency in the Nigerian Public Service: A Study of Selected Local Government in Ogun State in Nigeria; Language and Radical Aesthetics in Olu Obafemi’s Suicide Syndrome; Using Illustrations to Educate Communities in Uganda: A Study to Create Awareness of the Complexities of HIV/AIDS in Rural Communities; Designing and Branding Highway Roadside Refreshment Centres for Travelers in Rwanda; Effects of Scaffolding Instructional Techniques on the Academic Achievement of Automechanics Technology Students in Lagos State Technical Colleges; Twinship as a Narrative Strategy in Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying and She Plays with the Darkness; Exploring Activity-Based Teaching Strategy on Academic Performance of Islamic Studies Students in Senior Secondary Schools in Katsina Local Government Area; Influence of Transformational and Transactional Leadership on Motivation of Academic Staff in Nigerian Universities; Globalization and Its Influence on the Future of the Universities; Homeland and Exile: The Poetic Imagination of Africa in the Black Diaspora; Some New Features of a Complete Generalized Metric Space; Optimization of Electric Power System with Transient Stability Constrained; Stability Results on Coupled Fixed Point Iterative Procedures in Complete Metric Spaces; A Study of Oscillatory Magnetohydrodynamics Flow of Dusty Viscoelastic Fluid Through an Inclined Channel with OHMIC Heating; Solving Linear and Nonlinear Integro-Differential Equations Using Modified Adomian Decomposition Method; Organisational Culture and Implementation of IT Policy; Treatment Pattern of People Living With HIV/AIDS at General Hospital Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria and Mathematical Model of a Multilayer-Core Sandwich Beam.

It is our hope and prayer that our distinguished readers find the publication engaging with potentials towards virgin researchable areas.

Our sincere gratitude goes to the renowned contributors, peer reviewers and readers of the IUMJ for the continued support.

Yours in Service

Anselm O. Oyem, Ph.D

Editor-in-Chief

Islamic University Multidisciplinary Journal

Directorate of Research, Publications, and Innovation

Islamic University in Uganda

P.O. Box 2555

Main Campus, Mbale, Uganda

iumjeditorinchief@gmail.com