Municipalities are facing a growing problem of how to safely dispose off their wastes. Municipalsolid waste (MSW) is waste from households, commercial centres, institutions (school, offices).Composting is used to reduce huge pile of biodegradable MSW and convert it into value addedproduct like manure and biogas. Inorganic fertilizer such as NPK also exerts strong influence onplant growth, development and yield. Two year experiments were conducted in the Teaching andResearch Farm of Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria,Nsukka to determine the response of maize to MSW compost and NPK fertilizer application. A 4 x 4factorial experiment in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications was used for the study. The two factors were MSW (0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 t/ha) and NPK (20:10:10) (0, 100,200 and 300 kg/ha). The following data were collected: leaf area, Plant height, stem girth, number ofleaves, days to first tasseling, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, ear weight, ear height, earcircumference, cob weight, 100 grain weight, grain yield and harvest index. Data collected weresubjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA). The means were separated using Fisher’s leastsignificant difference (F-LSD). Plant height, leaf area, number of leaves and stem girth increasedwith increase in NPK and MSW rates while days to tasselling and silking was reduced. The 100grain weight, grain yield per hectare and harvest index were significantly increased with increase inMSW and NPK rates. Proximate composition followed the same trend apart from carbohydratecontent which decreased with increase in application rates of MSW and NPK. Application of either2000 kg/ha MSW or 300 kg/ha NPK gave the highest yield of maize in 2011 and 2012.Complementary application of MSW and NPK was significantly higher than sole application.Combination of 2.0 t/ha MSW with 300 kg/ha NPK had significantly higher effect than othertreatment combination in both years and were found satisfactory for achieving high yields in maize.It is recommended that further research should be carried out to determine the optimum ratesrequired for maize production since performance increased up to the highest rates of MSW and NPK fertilizer

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<p> </p><p><strong>2.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; REVIEW OF RELATED LIBERATION</strong></p><p>This chapter reviews relevant texts or iterative of the contributions of scholars and researcher on bank and bank related issues. &nbsp;Such issues that are contained here are concepts of banking the role of banks in Nigeria economic development causes of bank in Nigeria economic development, causes of bank failure of the regulatory authorities to prevent failure of banks.</p><p><strong>2.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong><strong>CONCEPT OF BANKING </strong></p><p>Any realistic appraisal of banking related issues must start by taking into cognizance the concept or meaning of banking. &nbsp;This brings about the question of what is bank? What function role do banks perform in any economy?.</p><p>Oxford advanced learner dictionary of current English.</p><p>“Bank” mean the establishment for keeping money and valuable safely” the money being paid out on the customer’s order (by means of cheque)</p><p>Funk and Wagnauti’s (new encyclopedia) define a bank as a “term applied to describe a variety of institution established for one or more purposes the purpose according to them include making loan and extending credit to facilitate the transmission &nbsp; of founds by cheques and by bills of exchange and hold money on deposit and to disburse it, to exchange the currency for that of another and issue money.</p><p><strong>2.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong><strong>THE ROLE OF BANK IN NIGERIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</strong></p><p>Bank have numerous roles in the economic development of any nation this depends on the objective for setting up such bank example of bank are commercial banks merchants band development banks to mention a few.</p><p>Cardose (1979) commenting on the role and contribution of commercial bank to Nigeria’s economic development he emphasized “commercial bank are dual intermediates in the domestic and international spheres. &nbsp; He stressed that at the domestic level the bank mobilize funds from the “surplus” sector to the deficit sector of the economy. While at the international level they provide the channel through which foreign exchange is transferred to or received from other countries in settlements of international transactions commercial bank has been emphasized on due on due to the special serve which they render which other bank might not render which includes; acceptance of saving and current</p> <br><p></p>