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Author(s):
Editor in Chief.
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African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 2 Issue 3, Full Issue
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African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 2 Issue 3, Full Issue
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Author(s):
Hamza Mohammed, Yahaya Muhammad.
Page No : 1-11
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The Role of Local Government in Rural Development in Nigeria: A Study of Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State
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Despite the huge revenue that accrues to the local government areas in Nigeria, rural areas are still faced with challenges of development. This study examined the role of Local Government in Rural Development in Lafia Local Government Area over a period of 2015 to 2019. The study utilized both primary and secondary methods of data collection. The structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to ten (10) selected communities within lafia Local Government Area. A four points likerts scale was used to determine the responses of the respondents and the chi-square was also used to test the hypothesis. The findings of the study reveal that Lafia local government enhances rural development through provision of social amenities to the locality. The study further revealed that past policies and programmes of the government have improved the quality of lives of rural dwellers in the local government. The study therefore recommended that autonomy should be granted to local government in order to enhance its performance, revenue base of the local government should be diversified and the revenue allocation formula to local governments be reviewed upward.
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Author(s):
Bitiyong Zemo J. Amina, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim.
Page No : 12-27
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Role of African Women Leaders in Inspiring Women Participation in Leadership: An Analysis
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This paper seeks to analyze the various contributions of these African women in positions of global authority and the parts they play in influencing fellow women to aspire and take up leadership positions. The paper adopts library instrument of research from documented materials such as books, periodicals, journals and reports. Findings show that, across the world, women make up about half the population yet they never come close to holding fifty percent of the positions of power in any government. The paper concludes that, without a doubt, women in Africa have risen to various positions of power and leadership both within the private and public sectors of governance and indeed are proving their mettle in their various spheres. Although successful African women leaders have very intimidating résumés, very little records of mentoring and personal development of fellow women exist. The paper recommends that, specific and critical measures should be taken to enable women’s full participation in decision making, policy formulation as well as access to all organizations of the society. Successful women should mentor and develop fellow women, which is necessary in order to support and encourage the leadership traits in younger women.
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Author(s):
Bitiyong Zemo J. Amina, Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim.
Page No : 28-37
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The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Unofficial Camps in The Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja
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This paper seeks to identify the remote and immediate causes of violations of the rights of internally displaced persons (IDP’s) in Abuja, and how best to remedy them. The paper also examines how well the provisions of the Kampala Convention have been applied in view of the fact that Nigeria is yet to domesticate and adopt the Convention into Nigerian law. With the aid of library and survey research, especially from interviews with practitioners, findings indicate that the main challenge is identified as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) not owning the crisis of IDPs within their midst and not according them their rights as full citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the right to settle anywhere within the country’s territory. Resultantly, no budget provisions have been made in respect of the IDPs and therein flows the inability to provide for the meaningful care of the people at the various locations. The inability to provide adequate food, shelter, medical facilities and care all stem from this root cause. The paper concludes that the situation in the IDP locations all over Nigeria and no less applicable in the FCT is one of an impending humanitarian crises of monumental proportions. UNICEF on a recent visit predicted that over two hundred and fifty thousand children under the age of five years would be suffering from acute malnutrition within the year if no serious intervention is undertaken to halt the current trend of malnutrition, disease and hunger in the camps and one child in every five dying was a grave possibility. The paper recommends registration of the IDPs in order to aid in identifying them and their needs.
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Author(s):
Danlami Abdullahi, Aliyu Isyaku Ahmad (CLN), Umar Ahmed.
Page No : 38-46
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Awareness and Utilization of Library Resources in Bauchi State College of Agriculture Library
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Academic institutions of learning are attached to academic libraries to serve the teaching and research needs of staff and students. These libraries serve two complementary purposes: to support the college curriculum and to support the research of the colleges and students. In the process, the library plays a key role in the nation-building process. Therefore, this study examined the awareness and utilization of library resources in the Bauchi State College of Agriculture library. The objective of the study was to identify the types of resources in Bauchi State College of Agriculture Library, to determine the frequency of awareness of the resources in Bauchi State College of Agriculture Library. It is also to identify the problems being faced by the users in utilization of the resources in Bauchi State College of Agriculture Library and make recommendations for improvement. A descriptive survey was used for the study. In all, 142 users were selected for the study. The analysis of data was based on frequency counts, percentages, mean score and confidence interval. The major finding of the study is that there are many library resources such as textbooks, journals, research monographs, research reports, newspapers, indexes/abstracts, internet services and dictionaries/encyclopedias amongst others and that lecturers use the library mainly for consultation of reference materials. They also use it for research purposes and borrowing of books. A major finding was also that lecturers utilized books more than any other source of information. A number of recommendations were put forward for the improvement of library use but the most prominent suggestion was that more up to date and relevant materials should be acquired by the library, and lecturers should be informed of newly acquired materials.
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Author(s):
Chukwuma Emeka Godson (Ph.D).
Page No : 47-53
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Child Adoption and Surrogacy From the Baby Factory: A Flux of Reproductive Health Care in the South East of Nigeria
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Infertility and childlessness among married couples is rife in Igboland, which is the South East of Nigeria. Child adoption and surrogacy are becoming popular options for solving the problem in recent times. These means yield quick positive result when they are sought through the baby factory which however has not been spoken well of, due to some criminal activities that sometimes take place there. Consequently, many infertile couples who would have speedily realized their goals in marriage through these means are denied the opportunity. The paper tried to closely assess the act of engaging in child adoption and surrogacy through the baby factory to determine if there is any utilitarian value derivable from the baby factory and how it could be harnessed legitimately. It was observed that these means have helped the triad involved in these procedures. Adoptive parents who got babies through the baby factories may not have been helped if these teenagers did not give birth to children that could be adopted. Genetic surrogacy fits into Igbo world view that emphasizes consanguinity and can best be realized through the baby factory structure. Due to negative publicity, actions of some greedy criminal operators, dearth of proper legislative frame work, proper monitoring and particularly, absence of government involvement in implementation to ensure uniformity in practice, baby factory activities have been hunted by law enforcement agents. The paper recommended that government should be involved in operating the baby factory through a customized form of baby hatch as found in other western countries. The agency should be spread across the whole country to ensure availability of these services nationwide and also act as a regulatory body to private reproductive health care givers.
