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THE CONTRIBUTION OF ECOWAS TRAINING CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE (TCEs) TO CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE (ESF)
Get PDFThe African Union (AU) adopted a more viable conflict management mechanism with the view to address the inadequacies of interventions experienced in the past. The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), facilitates timely and efficient response to conflict and crises in Africa. The African Standby Force (ASF) is one of the 5 components of the APSA consisting of multidisciplinary contingents made up of Military, Police and Civilians pledged by member states of the AU through the Regional Economic Communities (RECSs)/Regional Mechanisms (RMs). The ECOWAS region has been developing its standby force (ESF). The ECOWAS Commission maintains three Training Centres of Excellence (TCEs), at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. While this partnership is producing positive outcomes, there are challenges of incoherent political direction, institutional bottlenecks, coordination and dependence on external funding. The paper outlines the contributions of the ECOWAS TCEs to the capacity building of the ESF
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY, BIU
Get PDFRisky sexual behaviour has become highly prevalent among university students, posing serious psychosocial and physical health consequences. However, despite its escalating prevalence and imminent consequence to the students, parents, university management and society in general, little is known about salient psychosocial risk factors, especially in Nigeria. This study, therefore, examined personality traits and substance use as factors influencing risky sexual behaviour amongst students of Nigerian Army University, Biu (NAUB). The design was a cross-sectional survey that employed a multi-stage sampling technique to recruit 150 students across all the Departments of the University. Standardized instruments measuring personality traits, substance use and risky sexual behaviour were administered to eligible participants. Three hypotheses were generated and tested using linear and multiple regression at p<.05 level of significance. Results did not confirm hypothesis one, which postulated a significant independent influence of personality traits on risky sexual behaviour. However, substance use (β = .57, t= .80<.05) emerged as a significant factor in risky sexual behaviour. Jointly, personality traits and substance use significantly influenced students’ risky sexual behaviour [R = .60, R2 = .37, [F (6,143) = 13.703 P<.05], accounting for 37% of its variance. These findings have shown that substance use has a significant influence on undergraduate indulgence in RSB. The study recommends that NUAB management provide counselling and education as intervention measures to help students become aware of the psychosocial risks and associated consequences of risky sexual behaviour in the university and beyond
IGBO DIALECTS AS A TOOL FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF INSECURITY PROBLEM IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA
Get PDFThe focus of this paper is on the use of language and not just language but appropriate language in coping with insecurity in Nigeria and South Eastern Nigeria in particular. The language of any society solves the communication needs of that society. At the same time, the dialect of any region or section of any linguistic community whether it has a written form or not solves the language communication need of that community. The Igbo language has many dialects. Although these dialects are intelligible to the speakers of the same language but the dialect community respect and honour the speakers of the same dialect. Igbo native speakers show more interest and preference for their dialects than any other. At the same time, they give more preference to their language than the English language which requires many years of formal education before one learns it. For this, the researcher calls for the use of appropriate dialect in addressing insecurity perpetrators
ASSESSMENT OF THE PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFThis study assesses the relevance of civil society in the process of implementing national intervention programs towards solving the various national problems confronting the citizens in Nigeria. To achieve this, the study employs survey instruments, to examine the extent of participation of the Community Development Associations (CDAs) in Ogun state, in the national management of the 1st and 2nd waves of Corona Virus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in Ogun State. The selection of the sample was through a Simple Random Technique, among the CDA executives within the three senatorial districts of the state, and descriptive statistical tools were used to determine the extent of their participation in the three action areas of COVID-19 management; the prevention, treatment, and monitoring and support activities. The results show that they significantly participated in both prevention, and monitoring and support activities, but they did not participate significantly in treatment activities. The study recommends legal recognition, special grants, and capacity building for CDA executives to address the implications of issues identified for new policy decisions
NIGERIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICA UNION’S (AU) PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN SOMALIA, 2010 – 2019
Get PDFThe work examined the contribution of Nigeria in the Somalia peacekeeping operations under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). It utilized both primary and secondary methods to collect data. As a framework of analysis, the research adopted the functionalist theory. From the findings of the research, it was discovered that the conflict in Somalia was caused by the legacy of colonialism, clannism, corruption, and competition for economic resources which informed the intervention of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping operations. Examining the role of Nigeria, findings revealed that Nigeria contributed significantly to the peace process in Somalia. These were in the areas of protecting civilians, providing humanitarian assistance, and providing an enabling environment for negotiation, among others. These, however, were not without challenges, including lack of staff and resources, financial, and logistical constraints. The research, therefore, recommends that certain measures should be taken to address these challenges. These measures are proper training and retraining of Nigerian officials on peacekeeping with modern equipment, sincerity on the part of the Nigerian government in procuring modern equipment, and eschewing corruption
POLITICAL CRISIS, SOCIAL CONFLICT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Get PDFDemocracy is described as majority rule over the minority the values of democracy which are although relatively fair also can be tyrannical in the face of the minority with virtually absolute authority in the hands of the higher number under a democracy, a group's worth is based on the result of political and economic competition. There is a very close relationship between the concepts of democracy and conflict. The democratic system of governance is based on representatives with as many interests as are found in society representation to a very large extent has been a major source of positive transformation and negative fracture of many developing societies. The liberal theory was adopted. John Locke made a tremendous contribution to the theory of classical democracy. He regarded the consent of the people as the basis of political power. He also opines that people in the state of nature had three natural rights: the right to life, liberty and property. The research contends that the government of Africa should adhere to the rules of law and good governance
REFLECTIONS ON RESOURCE-BASED CONFLICT AND PEACE ARCHITECTURE IN NIGERIA’S NIGER DELTA REGION
Get PDFThis article analyses the trajectory of the peace process implemented to mitigate the resource-based violent conflict in the Niger Delta region. Based on secondary sources, this article examines the peaceful responses of the Nigerian state to the violent oil contestation in the Niger Delta oil-rich region and what such efforts portend for the stability and development of the region. This paper concludes that the current peace process is fragile and may inundate the whole peace architecture except efforts are tilted towards understanding the structural and precipitating causes of such conflict and the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) are sustained for the benefit of the oil-rich areas. However, the political will of the government towards achieving concrete peace architecture is fuzzy
PANEGYRIC ADAPTATIONS, MODERN AFRICAN POETRY AND RELEVANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: RE-READING OKOT P'BITEK'S SONG OF LAWINO AND SONG OF OCOL
Get PDFThis paper presents a re-reading of Okot p'Bitek's "Song of Lawino" and "Song of Ocol," two representative poems of modern African poetry, which adopt traditional panegyric forms to express contemporary concerns. Drawing on the theoretical framework of intertextuality, the paper explores how p'Bitek uses the traditional Acholi oral form of praise poetry, to critique and challenge colonial and postcolonial power structures in Africa, with reference to Uganda. Through a thematic analysis of the two poems, the paper examines the binary fusion of past/ present, tradition/innovation, and local/global influences in p'Bitek's work, and considers how p'Bitek's adaptations of the panegyric forms have influenced other modern African poets, in confronting contemporary societal challenges, in traditional oral poetic forms
COMMUNITY PERCEPTION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ZARIA CORRECTIONAL CENTER, KADUNA STATE
Get PDFThis study investigated community perception of the effectiveness of Zaria Correctional Centre, Kaduna State adopting a descriptive survey research design and anchored on ‘resistance theory’. The population of the study comprised all adults in Zaria Local Government Area, a sample of 400 adult community members was selected using a purposive sampling technique. The study used a validated structured questionnaire to collect primary data, while frequency/percentage analysis, Chi-Square goodness of fit test, and independent samples t-test were used for data analysis. Findings from the study revealed that community members have a negative perception of the effectiveness of Zaria Correctional Centre, Kaduna State. The study also found no significant difference in the perception of the effectiveness of Zaria Correctional Centre between male and female community members. Consequently, the study recommended that the government of Nigeria should endeavour to improve funds allocation to the Correctional Centre for the effective discharge of its core function of rehabilitation, reformation, and re-integration of convicts, as this helps in changing the negative perception community members have about the facility; and policymakers in the country should make policies aimed at transforming Correctional Centres in the country into robust centres for the rehabilitation, transformation, and re-integration of convicts through adequate funding and furnishing with modern facilities for convicts to always access, among other suggestions
