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ASSESSMENT OF FEMALE VULNERABILITY DRIVERS IN EMPLOYMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA
No full textThe share of workers in vulnerable employment is directly linked to the share of people living in poverty. Due to citizens\u27 statuses, discriminatory or poorly enforced labour laws and obfuscated employment relations, migrant workers are often at greater risk to working in vulnerable types of employment. The study focuses on the attainment of two main sustainable development goal (goal 8: Decent work and Economic growth and Goal 5: Gender Equality) alongside some other on a secondary scale. The ultimate empowerment of women is to step up and take charge of their own futures. The study employed the use of regression estimator, employing OLS. It assesses the extent to which female vulnerability in employment is influenced by agricultural sector employment of females, manufacturing sector employment of females and service sector employment of female. Expectedly, vulnerability of female employment vulnerability in the sectors examine indicates high level of vulnerability influenced by both the agricultural sector and the service sector. Therefore it is suggested that policies geared towards female empowerment in agriculture and services alongside other concerned sectors should be promoted to decrease the venerability of female employment in agricultural and service sector in Nigeria. This will result to increase in female empowerment and nation growth and development
ISLAM AND THE PROHIBITION OF AL-GAISH (DECEPTION) IN BUSINESS: THE ETHICAL MARKETING PERSPECTIVE
No full textIslam considers business to be an acceptable and a dignified activity which should always be donehonestly with the fear of Allah. Islam strongly encourages lawful business undertakings but itabhors cheating, dishonesty and economic exploitation in business and other social dealings. Thepaper examines the issue of business ethics from the Islamic point of view so as to enable readersto appreciate the concept and principles of Islamic business ethics. It is a conceptual paper that isdescriptive in nature. The study reviews the theory of marketing ethics with emphasis on Islamictheology and the values of ethical marketing practice with a view to providing a concreteconceptual discourse on business ethics in Islam. The study concludes that the root of all ethicalprinciples and practice in business and other fields of human endeavors can be traced to Islamand its teachings. Therefore, the prohibition of Al-Gaish (deception) in business by Islam clearlydiscourages swindlers and tricksters from engaging in business activities. To this end, Muslimsand non-Muslims alike are expected to conduct their affairs with piety, respect, honesty andfaithfulness
Test Fairness of the National Common Entrance Examination in Nigeria: Implications for School Counselling
No full textTest fairness is one of the qualities of a good test. It ensures relative comparability andreduces biases that tend to portray education as a factor of inequality i.e. widening thegap between the rich and the poor even within the public school context. The paperfocused on the National Common Entrance Examination in a context of remarkabledifferences in the quality of schools, being subjected to the same examination withsimilar evaluation parameters. Area of test fairness concerns includes: fairly wellfundedschools and the impoverished ones treated as common and test andmeasurement; aptitude subjects are taught through the levels/classes of private andmodel schools while this is not the case with most public schools (i.e. L.E.A. Schools).Undesirable effects of the examination were examined. Such effects include coachingand cramming which may not promote learning but are designed primarily to pass thetest. This may also affect the predictive validity of the aptitude test. Implications forcounselling include advocacy to operationalize the concept of school as an agent ofeducation to guarantee learning for all, and not as a mere selection mechanism for thosewho passed the test. Accreditation of schools should apply to all levels includingprimary schools to reduce the gap in the infrastructure of fairly well-funded schools andthe ones that have experienced ritualized deprivation
Debt Profile and States Productivity: Evidence from Nigeria
No full textThis study examines the extent of the debt profile of the productivity of the states in Nigeria.Using data from the National Bureau of Statistics from 2013 to 2017, the study employed alinear regression with debt, sub-sector (agriculture, industry and service) on GDP asvariables, while panel data analysis was equally employed to assess the net effect. Findingsfrom the study show that debt taken so far positively enhances GDP, with it contributingmore to the agricultural sector. The net effect of time shows 2017 to be the most impactfulyear with the high influx of investors. This study recommends that more emphasis shouldbe given to the industrial sector as its multiplying effect can lead to more productivity
A Preliminary Report on the Archaeology of Ashehu Abandoned Settlement, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria
No full textThis article reports an archaeological study of the Ashehu abandoned settlement in IgabiLocal Government Area of Kaduna State. The exercise which took place in February2009 was conducted in the accomplishment of a Bachelor of Archaeology in theDepartment of Archaeology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. This preliminaryinvestigation adopted archaeological survey and oral tradition collection anddocumentation as methods of carrying out the research, it revealed proven evidence ofa sedentary way of life by the people due to the availability of house foundation, visiblemassive defensive wall which suggests and symbolizes power and authority. Hence theneed for further and more detailed study for a better understanding of the nature, andevolution of the site is Recommended
Border Porosity and the Perennial Challenges of Nigeria Borders and Frontier Security
No full textThis study seeks to highlight the challenges in Nigeria’s international borderlines. Thegreatest challenge facing Nigeria today is international terrorism that is aided byreligious extremism, the porosity of borderline and cross-border security challenges,and crime. Indeed, the existence of porous borders and cross-border and frontieractivities in Nigeria has aided crimes and security challenges across Nigerian bordersfor a long without specific solutions. The problem of security as a result of these porousborders in Nigeria has become one of the most intractable challenges facing the countrytoday. In recent times, the security challenges in Nigeria and its border crime arealarming, especially, the activities of the terrorist group known as “Boko Haram’’ inwhich lives and property are no longer secure. There are many speculations that thegroups may have found their way through the porous borders. Therefore, the studyprobes into the nature of Nigeria borders using the analytical framework of assessmentin the emerging trans-border crimes, and the causes and sources of insecurity of livesand property in Nigeria. The paper then revealed that the major criminal activities ofNigeria\u27s serial borders are smuggling of contraband goods and illegal immigrants,trafficking in weapons and human parts, drug trafficking, vehicle crime, trafficking ofillegally exploited natural resources, including the illicit trade in timber, oil, anddiamond among others. The paper then suggests that much of the conventional wisdomregarding how best to address Nigeria\u27s border crime and security is not only enactinga law but also creating proper national security awareness, involvement of newstakeholders in the security sector, and a strong institutional framework to checkmatethe activities of trans-border crime
Assuring Quality in Students’ Practicum Experience in Adult and Non-Formal Education Programme: Challenges and Way Forward
No full textThe paper highlights the quest for Quality Assurance (QA) for standardisation in Adult and Non-Formal Education practicum experience. A considerable attention has always been given to the quality of teaching and implementing adult and non-formal education programmes, but little is paid to the students’ practicum exercises. This has serious implications for the quality of skills attained by the students on graduation. An attempt has been made to assess the present status of quality assurance in students’ practicum experiences. An effort is also made to discuss the development and validation of instruments for students’ Practicum experience before, during and after the Practicum. It gives a general overview of various practices to guarantee quality assurance and to be in tandem with the current trends in global Quality Assurance practices. Life-coping and practical skills of critical observation, innovation, identification, measurement, comparative analysis, and interpretation of data in relation to the conduct of Practicum are discussed. The challenges against assuring Quality in Adult Education and Non-Formal Practicum Programme were discussed, and the way forward was highlighted. The paper concludes that quality assurance is key for practical development of skills for certification in Adult Education Programmes. The paper recommends among others that adequate orientation and training should be organized for the students before proceeding on practicum assignment to lay the foundation for a quality-assured practicum each time the students go for the experience
QUALITY EVALUATION OF SHEA PULP JUICE; PRODUCTION, PROXIMATE AND MINERAL COMPOSITION
No full textShea trees (Vitellaria paradoxa) are common in African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Sudan, and others. When fully ripe, the Shea tree\u27s green fruit turns yellow. The tree is well-known and valued for its versatility. Its entire composition is useful in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Among its applications is the production of butter from the nuts, while the rest of the fruit is left to rot or discarded. This study focuses on using other parts of the fruit to create a new product, reduce waste, and expand the Shea value chain. Three formulations of Shea fruit juice with 10, 25, and 50% Shea pulp were created. The juice were evaluated for nutritional, physicochemical, and mineral compositions. The nutritional composition revealed a high moisture content that ranged from 84.39 to 93.01%, high carbohydrate and caloric values, ranging from 5.84 to 8.96% and 33.51 to 67.31%, respectively. It also had a high concentration of vitamin C (16.45 - 38.99 percent). The mineral composition was observed to increase as the Shea pulp percentage increased. Magnesium was observed to be higher in sample C (36.71±0.24) while sample A recorded a lower magnesium content (18.04±0.06). Calcium was also found to be present in high concentrations (30.07 - 50.64 %). The juice\u27s potassium content ranged from 58.6 - 50.54% in sample C to 24.6 - 60.16% in sample A. The physicochemical analysis revealed a close range of p H values (5.37 - 6.06 %) between the samples and the control, making the juice less susceptible to spoilage. Overall, the results presented a high-quality juice that could compete favorably in the market with other fruit juices
Children of War in Yoruba and Aja Culture and Society in Precolonial West Africa
No full textIn the twentieth and early twenty-first century, the world became particularly strident in condemning the use of \u27child soldiers\u27 or the exposure of underage boys to war conditions. However, to historians of West Africa, the use of \u27war-boys\u27 was the bitter-sweet legacy of precolonial West African societies that recruited and deployed these boys as military cadets to enhance the strength of their respective states. With a focus on the military conditions of Ibadan and Dahomey, this paper examines the West African tradition of promoting the use of boy soldiers since pre-colonial times. It also deals with the implications of this practice for the state concerned and the remarkable effects on societal values and ethos. Aja and Yoruba traditions are rich in the colourful portrayal of these boys and their pivotal roles in significant historical events
Conversational Structure in Market Place Discourse
No full textThis paper looks at the peculiarities of the conversations between buyers and sellers in the market place with an emphasis on the structure. In examining the interactions in this setting, attention is paid to the use of adjacency pairs, turn-taking management, the use of discourse-markers as a signpost and instances of overlaps that correlate the idea of power as they constitute theconversational structure prevalent in a market place discourse. The live data is collected at three specific markets - New Benin Market, Oba Market, and Student Union Government- in Benin City, Nigeria through the use of a tape-recorder which is later transcribed using the transcription symbols devised by Gail Jefferson