ABSTRACT Ghana is not only a secular state that promotes freedom of religion and association but also a pluralistic religious society. As such, conversion from one religion to the other is a common phenomenon. Converts to Islam in the Greater Accra region are very important to the development of the faith. Unfortunately, they are confronted with some challenges but there appears to be no concerted efforts from the Muslim Community to ameliorate the plight of these converts. The research att...
ABSTRACT Peacebuilding is central to establishing sustainable peace after violent conflict has deescalated. Existing studies on peacebuilding in Kaduna state are replete with the roles of faith-based organisations. However, these studies have not optimally explored the effectiveness of activities by faith-based organisations on peacebuilding in Kaduna state. This study, therefore, examined the activities of faith-based organisations with a view to evaluating their strengths and weaknesses to...
ABSTRACT Migration is increasingly becoming an important feature of globalization. There are reported emigration of health professionals from developing countries to developed countries. Consequently, this poses a major challenge to the health sector of these countries. Against this background, this study examined the intentions of public and private student nurses to migrate after school. Specifically, drawing on the pull-push theory of migration, the study assessed the major predisposin...
ABSTRACT The first sexual encounter of every individual and the circumstances under which it occurs plays a significant role in their future behaviour. The literature is replete with studies of the context of girls‘ first sexual encounters, including where they are forced and pressured. Consequently, the adverse implications on girls‘ futures are also widely appreciated. Despite this wealth of information, little effort has been made to understand whether and how similar power dynamics ...
ABSTRACT Prosperity teaching is the idea that health and wealth are compulsory benefits of the Christian faith. Most followers of this teaching have accepted it dogmatically, making them vulnerable to exploitation and delusion. Previous studies on prosperity teaching have examined it from hermeneutical and theological perspectives without sufficient attention paid to its appraisal from the philosophical viewpoint which is capable of providing a balanced understanding of prosperity teaching. ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the role of communication in eliciting participation from residents in local governance using the Tema Metropolitan and Adentan Municipal Assemblies as case studies. The study sought to find out the current communication relationship between citizens and their local authorities and to establish the participation level of citizens in these assemblies. This study was also to determine how local authorities can best communicate with citizens...
ABSTRACT ‘Poverty production’ is a rising notion in poverty research which addresses the roles of actors and the activities they engage in that end in poverty or make contributions to poverty formation. Corruption does not fail to be one of those obvious factors known to aggravate poverty among citizens. The scope of the study focused on Nigeria in West Africa, a country with immense wealth from its rare natural resource – oil – yet reportedly taken over India as the country with the...
ABSTRACT Computer anxiety has been identified as a prominent drawback to many freshmen in the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in Nigeria. It is a known fact that inadequate computer skills coupled with computer anxiety are linked to attrition rate and poor academic performance among distance learners who by exigency should utilise computer to bridge the transactional and interactional distance that exist between them, their tutors and other relevant personnel. This is capable o...
ABSTRACT Focusing on politician-businessperson-owned (PBO) newspapers, the study examined how loyalty to the owners’ multiple interests has reduced the professional elbowroom of the Nigerian journalist. Through in-depth interviews and textual analysis, the study found that journalists in PBO newspapers are extremely constrained on the kind of stories they write and how. Caught in the conflict between professionalism and pandering to the owners’ layers of political and economic interests, ...
ABSTRACT Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) implies acting beyond the formal job description for the purpose of corporate and individual benefits. This is waning in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This scenario has been rendering the commitment of the NSCDC towards the combat of vandalism, protection of critical national assets, supervision of private guards and management of disasters to be less effective. Past studies on OCB among para-military personnel were ...
ABSTRACT Although politeness has been well researched in political, medical, media and commercial transactions, it has not been well considered in the area of service delivery in the post offices in Nigeria where it is perceived that the staff exhibit unfriendly attitude to customers. This study, therefore, explores politeness in service encounters in the post offices in Ibadan metropolis with the view to establishing the existence of politeness in the transactions in the establishment, ide...
THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA AS AN UPCOMING GREAT POWER IN RELATIONS TO CLASSICAL/MODERN REALIST THEORY BY AFEEZ TIJANI OSUMAH DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH, CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (CIU), THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTH CYPRUS,(TRNC), PHONE: +(90)5488240563, +(234)7065020634, E-MAIL:osumahinnocent@y...
ABSTRACT Lack of academic confidence and motivation among undergraduates has become worrisome among stakeholders and educational psychologists. It often results in the inability to adjust to academic demands, socio-personal and psychological difficulties experienced by undergraduates which consequently lead to poor academic performance and high drop-out. Previous studies focused on dispositional factors with little attention on psycho-personological factors. This study, therefore, investigat...
ABSTRACT The increasing incidence of cultic behaviour (violence, murder, alcoholism, drug abuse and dispute) among university students in southwestern Nigeria has become a serious concern to parents, guardians, educators, management of tertiary institutions and government. The menace of cultism remains indelible in the minds of the victims and members of the society. Literature mostly considered cult members with little consideration for undergraduates with cultic intention (CI). This study,...
Abstract There has been persistent public concern on declining teachers’ productivity in public schools in Nigeria. This is partly attributable to poor working conditions, poor remuneration and conflict dynamics. Previous studies have explored the issues of working conditions and remuneration, while there has been a dearth of studies on the relative and composite impacts of conflict dynamics on teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Adamawa State. This study, therefore, investiga...