Table of Contents

Election and Liberal Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic:Issues and Challenges

M.M. Adagbabiri, U.C. Okolie                                                                                                  1-16

Problems/Challenges of Fiscal Federalism in Nigeria

Timbee Akuul                                                                                                                          17-25

Assessing International Market Entry Strategies for Medium Enterprises in the

21^st Century

Dibie, V. M., Nto,C. P. O                                                                                                           26-39

Effect of Online Dating Amongst Students of Tertiary Institutions in Kogi State.

Anderson A. Unwuchola, Kenneth Udeh& Samuel A. Achor                                                   40-59

Effect of Working Mothers’ Work Engagement on their Child’s Emotional Attachment (A Comparative Study of Banking Mothers and Teaching Mothers)

Arowosegbe Christanah, Ifeoluwa Solomon                                                                            60-75

Knowledge and Utilization of Routine Annual Mammography among Women Attending Out-Patient Clinic at the Women and Children Outreach Hospital Okota Lagos, Nigeria

Okonkwo, Uchenna Teresa                                                                                                      76-83

Child Labour in the Home Environment and its Effects on the Academic

Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Mikang Local Government

Area of Plateau State-Nigeria.

Miba’am Walwai Benjamin                                                                                                     84-95  

A Case Study of the Effects of Traditional System of Small Ruminant Management in Kombo South, Kombo East and Foni Berefet Districts in the West Coast Region

Karamo Jatta, Lamin K.M. Fatty, Idu Ogbe Ode, Sidat Yaffa                                                   96-127

KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF ROUTINE ANNUAL MAMMOGRAPHY AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OUTREACH HOSPITAL OKOTA LAGOS, NIGERIA

Okonkwo, Uchenna Teresa

Department of Sociology/Anthropology

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

E-Mail: uchenna.okonkwo@unn.edu.ng

Abstract

The study examined the knowledge and utilization of routine annual mammography among women attending out-patient clinic at Women and Children Outreach Hospital Okota Lagos, Nigeria. The quantitative method of data gathering was utilized for the study. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. 180 questionnaires were distributed using the availability sampling technique. The findings of the study showed that women (86%) attending the out-patient clinic at the Women and and Children Outreach Hospital Okota Lagos, Nigerian were highly knowledgeable about the importance of routine annual mammography. They revealed that routine annual mammography is very crucial to the early detection of breast cancer. The women’s higher level of knowledge on the importance of routine annual mammography did not translate to their utilization of the routine breast cancer detection examination. They gave three (3) major reasons why the poor utilization of the routine examination existed – (i) fear of side effects, (ii) fear of eventually contracting the illness, and (iii) financial constraint. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that awareness on the importance of routine annual mammography to detect early breast cancer in order to give prompt treatment should be created through seminars, use of mass media, conferences etc. these ways of awareness raising should also target drinking the perceptions they have impeding their utilization of routine annual mammography.

Keywords: Knowledge, Utilization, Routine, Annual, Mammography

EFFECT OF WORKING MOTHERS’ WORK ENGAGEMENT ON THEIR CHILD’S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT (A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BANKING MOTHERS AND TEACHING MOTHERS)

Arowosegbe Christanah, & Ifeoluwa Solomon

Department of Psychology

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Email: ajilakehinde@yahoo.com, lovesolomon@rocketmail.com

Abstract

This study was designed to find out the effect of working mothers’ engagement on their child’s emotional attachment (A comparative study of banking mothers and teaching mothers). Eighty seven participants consisting of banking mothers and teaching mothers were used in this research work. This study employed the use of questionnaires to collect relevant data from the target participants. Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) developed by Schaufeli (2002) was used to measure how mothers feel about their job and how deep they are engaged in it, while Mother-Child attachment scale developed by Bhakoo and Dwarka (1991) was used to measure the exchange of emotional bond between mother and child. Five hypotheses were tested using One Way ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient and Independent T-test statistical method. Results showed that, there work engagement does not significantly influence child’s emotional attachment of banking mothers; work engagement does not significantly influence child’s emotional attachment of teaching mothers. The result further showed that there is no significant relationship between work engagement and child’s emotional attachment of banking mothers; there is no significant relationship between vigor and absorption and child’s emotional attachment but there is a relationship between dedication and child’s emotional attachment of teaching mothers. Finally, the result showed that, there is no significant influence between child’s emotional attachment of banking mothers and teaching mothers [t(85)=1.648, P>.05]. The results were discussed in line with relevant empirical literatures, while conclusion and recommendations subsequently followed.

Keywords: Working Mothers, work engagement, Childs emotional attachment

EFFECT OF ONLINE DATING AMONGST STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KOGI STATE.

Anderson A. Unwuchola,¹ Kenneth Udeh² & Samuel A. Achor³

¹&²Department of Mass Communication, Wesley University, Ondo

³ International Strategic Management Institute (ISMI)

Email:¹andersonunwuchola@gmail.com;²kenudehfx@gmail.com;³achor.samuel@yahoo.com

Abstract

Even though Internet-powered technology has significantly altered the face of dating globally, to include online, not much is known about this technology- mediated romantic relationship in developing countries like Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to know the awareness, exposure, involvement and influence of online dating on students of tertiary institutions in Kogi State. A sample of 383 was selected through a multi-stage from Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Federal Polytechnic Idah, and College of Education, Okene.  Simple percentages, mean and standard deviation were used in the analysis of data for this study. Results showed that even though most of the respondents are aware of online dating, majority (66.5%) have low knowledge of its workings. Also, exposure, and involvement in online dating were found to be high among the sample studied. It was also found that online dating has negatively influenced the values of students of tertiary institutions in Kogi state in the areas of dressing, sexual permissiveness, offline dating, multiple dating partner, among others. The researcher recommends, among others, that  further studies should explore the influence of online dating on offline romantic communication.

ASSESSING INTERNATIONAL MARKET ENTRY STRATEGIES FOR MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

¹Dibie, V.M., & ²Nto,C. P.O

^1&2Department of Marketing

College of Management Sciences

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike,Abia State,Nigeria

Email: v.dibie@yahoo.com, ntochioma@ymail.com

Abstract

This paper assessed international market entry strategies for medium enterprises (MEs) in the 21st century. On the basis of the outcomes the paper examined how and why MEs adopt specific strategies to get to their foreign markets of choice. The method of study adopted in the paper is review of related literature. From the literature reviewed, the paper among other findings, discovered: (i) that, in attempting to define MEs by different countries, there seem to be no standard definition across countries, in terms of number of employees and financial -base; (ii) that, in assessing international market entry strategies for MEs in the 21st century, existing strategies were only discussed generally. There were no observable efforts from the scholars to classify the strategies according to firm (business) industry or country; and (iii) that, in examining the specific international market entry strategies for MEs to get to their foreign markets of choice the emphasis of the scholars, in terms of associated benefits and risks, was on the MEs only. The associated benefits and risks of such strategies to host countries were not reasonably discussed. These findings have implications for international market entry mode to firms and host countries. As a basis for addressing the gaps observed in the reviewed literature, one of the recommendations of the paper is that; to help MEs better while choosing entry strategies to get to their foreign markets of choice, more effort should be made among researchers to classify strategies according to situations relating to specific firms, industries and countries.

Keywords: International Market, Entry Strategies, Medium Enterprises

PROBLEMS/CHALLENGES OF FISCAL FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA

Timbee Akuul

Department of Political Science,

Benue State University, Makurdi

Email: timbeeakuul@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract

The Nigerian state has faced the challenge of coming up with a revenue sharing formula that is acceptable to all Nigerians. This has generated crisis over revenue allocation and sharing since independence. Between 1946 and 1980, revenue sharing formula in the country was reviewed eight times. These reviews indeed recommended that revenue sharing should be based on principles of derivation, population, even development need and national interest. Based on these principles, the Federal government percentage has always been higher than those of all other federating units. This has generated crisis leading to clamour for resource control by some states of the federation. In order to solve this problem, there is need to introduce a revenue sharing formula that will be acceptable in meeting the development aspirations of all federating units in the country. This can be achieved through depoliticising revenue sharing process, addressing issues of injustice and inequality in resource allocation, decongesting enormous powers at the centre and instituting accountability and selfless governance at all the levels of government in the country.

Keywords: Problem, Challenges, Fiscal, Federalism, Nigeria.

ELECTION AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: ISSUES AND CHALLENGE 

M.M. Adagbabiri, U.C. Okolie

Delta State University Abraka, Nigeria

Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria,

Edo State Branch, Benin City, Nigeria

Email: Ugookolie3@gmail.com, adagbabirimoses@gmail.com

Abstract

The paper analyzed the recurring election crisis under liberal democratic system in Nigeria. One of the major instruments of selecting political representatives who govern the people is election. Credible periodic elections are the crucial factor in the survival of any political system and the conduct of free and fair election is the beauty of a democratic structure. This is because it makes electoral activities meaningful and the interest of the electorates represented. But in Nigeria especially in this fourth republic. Elections have become a tool for promoting the interest of the aristocrat rather than the electorates. The philosophical basis and fundamental ethos of democracy are being swept under the carpet making the Nigerian elections to lose faith in the electoral process and the government. The paper with the use of structure agency theory, argued that elections in which “the winner takes all” is unsuitable for a plural society like Nigeria. Adoption of the liberal democratic system to suit the country’s cultural values and peculiarities should lay the basis for people centered development strategies that will empower them to be active participants in policy making and implementation, under a political climate characterized by the rule of law and constitutionalism. Unless these categorical steps are taken, the legitimacy of democracy as the best form of governance will continued to be corroded.

Reference to this paper should be made as follows: M.M. Adagbabiri, U.C. Okolie (2017), Election and Liberal Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Issues and Challenges. J. of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Vol. 9, Number 2, Pp. 1-16