Universities Students’ Perception and Attitude to Patriotism in Nigeria with the Deteriorating Economy (Published)
The study examined universities students’ perception and attitude to patriotism in Nigeria with the deteriorating economy. Three research questions were raised in the study. Survey design was adopted for this study. The population for this study comprised all public universities students in Nigeria. The sample for this study was 1000 respondents from three universities namely Delta State University, Abraka, University of Benin and University of Port-Harcourt. At the first stage, stratified random sampling method was used to select 1000 undergraduate students to participate in the study. Secondly simple random sampling technique (balloting) was used to select three universities. The instrument used for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire titled “Students Perception and Attitude to Patriotism Questionnaire (SPAPQ). The instrument is divided into part A and B. Part A is concerned with personal information about the respondents. Part B solicits responses on all the research questions. Each item was anchored on a four rating scale of: Strongly Agree (SA), Agreed (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD) with a corresponding nominal value of 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. The instrument was administered by the researcher and two research assistants who are familiar with the study area. 1000 copies of questionnaire were administered and were all retrieved and used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics of simple percentage, mean score and standard deviation was used to answer research questions. From the study, it is concluded that the deteriorating economy’s impact on students’ perception and attitudes towards patriotism as a result decreased national pride, increased cynicism and disillusionment, growing sense of hopelessness, reduced trust in government and institutions and increased desire for emigration. However, because of the deteriorating economy, students feel that being patriotic is a waste of time. They see patriotism as outdated or irrelevant. It therefore recommended that the government and policy-makers should revitalize economic activities and job creation. Improved governance and accountability etc.
Keywords: Nigeria, Patriotism, Perception, attitude, deteriorating economy
Socio-cultural Attitudes of Igbomina Tribe toward Marriage and Abortion in Osun and Kwara States of Nigeria (Published)
Abortion has been a social menace and its assessment depended on one’s socio-legal views. Past scholars had concluded that abortion is either a felony or homicide; there is no known empirical study on socio-cultural implications of abortion to marriage in Igbomina tribe in Nigeria. Questionnaire was administered to 1036 respondents, 108 in-depth interviews were conducted and 156 Focus Group Discussions were held. Most (99.8%) respondents were not involved in abortion because 81.2% described induced abortion as a taboo. Majority (78.3%) respondents have seen more than forty women who died from miscarriage in traditional shrines and 59.7% passed through one-miscarriage or pregnancy complications but denied access to abortion. Any form of abortion resulted in marriage divorce, banned from eating natural foods, married outside the clan or total debarred from entry the land. The study found that only positive counseling, informational and educative services could bring about attitudinal change.
Keywords: Abortion, Igbomina tribe, Marriage, Socio-cultural, attitude