Aspects of Home Environment and Adolescent Sexual Behaviour in Southwestern Nigeria

This study examines adolescent sexual behaviour within the context of the home environment (urban low, medium and high residential density) in which the yougsters live. Spatial variations in five variables measuring sexual behaviour: first sex experience, age of first sex, identity of sexual partner, use of family planning (FP) and number of sexual partner were analysed with ANOVA. The data obtained from a survey of 1670 adolescents in two pre-colonial cities in South  Western Nigeria reveals that pre-marital sexual relations among urban adolescents is not only becoming a near universal phenomenon, but also the mean age of first sexual encounter is declining. Of great concern is the identity of sexual partners, which now includes commercial sex hawkers. Also noteworthy is the high level of sexual activity with about 3 out of every 4 adolescents having sex with more than one partner in the last six months of the study. These practices are most prominent in the high density home environment. Against the background of observed widespread non-use of FP, the findings of this study raise concern about the public health importance of STIs, and the fact that conventional STIs facilitate the acquisition and transmission of HIV. The need to focus more policy and programme attention on adolescent sexuality behaviour is compelling.

Organisational Factors Affecting Use of Information and Communication Technology for Staff Recruitment in South-Western Nigeria

This study investigated organisational factors affecting the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for staff recruitment in south-western Nigeria. The study was guided by World System and Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation theories. Study population was Human Resource Management (HRM) Practitioners, selected through random and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaire was used to elicit data from 1,032 respondents and in-depth interviews with 20 other participants. Quantitative and quantitative data were analysed with descriptive statistics; chi square test at 0.05 level of significance and content analysis respectively. The study revealed that the financial position of the organisation (85.1%), frequency of recruitment (73.4%), size of organisations (77.4%), and the status of HR functions (75%) affected the adoption of ICT for staff recruitment in the study location. There was a significant relationship between location of organisation and adoption of e-recruitment (X2t = 3.588, X2c = 11.070, df=5, P<0.005). HRM Practitioners are challenged to identify both infrastructural and organisational factors capable of enhancing their level of utilisation of ICT for staff recruitments. Keywords: Recruitment, Selection, Information and Communication Technology, Human Resource Management, Organisation. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-6-13 Publication date:March 31st 2021

Social Policy and the Retrenchment of the Welfare State in Nigeria: The Old and New Pension Schemes and Lessons from the Nordic Model

The 2004 pension reform in Nigeria was a paradigm shift in social policy from the social model of the pre-2004 era to the Anglo-Saxon contributory model that aligns with the emergent "convergence downwards" in the global South, driven by the globalization of neo-liberalism. A major flaw of the reform was that it tended to uncritically follow the dictates of supranational institutions without accounting for important endogenous factors that undermined the pre-2004 social security model. These include state irresponsibility, social dumping, lack of state accountability and its incapacity for competent but disinterested bureaucrats. This paper, therefore, undertakes a comparison of the old and new pension schemes in Nigeria - using selected variables. It further examines external constraints and local possibilities integral to the social protection question in Nigeria, drawing attention to important lessons from the Welfare State experiences in Europe, with particular reference to the Nordic model. It also highlights certain micro-level creative responses of worker cooperatives and trade unions that are instructive for social policy direction in the light of decent work agenda in Nigeria

Types of Corruption in Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Corruption is a phenomenon that manifests in various types and forms especially among operators of Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs). Many actions of the operators which constitute corrupt practices often tend to be overlooked in spite of their grave consequences for the success SMEs in Nigeria. The fight against corruption in Nigeria is more concentrated in the formal sector. This study was, therefore, designed to investigate various forms in which corrupt practices are carried out among Small and Micro Enterprises in Ibadan, Nigeria. Business owners, their employees, apprentices and consumers constituted the study population. Primary data were collected using questionnaire administered on 200 business owners, 150 employees and 150 apprentices randomly chosen in five business districts in Ibadan; and the conduct of 10 in-depth interviews with purposively selected participants. Quantitative data were analysed at uni-variate level using simple percentages and frequencies while qualitative data were content analysed. Findings from the study revealed that corrupt practices were rampant among actors in SMEs and the common types of corrupt practices included stealing (60%), deception of customers (78.4%), tax evasion (62%), sale of fake products (76%), sale of expired products (65.2%), tampering with measurement scales (69.6%), bribery (82.4%), and poor service delivery (73%). The study concludes that the level of corruption in SMEs calls for concern and government should extend the fight against corruption to the informal sector in Nigeria

Globalisation and Industrial Performance in Nigeria

No Abstract Available Africa Development/Afrique et développement Vol.XXVIII, Nos 3&4, 2003: 36-6

The political question in trade unionism

No Abstract Available African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Vol.5(2) 2000: 110-12

Pull factors in the political economy of international commercial sex work in Nigeria

No Abstract.African Sociological Review 2004, 8(2): 115-13