Employment Status: Patterns of Tertiary Institution Graduatesa Participation in Entreprenuerial Activities

The study investigated the self employment capabilities of tertiary institution graduates who are government employed expatriate employed self employed and unemployed One thousand two-hundred and twenty 1220 purposively selected tertiary institution graduates were used in the study Of this number 196 were self employed 625 government employed 177 expatriate employed and 231 unemployed The Self Employment Characteristic Rating Questionnaire SECRQ developed by the National Directorate of Employment in 1985 was used to measure the self employment capabilities of sample t-test statistics was used to analyse data collected for the study The result indicated significant differences existed in self employing or private sector employing capabilities of government employed expatriate employed and unemployed tertiary institution graduates The study concluded by recommending private sector than government sector domination of self employing opportunitie

Unemployment, Curriculum Outcomes, Psycho-social Characteristics, and Entrepreneurial Skills of Polytechnic Graduates.

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relationship between and among gender role-stereotype, personality traits, common business practices, curriculum outcomes and entrepreneurial skills of polytechnic graduates. 60 Polytechnic graduates, 16 of whom were unemployed, 10 self employed, 14 organised private sector employed, and 20 government employed were used in the study. Those were purposively, drawn from Polytechnic graduates found in South-South Nigeria. The design was ex post facto and five questionnaires were used. Data gathered through them were analysed using Multiple Regression Statistic. Findings revealed that of the nine independent variables, psycho-motor curriculum outcomes, and masculine and feminine gender role-stereotype produced and contributed to the entrepreneurial skills of Polytechnic graduates

Entrepreneurial Perceived Material Well-Being Of Unemployed Tertiary Institution Graduates in South-South Nigeria

The study examined psycho-social abilities and their relationship to perceived entrepreneurial material well being of unemployed tertiary institution graduate through output and income stabilization. Variations in the contribution of specific predictors were noted both for the overall and discrete tertiary institutions’ models. But under the overall model, common business practices and personality traits accounted for a large amount of variance in unemployed graduates’ perceived entrepreneurial materials well-being; while among the discrete models of the University (UNI), only common business practice; College of Education (COE), personality traits and common business practices and College of Agriculture (COA), perceived curriculum outcomes, personality traits, and gender role stereotype respectively did. However, neither these nor others did under the discrete models of the Theological Seminary (TLS) and Polytechnic (POL)

Farmers Perception of Climate Change in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State

The study examines farmers’ perception on climate change in Michika local government area of Adamawa State. The primary data were obtained through the use of structured questionnaire survey of 369 farmers from the 8 district of the study area and 21 years of rainfall and temperature data were obtained from Adamawa State Agricultural Development Programme Michika. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics in terms of tables, percentage, and trend analysis. The rainfall and temperature trend in the study area showed an increasing trend, while the onset trend of rainfall showed a down ward trend indicating that onset date is earlier and cessation of rainfall is also earlier than before. The farmers have revealed evidences that support their awareness of climate change such as, dryness of rivers and ponds 22%, unusual early rainfall 19%, long period of rainfall in August and September and erratic rainfall pattern 14%. The farmers are aware of the impact of climate change on their livelihoods, and they are employee various adaptation strategies in other to cushion the effect

Heavy Metals Concentration in Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia Occidentalis) Grown and Consumed in Camp-2 Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

There are environmental and public health risk consequences, if plants take up nutrients as well as pollutants from the soil, which they can bio-accumulate. The Present study was carried out to assess the heavy metals concentration in vegetables plant called fluted pumpkin (Telfairia Occidentalis) grown and consumed in Camp2 Community of Akamkpa local government area of Cross River State (Nigeria). The plant samples were collected at the study sites in three locations, heavy metals analysis was carried out using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) after a wet digestion. Heavy metals such as Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), and Chromium (Cr), Arsenic (As), Nickel (Ni) in vegetable plant were determined. The result shows that the mean value of Nickel, lead and Cadmium in vegetable plant were significantly (p<0.05) higher in Camp2 compared to the control site. Hence these values were above WHO standard (0.1mg/l) and FAO/WHO standards of (0.2mg/kg) while others were within joint FAO/WHO standard limit. The uptake of these heavy metals from the soil to the plant through transfer factor (TF) could be the reason why the plants were deficient in minerals component in Camp2 compared to the control site. Consuming vegetable plants on contaminated environment could bring about negative impact on both animals and human health

Financial Well-Being, Psycho-Social Abilities, and Sale or Distribution of Asian and U.S.A. Food Supplements by Public and Private Sector Graduate Employees in South-South Nigeria

An ex-post facto research design was employed to determine the composite and relative correlation between financial well-being of poor salary demoralized private and public sector graduate employees in South South Nigeria and the sale or distribution of Asian and U S A brand of food supplements A purposive sampling technique was used to select 361 University College of Agriculture College of Education Polytechnic and Theological Seminary graduate employees These for each of these institutions were in the category of the unemployed self employed private sector employed and government employed The causal models were tested through data collected through five instruments Entrepreneurship Characteristics Self Rating Questionnaire ECSRQ the Common Business Practice Questionnaire CBPQ the Personality Trait Job Creation Questionnaire PTJCQ the Gender Role stereotype Job Creation Questionnaire GRJCQ and the Curriculum Outcome Work Behaviour Inventory COWB

Assessing health-related quality of life of people with diabetes in Nigeria using the EQ-5D-5L: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with diabetes is important to evaluate treatment effectiveness and identify interventions that would be beneficial to the patients. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to assess the HRQoL of people with diabetes visiting 15 community pharmacies in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and to identify its determinants. The English (Nigeria) version of the EQ-5D-5L was administered to 420 eligible patients between August and September 2021. Data were analyzed with SPSS (IBM version 25.0) and presented descriptively; differences in HRQoL scores were examined using inferential statistics. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Most participants (56.8%) were female; 193 (49.6%) were between the ages of 30 and 49. The median (interquartile range, IQR) for the EQ VAS and EQ-5D-5L index scores, respectively, were 80.0 (65.0–85.0) and 0.77 (0.62–0.90). Most participants reported problems with usual activities (52.7%), pain/discomfort (60.2%), and anxiety/depression (57.6%). The EQ VAS score and EQ-5D-5L utility index were significantly (p < 0.05) associated with respondents' age, marital status, work status, and personal monthly income. The HRQoL of participants was relatively high. Nevertheless, implementing strategies aimed at pain management and providing psychological support for people with diabetes in Nigeria may improve their HRQoL