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    Covid-19 pandemic and older persons: challenges and lessons for the future
    (2021) Okebiorun, J.O.; Afonja, A.F.
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    Entrepreneurial trade practice as a determinant of socio-economic empowerment among self-employed artisans in Lagos State
    (The Faculty of Education University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2015-10-23) Afonja, A.F.; Oke, G.G.; Ojeomogha, T.O.
    The artisans constitute a critical driving force in the growth and development of the informal economy. However, there are strong indications and suspicions that the income-generating capacity and capability of the artisans in Nigeria's informal employment of the force are still below the subsistence level. The study involved a focused group of self-employed artisans in the auto mechanic trade in Lagos Mainland. The study examines whether entrepreneurial trade practice has the potential for improving the socio-economic wellness of the practicing auto-mechanics in Lagos Mainland. 153 practicing self-employed auto-mechanics were selected using purposive random sampling technique. The study revealed that self-employed auto-mechanics generate an average income ranging between #3,000 and #7,000 or sometimes even more on daily basis. The majority of them are able to meet (though with varying levels of success) their social responsibilities - as parents, husbands, and other dependants, as responsible members of the community to which they belong. The productive capacity and efficiency of a large proportion of self-employed auto-mechanics are still below the subsistence levels. It is recommended that appropriate entrepreneurship training programme be developed to unlock their entrepreneurial skills, income generation capabilities, and efficiency in business.
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    Environmental factors as determinants of workers' readiness to lifelong learning in Lagos state private schools
    (The Faculty of Education University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2015-03-01) Afonja, A.F.; Ojeomogha, T.O.
    The world of works is dynamic, it is therefore imperative that workers must at all times, update, upgrade, retrain and learn new skills in order to cope with the new challenges of the world of work. Thus, this work is conceived to examine factors as determinants of workers' readiness for lifelong learning in the world of work. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study covered all teaching staff in Lagos state. Five research questions and hypotheses were developed to guide the study. A structured questionnaire titled: Teachers Readiness to Lifelong Learning Questionnaire (TRLLQ) developed by the researchers was the major instrument for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential (Pearson Moment Correlation) statistics were used for data analysis. The result of the findings shows that there is a significant relationship between environmental factors, management policy, organization training policy, job description/workload, remuneration, promotion policy of the organization, and teachers' readiness for lifelong learning. Based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that teachers should be exempted from activities outside the classroom to reduce their workload, continuous training programmes with the established standard should be carried out for teachers and training must form part of the policy framework for all private schools in Lagos State, Nigeria.
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    Research productivity and academic leadership among faculty members in Nigerian universities
    (World University Forum, 2014-08-03) Afonja, A.F.; Ojeomogha, T.O.
    Research productivity and academic leadership of Nigerian academia has recently come under scrutiny. Thus, this study examined the level of research productivity and academic leadership of faculty members in Nigerian universities. In all, 267 faculty members formed the sample size from three universities - namely, the University of Lagos, the University of Ibadan, and the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta - all in the Southwest region of Nigeria. Four research questions and four research hypotheses were developed to guide the study. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics - frequency, percentage, and inferential statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and T-test. The result from the study revealed that there is a significant difference in research productivity of junior and senior faculty members in Nigerian universities. Also, the study show a significant difference in the research productivity of male and female faculty members in Nigerian universities. Fianlly, the result also showed a significant association between research collaboration and the academic leadership of faculty members. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the environment should be made conducive for faculty members. This could be done by reducing the administrative and teaching workloads of faculty members, exposing them to international conferences and exchange programmes, and providing them with grants to carry out research.