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The Faculty of Social Sciences was founded in 1962 when the School of Business and Social Studies was established as one of the foundation teaching units of the University. The Faculty is committed to high research standards and encourages both staff and students to pursue individual and/or group researches.

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    Education, legitimation, and crisis
    (1984) Ninalowo, A.
    Both the functionalist and the "reproductive" radical paradigms of formal education, though rooted in divergent ideologies, proclaim that the system of education helps to legitimate the socio-political status quo. We noted, however, that the assumption by both paradigms that students passively internalize the dominant norms and values which the school teaches is not invariably tenable. Alternatively, it was suggested that students quite often only selectively internalize from various diverse cues pertaining to the dominant norms and values presented by educators along with other agents of socialization. Therefore, it was argued that the factor of "selective internalization" coupled with the social axiom of the discord between reality (what is) and ideal (what ought to be) conduce to crisis. The body of evidence demonstrates that, in addition to its role as an agent of legitimation the system of education (the primary emphasis is on higher education) mediates the dialectical relationship between legitimation and crisis
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    A review of Toyin Falola "Britain and Nigeria: Exploitation or development?
    (BOSTON UNIVERSITY AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER, 1989) Babawale, T.
    Falola's book provides an incisive analysis of the exploitative impact of the British colonial enterprise in Nigeria and raises crucial theoretical questions about existing theories on development relating to Africa in general and Nigeria in particular. The opening chapter, "Colonialism and Exploitation" written by Julius Ihonvbere and Toyin Falola, discusses the various theoretical strands on the impact of colonialism. While existing mainstream studies have emphasized the beneficial impact of colonialism, exemplified in the construction of roads, hospitals, schools and other infrastructures, Ihonvbere and Falola see the basic impact of British colonialism in Nigeria as the subjugation of traditional patterns of state and class formation, the introduction of alien institutions, and the initiation of programs that facilitated the exploitation and extraction of surpluses from the colonies in order to aid the development of the cen
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    Conflict between bureaucracy and innovation in Nigerian public service
    (1990) Maduabum, C.P.
    IN NIGERIA, those charged with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the country had at several times enunciated policies, programmes and projects ostensibly in reaction to environmental pressures. The latest of such policies/programmes is the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). However, the Nigerian Government, just like any other government, implements its policies and programmes through the instrumentality of the Public Service. This government's organ has variously undergone several changes, arguably, to make it more responsive to the demands of a development-oriented society. The latest of such changes is the ."Civil Service Reforms" which is legally backed by Decree 43 (on the Re-organisation of the civil service) of 1988. Our search-light is, thus, ·being beamed on the Public Service which is Federal Government's Central Bureaucracy. Positive changes within a society or elsewhere normally come in the form of innovation. The vital question of interest to us is: How responsive is the Federal Governments Central Bureaucracy-the Public Service--to innovation? To answer this question, we attempt in this study to survey the literature on innovation and bureaucracy and the relationships between them. Variables derivable from such a survey are used to analyse the Nigerian situation; where lapses are identified, possible treatments are prescribed.
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    Leadership resistance to the implementation of new ideas acquired through training in the Nigerian Civil Service
    (1991) Maduabum, C.
    Staff training and development have received such widespread attention in the Service that it can be safely said that it has become a way of life of Nigeria’s federal bureaucracy. We posit, however, that these efforts will not achieve the desired results if ample opportunities are not provided for the trained to apply skills and ideas acquired from their training. The efforts of those who are their superiors and can thus encourage the implementation of new ideas are the subjects of this study. A survey was conducted of 300 trained officers, and 60 Departmental Training Officers (DTOs) in the Nigerian Civil Service. The emerging data were computer-processed and analysed using 2-variable chi-square k’)statistics and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r).The findings are that superior officers generally tend to resist innovative ideas emanating from their trained subordinates. However, where superior and subordinate officers are similarly exposed to a training course the tendency is for the superior officer to support the implementation of ideas acquired from the course. To improve the situation, therefore, we prescribe: (a) the expansion of training activities so that more staff can benefit; and (b) the creation of opportunities for the trained to occupy senior positions in the Service.
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    Scientific Ethos, Authoritarian Regimes and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
    (CODESRIA, 1995) Ninalowo, A.
    L'auteur part de l'hypothèse que les régimes autoritaires sortì incompatibles avec certains principes fondamentaux de l'éthique scientifique et que par conséquent les conditions d'existence de ces régimes s'opposent à tout changement social progressiste parce que la rationalité scientifique constitue un desideratum important et une condition sine qua non de tout changement social significatif. L 'auteur élabore un modèle théorique pouvant contribuer à mieux faire comprendre les rapports imbriqués et dynamiques entre les régimes autoritaires et la science par rapport au changement social, cela dans le cadre de la recherche de formes alternatives socio-économiques et politiques en Afrique au Sud du
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    Sexual networking in Freetown against the background of the AIDS epidemic
    (National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), The Australian National University., 1995) Adegbola, O; Babatola, O; Oni, J
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    Nigeria Beyond Structural Adjustment: Towards a National Popular Alternative Development Strategy
    (CODESRIA, 1996) Babawale, T.; Fadahunsi, A.; Momoh, A.; Olukoshi, A.
    For all the authoritarianism and repression that have accompanied the implementation of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP), there are very few substantive results to show. All over Africa, in the adjusting countries, the glaring evidence, even by the World Bank's (hereafter the Bank) own reckoning, is that by the end of the 1980s, that is, after over a decade of market-based reforms, a majority of the people are poorer than they were in the 1970s
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    The State, Legitimation and Human-centered Development
    (CODESRIA, 1996) Ninalowo, A.
    L'article propose un paradigme qui conceptualise la légitimation, essentiellement à deux niveaux: (1) la légitimation juridique/rationnelle par laquelle le gouvernement maintien sa domination presque exclusivement par la promulgation de lois et de décrets, une fois que la classe politique s'empare du pouvoir, soit à la faveur des urnes, soit par des moyens coercitifs. (2) Il existe également un type de légitimation qu 'on appelle encore légitimité socio-économique Pour l'essentiel, on soutient que les attributs du processus de légitimation socio-politique, constituent en même temps les caractéristiques significatives d'une véritable culture démocratique. Par ailleurs, il est dit que, du point de vue conceptuel, la légitimation socio-politique recouvre le type légal/rationnel mais pas / 'inverse en termes concrets, empiriques
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    Plant - The Renewable Green Gold
    (University of Lagos Press, 1997-05-07) Odeyemi, S. O
    Nigeria with an estimated population of 105.3 million people occupies an area of 911.00km2 (1). The amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates in 1914 constituted a deliberate Divine plan to give the black race the largest single conglomeration of black Negro people in the world. Nigeria is watered by the rain laden wind which during a particular period of the year blows over the Atlantic ocean towards the northern direction. Because of this, the rainfall diminishes from the South to the North. To a large extent, the pattern of rainfall distribution has given rise to the following vegetation belts: The mangrove forest alongside the coast. The evergreen forest. The rain forest The deciduous forest Derived Guinea Savannah The Southern Guinea Savannah The Northern Guinea Savannah The Sudan Savannah The Sahel Savannah Nigeria therefore is a land from which grow various types of plants: Vegetables, creeping plants, shrubs, trees of various girths and heights. During the rainy reason, the vegetation displays its wares of different flowers, aroma and colours. The scents attract all kinds of insects.
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    A Geographical Overview of Africa
    (General African Studies Programme, 1998) Ekpeyong, J.O; Babatola, O; Oni, F.O
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    Premarital and extramarital sex in Lagos, Nigeria
    (Australian National University, 1999) Adegbola, O; Babatola, O
    In view of the need for information on which to base future interventions on sexual behaviour, this paper examines AIDS awareness and perception, as well as sexual practices among the metropolitan population of Lagos, Nigeria. There is a fairly high but recent level of awareness of AIDS and some scepticism about its incurability. Some high-risk premarital and extramarital sexual patterns are observed. These show the importance to the study of inter-spousal intimacy as well as two other contextually-relevant variables. (author's) Language.
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    “Introduction to Population Education”
    (General African Studies Unit, University of Lagos Press, 1999) Badru, F.A; Faluyi, K
    An understanding of human population as a phenomenon may offer clues to underlying forces that operate in the society. One of the most serious problems confronting man is the human population. The populations of developing countries have continued to grow at a high rate for sometime with the consequent pressure on land, an irreplaceable resource. This paper examines some basic concepts in population studies by differentiating "demography" from 'population studies'. It also highlights their social underpinnings in terms of the attitudes of people toward family planning. In this regard, some methods of birth control used in Nigeria, as well as their merits and limitations are also discussed.
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    Marital closeness and the likelihood of extramarital sex: a comparative analysis of Lagos and Freetown
    (Canberra Australian National University, Australia, 1999) Adegbola, O; Babatola, O
    The relationship between inter-spousal intimacy and the tendency to suspect partners of sexual infidelity is analysed using data from Lagos and Freetown. The relationship between the practice of extramarital sex and the same set of intimacy variables is also analysed. The particular circumstances of the two cities may have affected the relevance of the intimacy variables in explaining the variations in the incidence of extramarital sex.
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    Generational controversy on sexual activity in the context of the AIDS epidemic: evidence from Lagos
    (Canberra Australian National University, Australia, 1999) Babatola, O; Adegbola, O
    This paper focuses on the generational debate on sexual behaviour within the context of vulnerability to HIV infection. It operationalizes the generation concept against Nigeria’s historical background and seeks variations in the patterns of selected sexual variables between and among generational groups. It appears that divergency in sexual behaviour along generational lines is not as strong as some scholars have suggested
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    Tackling Youth Unemployment through Entrepreneurship
    (1999-04-01) Owualah, S. I
    This paper presents evidence that promoting entrepreneurship consciously among youths can be effective way of tackling unemployment within this group. This conclusion is drawn from the analysis of survey data collected from a stratified sample of loan beneficiaries of the Small-scale Industries and Graduate Employment Programme in Nigeria. This programme is one of four programmes of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) set up in Nigeria in 1987 to encourage and assist unemployed youths to establish and operate their own small scale firms. The analysis shows that an average of four new jobs was created by each of the respondent firms in the first four years of the programme. It further reveals that the firms achieved an appreciable growth in their assets, while previous training, experience and personal inclinations of their owners largely influenced the choice of types of small-scale firms that were established.
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    “Ethnic Conflict and Minority Interests In Nigeria: A Critical Review”
    (African Journals Online, South Africa, 2000) Badru, F.A
    Ethnic conflicts and minority interests are twin concepts of concern to sociologists and other scholars. The 'tragedies' of Egbesu boys and the Odua People's Congress (OPC) members in Nigeria invite attention to the challenges of ethnic plurality, diversity, conflict, and the vested interests of ,core' and minority groups. It is, however, pertinent to clarify key terms in this paper before exploring the major concern. What is an ethnic group? How do we unravel ethnicity? Who is an ethnic minority, or majority, as could be the case? There are several definitions and conceprualizations-of these terms. Ethnic' groups constitute a special social group whose members share similar socio-cultural and linguistic characteristics distinct from those shared by members of other groups It is used by sociologists in a broader form than the word 'nationality' and it permits non-literate peoples to be identified as social aggregates in the same way as more advanced peoples and nations. The paper considers the nuances of the definitions and contends that despite the diversity and plurality there is a need for efficient management of diverse people to nip in the bud varying ethnic conflicts in the communities.
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    Non-Oil Export Promotion in the Nigerian Economy" in Nnamdi Azikwe University
    (2000-03) Lawanson, O.I
    The primary objective of export promotion policies in any economy is to increase the level of economic activities. It follows therefore, that export policies should be directed at. sectors in which the impact of an increase in export demand will be both desirable and large. The Nigerian economy has been and is currently being characterized by a high degree of openness;. hence its performance is largely dependent on in the external sector. The Nigerian external sector has always been dominated by primary commodities which have the well known basic characteristics of low price and income elasticity of demand, low growth of demand, deteriorating terms of trade and instability of export earnings.
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    Nigeria's transition to democracy: Prospects for consolidation
    (African Institute of South Africa, 2001) Akinboye, S.O.
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    Patterns of Female Labour Force Partcipation in Nigeria's Urban Areas: The Case Study of Lagos State" in Unilag Sociological Review, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Anambra State
    (University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2001-07) Lawanson, O.I
    This paper examines the pattern and the major determinants of lab ourforce participation .of urban 'vV0111enin Nigeria. US;'1g Lagos as Cl case study. The major determinants of l abourfor c e part ic ip at io n that vI/ere identified by the study are: age. mar it al status. education, husband's employment status. income of I'V!/e and husband, religious beliefs and nurnber ofchildren. . 1 .------~----------.~-------------------------.--------------,---
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    An Analysis of Flood Risk and Defence in the Western Niger Delta.
    (SCIENCE PRESS, NEW YORK, USA., 2002) Fasona, M.J; Tejuosho, O.J; Odunuga, S.S
    This paper employs Remote Sensing and GIS methodologies to study the vulnerability of the western Niger Delta to flood risk and reported that about 27percent and 63 percent of the land respectively lie below 1m and 5m above the mean sea level. It captures the different adaptive strategies employed by the local populations to respond to flood risk. The paper was published by the Science Press of New York as part of the peer-reviewed proceeding of Flood Defence 2002. It is no doubt a very good reading in local adaptive strategies to flood risk management