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THE ESSENTIALS TOOLS FOR REBAENDING THE NIGERIAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER
(Journal of Educations, 2012-11-01) MARY HAGGAI
The paper examined the image of the Nigerian teacher and the teaching profession. Existing literature show that teachers and the teaching in the country have poor image and low status. the factor s contributing to this poor image and low status were discussed theses include inadequate knowledge of the subject matter inefficient pedagogic and administrative practices, negative attitude, unethical professional behaviors, poor teacher/students relationship, and poor relationship with the family and community. the paper called for rebranding to recover the teacher and the teaching professions lost glory and to project a better image. among the tools discussed as essential for rebranding are the process of recruitment, review of teacher training program, the establishment of professional and ethical standards, the mass media, information technology as well as the effective monitoring and evaluation of teachers.
Identification and Mapping of Health Facilities in Bukuru Town, Plateau State Nigeria
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2016) jeoma G.U.Ayuba; Peter .M.Wash
This study identified and mapped health care facilities within Bukuru Town in order assess the effectiveness of
the health care facilities. The list of registered health care facilities was obtained from the Ministry of Health and
by identifying and locating their locations. These were achieved with the aid of scientific tools of remote sensing
GPS and GIS for an updated map, where the research discovered twenty one (21) health facilities.
Questionnaires using the Survey Available Mapping structure (SAM) is used to gather data concerning their
categories. The results showed that only one (1) attained the tertiary level, four (4) PHCs while others at health
Center level, thus, were uneven distributed (scattered) and insufficient as expected by the policy. The
classifications were based on equipment, staff strength and patients’ response to the provision of the health care
facilities. There were two (2) government owned and nineteen (19) private health care facilities covering
distance of 5 to 200 km in terms of patronage. In order to bring about the desired changes to promote the well-
being of the people of Bukuru town with estimated population of 168, 275, the research recommended strategies
towards attaining the desired goal of effective provision and distribution of health care facilities, such as all
health providers to strictly adhere to the policies of the provision, upgrading health facilities to competent health
facilities in their true sense and strategy of distribution with the need to improve the additional secondary level
of health care in Bukuru Town
THE CLASH OF PROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA
(AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY: J. OF SUST. DEV. LAW & POLICY, 2016) Sunday Bontur Lugard
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria, home to about 30 million people, is one of
the world’s most prominent deltas. Petroleum exploration in this region has
been ongoing for over fifty years and revenue from this activity is at present
the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. Granted that it is impracticable to
undertake petroleum operations without some negative impact on the
environment, a good deal of this pollution can be mitigated. The International
Oil Companies (IOCs) are complacent about pollution reduction to a
sustainable level; regulatory agencies are either compromised or lack the
required expertise or equipment to monitor and enforce compliance with
extant environmental protection laws and regulations. The pursuit of the
IOCs’ property right over petroleum resources has set them against the other
stakeholders’ right to a healthy environment. The clash of these rights can
best be addressed by ascribing “collective property” and not “private property”
right to the acreage over which they have been granted licence to prospect
for, explore or mine petroleum resources.
Environmental Degradation And Sustainable Economic Development In Nigeria: A Theoretical Approach
(Researchjournali’s Journal of Economics, 2015-12-06) Ishmael Ogboru; Rosemary. A. Anga
There are many socio- economic and environmental challenges associated with living in our environment
today. However, successive Nigerian administrations from the colonial era paid little attention to
environmental issues. This paper examined the effects of environmental degradation and the risk or threat it
poses to sustainable economic development in Nigeria. The paper adopted the theoretical approach in the
evaluation of the effects of environmental degradation on Nigeria and its implication for sustainable economic
development. The paper posited that a high number of cases of diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, viral
diseases etc. are consequences of environmental pollution which poses great challenge to sustainable
economic development among others. Cases of floods, erosions and drastic drop in agricultural output as a
result of environmental degradation were also identified. The paper therefore submitted that since our national
development policy objective is to achieve rapid economic growth and improvement in individual welfare on
a sustainable basis a range of enabling policies, economic instruments and incentives are required to propel
this development process in the desired direction.
Maternal Practices Affecting Under-Five Mortality in a Suburban Area of Jos, North-Central Nigeria
(British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 2015) Esther Awazzi Envuladu; Ize Anuoluwapo Osagie; Amina Mohammed
Background: The report of the Population Reference Bureau (2011) which stated that 76 out of
every 1,000 infants die every year due to preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and vaccine
preventable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa is worrisome. Whereas, in advanced countries, infant
mortality rate has dropped significantly to only five out of every 1,000 live birth. This is what has
prompted this study -to determine the predictors of under-five mortality in a suburban area in Jos
Plateau State Nigeria.
Methods: The study was a community based cross-sectional survey in which households were
selected by systematic sampling method from a randomly selected suburban community in Jos,
Nigeria
Results: The percentage prevalence of reported under-five mortality was found to be 10.8% with
the cause of death being reported as malaria (48.4%), diarrhea (38.7%), pneumonia (9.7%) and unknown causes (3.2%), the positive predictors with significant under-five mortality were; high
parity with odds of 3.3 times and p value of 0.001 in those with parity of 4-6 and about 16 times
mortality with a p value of < 0.000 in those with parity greater than 6. Those who were not
exclusively breastfed had 5.3 times the likelihood of mortality with a p value of 0.001 and mortality
was 4 times higher in partially immunized children( p=0.027) and almost 12 times in those who
were not immunized at all (p< 0.000)
Conclusion: Percentage prevalence of reported under-five mortality was found to be higher
among those with higher parity, lack of exclusive breastfeeding and poor immunization status in
this study.