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Item Journal of Public Health and Environmental Pollution(2021-07-27) Daniel Kamaru Adamu.Medical tourism is a process of attracting patients from one origin to destination which can offer medical services at prices considerably less than the patient‘s usual environment and normally combining an element of post-operative tourism (recovery) for the patient (Rowley 2008). Medical industry practitioners described medical tourism as the act of travelling to receive a healthcare treatment that is either less expensive or more accessible (Kim, Leong, Heob, Anderson, and Gaitz, 2009). However, this study viewed medical tourism from the domestic perspective and to bridge the gap between origin and destination. As it is that medical tourism attracts patient from various origin in search of medical services at various destinations, it is of great importance to consider the factors that motivate patronage on medical tourism. As a result of this, this study assesses the factors influencing patronage of medical tourism in Plateau State, Nigeria as it affects the economy. Plateau is the twelfth-largest state in Nigeria. Approximately in the centre of the country, it is geographically unique in Nigeria due to its boundaries of elevated hills surrounding the Jos Plateau its capital, and the entire plateau itself. The State is located in Nigeria’s middle belt, with an area of 26,899 square kilometres, the State has an estimated population of about three million people. It is located between latitude 08°24'N and longitude 008°32' and 010°38' east. The state is named after the picturesque Jos Plateau, a mountainous area in the north of the state with captivating rock formations. Bare rocks are scattered across the grasslands, which cover the plateau. The altitude ranges from around 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) to a peak of 1,829 metres (6,001 ft) above sea level in the Shere Hills range near Jos. Data were collected from primary source. Primary data collection was carried out through the use of structured questionnaire. A total number of 795 population were included from the case study area selected in the study, they were sampled using special sampling method to generate the most appropriate and statistically representative sample. This includes; 15 Patrons from secondary Health institutions,20 patrons each from: public and private Health institutions, primary health institutions, non-governmental health institutions and 700 beneficiaries. A sample size of 265 was used out of the 338 randomly sampled with the aid of Krejcie and Morgan’s table (1970); The study revealed three factors influencing patronage of medical tourism in the study area to be service related, economic, and facilities. These were further established by factor analysis result which combine service related/ economic factor as factor one with (28.5% variance explained and Eigen value of 5.625), Facility factor as factor two with (27.6% variance explained and Eigen value of 5.535), Service related factor as factor three with (13.7% variance explained and Eigen value of 2.888) and Economic factor as factor four with (8.2% variance explained and Eigen value of 1.654). The relevant authority in charge of health facilities in the study area would have to employ adequate manpower in-terms of doctors and other healthcare personnel across the public hospital, while also regulating the scale of charges of the registered private hospitals in the study area. There is need to improve upon the state of facilities and equipment in both public and private hospital in the study area and orient these towards meeting patrons' needs and wants for improved health care services. The study therefore came to a conclusion that the factors influencing patronage of medical tourism are service related, facilities and economic.Item Journal of Public Health and Environmental Pollution(2021-07-27) Daniel Kamaru Adamu.Item The State of ICTs in Nigerian University Libraries1(Prof. Idris Abdulkadir Auditorium, National Universities Commission, 2021-10-25) Prof. Stephen A. AkintundeThere can be no better time to discuss the state of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in university libraries in Nigeria. In the last few years, there has been a revolutionary growth in the use and deployment of ICT in research, learning and teaching. It has gone beyond the deployment for educational purposes to active use in business, governance, health, and general life circumstances, normalizing the internet of things. The advent of COVID – 19 pandemic further entrenched the use of ICT in daily living, especially in libraries. In a recent Delphi study of the impact of COVID-19 on libraries, it was discovered that “While offering a physical space to read and study will remain important, current events have already triggered a significant shift towards off-site working and study, making online access to information crucial” (Baker & Ellis, 2021, p.336). The study also suggested that “Libraries need a clear strategy and a vision for rapid technology variation” (Baker & Ellis, 2021, p. 321). In a more explicit statement, Atkinson (2021, p. 314) postulated that “E delivery, not just of lectures, is likely to increase in all types of institutions. Libraries will need to reflect on the changing university environments they operate in”. The question, therefore, is whether university libraries in Nigeria have, in their present state demonstrated “a clear strategy and a vision for rapid technology variation”. In other words, how readily have Nigerian university libraries responded and adjusted to the emerging digital learning environment? Are we able to deliver on-site and off-site services amidst disasters? Even though a study (Akintunde, 2021) shows that only 9% of a representative sample of Nigerian undergraduate students from 38 institutions were able to access the library during the COVID 19 pandemic . In an earlier study of the state of ICTs in libraries of tertiary education institutions in the country, key statements of conclusion in the study are: “Some modest steps have been takenItem Journal of Business Administration and Management Sciences Research(2021-07-27) Adamu DanielThe management of Institution of learning is very paramount to the development of a country from the local government to state and to federal. Doing this, we cannot erase the fact that human relation management will play vital role in achieving it is in this light that this work delved into looking at the implication of the existing management practices embarked on, for the successful achievement of the goals attached. The study looked at education and human relation movement as it concerns management and employee’s increased satisfaction and improvement in performance as stemmed up from Hawthorne studies.