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Item ASUU’s Prolonged Strike, a way forward for the Nigeria Academia; Strategic non-violent action(AIPGG Journal of Humanities and Peace Studies, 2022) Agberagba John TavershimaThe Nigerian Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on prolonged strikes from 1999-2022 demanding that the Federal Government (FG) fund public universities to be competitive and ranked among the world’s best universities. The strikes have yielded some infrastructural development, but have not raised Nigerian public universities to world standard. Thus, the continued struggle of ASUU with the FG. However, prolonged strikes contribute to low standards in public universities too: contracted school years, half-baked graduates, and extended course time by two or three years. It denies Nigerian graduates enough skills to make them competitive in the job market. Hence, a question about the justification for the use of prolonged strikes and a way forward for ASUU. This article employs a qualitative content analysis of a strategic nonviolent action case study of students in the Ethnic Albanian civil struggle in 2000 with that of ASUU. The sources are books, journals, newspaper articles, and internet databases. This article finds that ASUU needs to use massive strategic nonviolent actions to succeed. Additionally, it must rely less on traditional, religious, National Assembly of Nigeria members and other elite leaders. Rather, it must partner with students and their parents to succeed with massive actions. Public university students belong to the 133 million Nigerian families living in poverty. The students directly benefit from an international standard of public education in Nigeria. If ASUU adopts this new way, it will gain internal cooperation and solidarity; empower students and ordinary Nigerians with the knowledge of how to wage resistance against counterproductive policies of the Nigerian governmentItem The Effects of Cost on the Profitability of an Organization (A Case of Grand Cereals and Oil Mills Limited, Nigeria)(African Scholars Journal of Business Development and Management Research, 2022) Adamu, Daniel K.The topic of this research is'The effects of cost on the profitability of an organization': (a case of Grand Cereals and Oil Mills Limited, Nigeria). The purpose of this study was to discover the relationship between cost and profitability in an organization, to identify the role of proper costing in the growth of an organization, to also identify the challenges of cost and profitability in an organization and to determine ways of reducing cost and maximizing profits in an organization. The design of this study was a cross-sectional survey method. The instrument of data collection was the records of Grand Cereals and Oil Mills Limited and it was analyzed using the Simple correlation as well as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result of this research shows that there is a negative correlation between cost of production and profitability of Grand Cereals and Oil Mills Limited, there is positive correlation between sales and profitability and there is also a negative correlation between VAT and profitability of an organization. However, for adequate profit to be recorded from a business there is a need for adequate control of cost because a company with adequate cost structure possesses the higher chance of attaining its profit target.Item Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Toxoplasma Gondii Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, Nigeria(International Journal of Innovation Scientific Research and Review, 2021) DANUAN, M.B.; DAKUL, A.D.; ADELEKE, E.A.; LUMI, E.B; CHUNDUNG, N.DToxoplasmosis has been famously described as a cosmopolitan disease caused by the zoonotic parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii with the capacity to induce miscarriage and congenital defects during pregnancy. Despite its public health significance, there is a dearth of information about the epidemiology of the infection in pregnant women in Nigeria, consequently this study aimed to determine the burden and risk factors associated with T. gondii infection in pregnant women attending Ante-Natal Clinic (ANC) at Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.3mls venous blood was collected from 268 pregnant women within the reproductive age groups of 15 to 50 years. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain demographic and Toxoplasma infection risk related data. Sera were assayed using a commercial ELISA kit (Novo Tec Immunodiagnostica® Germany). 46 out of the 268 women were positive with an overall prevalence rate of 17.16%. The highest prevalence was recorded among women within the age group ≤20 years (28.00%), urban settlers (18.18%), women in their second trimester 18.75%, those who owned cats (25.00%) and those who have contacts with cat’s faeces (29.10`%). There was a significant association (p < 0.05) between the prevalence of T.gondiiantibodies (IgG) with age, ethnic group and blood transfusion history. While other factors show no significant relationship (p>0.05). Asymptomatic Toxoplasmosisis common amongst pregnant women thus it is imperative for policy makers and caregivers to consider introducing routine screening of toxoplasmosis especially as part of antenatal program for pregnant women.Item 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.Item Hospital-Based Trained Nurses Perception of Baccalaureate Nurses Competence at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria(EC NURSING AND HEALTHCARE Research Article, 2020-02-24) Ogunyewo Oluwatoyin Abayomi; Afemikhe Juliana A; Ishola Adeyinka GaniyatThis study addressed the perception of nurses about the newly qualified baccalaureate nurses’ competency in Jos University Teaching Hospital. The motivation for the study arose as a result of the consistent and repeated stereotypes held by hospital-based trained nurses about University trained nurses’ technical competencies. The available evidence was not sufficient to establish this position hence the need to carry out a study on hospital-based nurses’ perception. The study was quantitative, cross-sectional and non-experimental in nature. The setting of the study was Jos University Teaching Hospital. Approval from the gate keepers was sought, and the informed consent of the respondents was equally obtained. Questionnaire was used to elicit the responses of the study population Convenience sampling approach was employed in distributing the copies of the questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed using frequencies and percentages. Results showed that majority (69.3%) of the respondents affirmed the competencies of the baccalaureate nurses. Non-conducive work environment, arrogance were implicated as perceived factors that could weigh against their competencies while greater consensus was achieved as to the positive influence of nature of their training, duration of the training and autonomy.Item Peacebuilding and Nigeria’s 2023 General Election: An analysis of cases from Benue and Plateau State(HUMANUS DISCOURSE, 2023) John Tavershima Agberagba; Anna Mafuyai Alahirah; Celine Akudo AgboolaINEC staff work ethics; voter intimidation and inducement; security agents’ use of firearms, and peacekeeping at polling units. These topics are common election issues that arose in the 2023 Nigerian general election. This article is necessary to address the gap in the scholarly literature on Nigerian elections and its consequent lack of impact on election policy. We use cases from Benue and Plateau states based on participatory observation and descriptive presentation; and were view data from the internet, books, and articles. We theorise, Human Needs, the cases and find that the Police used pep-talk, threats, and firearms during the 2023 general elections in Benue state, but pep-talk is paternalism, an inhibiting satisfier; threats are pseudo-satisfiers and firearms are destructive satisfiers. Moreover, party agents and supporters used abuses and “religious shaming,” inhibiting satisfiers against each other and INEC officers in Plateau. Similarly, the agents and party supporters used cooked food and drinks, salt, Maggi cubes, and bags of rice even on voting day to induce voters. However, INEC staff succeeded in their work, and the elders in keeping peace because they used a synergic satisfier, that is, INEC used self-managed hard work and the elders used wisdom to prevail on agents and supporters not to share induced material at the polling unit. Therefore, we recommend the followings, that is, community elders and youth be trained and paid to maintain peace at polling units; voters be given a meal on election days to reduce voter inducement; some of the prescribed 1999 Nigerian constitutional synergic satisfiers be made rights of Nigerian as a problem-solving for empowering women, youth, the Police, and community elders in minimizing voter intimidation and inducement to conduct credible, free, and fair elections without violence in Nigeria.Item Perceived determinants of home delivery following antenatal care in general hospital Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area, Kaduna State(International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2020-04) Mangai Joseph Mafuyai*, Ari Eunice, Bonji Gaknung, Kumzhi Patience and Adamu SamailaItem A Description of the Knowledge and Attitude Toward Premarital Sickle Cell among Unmarried Adults Residence of Naraguta Village in Jos North(Innovational Publishers, 2020) Mafuyai Joseph Mangai, Hosea Gotodok, Bonji Gaknung, Ari EuniceIntroduction: Premarital sickle cell screening is a test done to screen intending couples to determine their genotype before marriage. It provides information about the health of the individuals while assessing their related reproductive risk. Aim: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of adults on premarital sickle cell screening among unmarried residence of Naraguta village in Jos North, Plateau state. Methodology: A descriptive research design was adopted, sample size of 306 adult residences was drawn from an estimated of 1500 through a proportional stratified sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to obtained the data and was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Findings or result revealed that most of the adult respondents (71%) had low knowledge about premarital sickle cell screening and (53%) and had negative attitude toward premarital sickle cell screening. Of the respondents (31%) of the adult unmarried are not intending to comply to the screening and stated their reasons to be that the screening is costly and is waste of time and resources. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude toward premarital sickle cell screening among the unmarried adult residence of Naraguta village. This indicates that knowledge about premarital sickle cell screening has a great impact in developing positive attitude toward sickle cell screening. Conclusion: It was, therefore, concluded that the unmarried adult at the Naraguta village has low level and knowledge and negative attitude toward premarital sickle cell screening.Item Religion, parents and children in Nigerian peace education: A Roman Catholic behavioral parent training curriculum(AIPGG Journal of Humanities and Peace Studies, 2022) John Tavershima AgberagbaWorldwide, 120 million girls are violated; 90% by family members, boyfriends/husbands, or known persons. In Nigeria: A) 1 out of 4 girls; 10% of boys are victims yet only 5 out of 100 children who report receive support. B) Poverty, social norms and cultural beliefs keep 10.5 million children of 5-14 years out-of-school. In Africa, the Catholic Church educates over 19 million children in 45,088 primary schools. As a Catholic priest, for the past 25 years, I have dealt with multiple cases of teenage pregnancy, physical child abuse and children out-of-school in Guinea Conakry, Mexico, and Nigeria. Therefore, given the Churches response to Clergy children sex abuse based on reporting cases, I propose a behaviour Parent Training Lessons (BPTLs) as a holistic way of minimizing children abuse. BPTLs transform poor parenting cultures—social norms and community beliefs that derive violence against children. It makes parenting semi-public and semi-professional.Item Religious Women Empowerment Using the Shine Theory in the Tiv Catholic Women Organizations’ Incessant Leadership Struggle, Benue State, Nigeria(HUMANUS DISCOURSE, 2023) John Tavershima AgberagbaThe purpose of this study was to discover and classify the non-Christian politicking problems for leadership in the Tiv Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Nigeria using the Shine Theory. The theory originates from women’s groups for empowering women in politics, businesses, and social situations and so, we thought it plausible to empower religious women to be firm on religious ethos. We used a qualitative methodology, in-depth individual interviews of 42 women, present/past presidents, and ordinary members of the organization in Makurdi, Gboko, and Katsina-Ala dioceses in Benue state. Administering four semi structured individual interview questions and two structured multiple-choice questions. Our findings surprised us as we thought that the leadership struggle in Tiv CWO was fundamentally husband and priest, male-related, manipulation, and interferences. However, the women report that they are mostly responsible for what is happening in their mist. We classify the non-Christian leadership fighting in the organization into seven categories: spiritual, psychological, political, business, social, family, and cultural. This theory applies to religious groups as well; Biblical women like Mary the Mother of Jesus and Elizabeth the Mother of John the Baptist; Ruth and Naomi, and many others, Biblical heroines, practiced the theory in their lives. Hence, the Tiv CWO should develop a systematic spirituality based on the study of Biblical women as their models since the organization does not have a clear spirituality. This modest study fills some of the gaps in the theory since there is little on it from the religious perspective. However, more studies need to be conducted to firmly establish a religious context and further development of the Shine Theory for women’s empowerment.