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Salience of community radio on climate change risks in rural Kenya: A case of Migori County 社区电台对肯尼亚农村气候变化风险的关注:以米戈里县为例

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i2.480

R. Agalo

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The university system, social change and sustainable development in Nigeria 尼日利亚的大学制度、社会变革和可持续发展

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-07 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i2.222

K. Asaju

{"title":"The university system, social change and sustainable development in Nigeria","authors":"K. Asaju","doi":"10.57040/asshj.v4i2.222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57040/asshj.v4i2.222","url":null,"abstract":"The educational system of any nation all over the world remains a strong determinant of the development of such nations. The secret of the high level of development witnessed in many developed nations in the world could be attributed to the success of their educational system, especially their University system. Among the various tertiary institutions, the effectiveness of the University system is essential in achieving national goals and objectives. The major functions of the university are to inculcate sound and practicable knowledge, undertake research and involve in community development. The achievement of these seems to remain a tedious task in Nigeria. The study seeks to examine the role or place of the university system in Nigeria as an agent of social change and sustainable development. The study adopts the system theory as its theoretical framework. The research is a descriptive-analytical one and it draws qualitative data derived from secondary sources. The content analysis was used as a tool for data analysis. Findings from the study reveal that the universities in Nigeria are still lagging, compared to other world-class universities in the world and it has not played the expected role of being a catalyst of social change and sustainable development due to many challenges bedevilling the sector. This includes among others, inadequate funding, inadequate qualified academic staff, and inadequate and dilapidated infrastructure. The paper recommends among others synergy between the university system and other sectors of the economy, including the private sector, merit should be the basis for recruitment, promotion of staff, and appointment of the management staff of the university, a special funding mechanism through taxation of telecoms companies to fund the university. With this, Nigeria will achieve the desired development.","PeriodicalId":311378,"journal":{"name":"African Social Science and Humanities Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134329606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of the law enforcement in Tagum City: Basis for personnel management scheme 塔古姆市执法评价:人事管理方案的依据

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i2.407

G. Genelza, Charby Jane Busain, Margie Salon, Jason Andao

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Governance approach to policy implementation challenges and sustainable development: Conceptual implications from the Nigerian case of TraderMoni empowerment scheme 政策实施挑战和可持续发展的治理方法:尼日利亚TraderMoni授权计划案例的概念含义

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-27 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i2.399

Ikechukwu Ogeze Ukeje, Udu Ogbulu

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Perceived impacts of acceptance, conversation and inheritance issues on relationships happiness among couples in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana 加纳库马西大都市夫妇之间的接受、交谈和继承问题对关系幸福的感知影响

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i1.344

J. A. Bentil, Joy Olive Boye, S. Eyiah-Bediako, Stephen Doh Fiah, K. T. Dabone, Ayamba Ben Bishop Nyanihorba, Benedicta Ama Adom-mensah, T. Lawer

{"title":"Perceived impacts of acceptance, conversation and inheritance issues on relationships happiness among couples in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana","authors":"J. A. Bentil, Joy Olive Boye, S. Eyiah-Bediako, Stephen Doh Fiah, K. T. Dabone, Ayamba Ben Bishop Nyanihorba, Benedicta Ama Adom-mensah, T. Lawer","doi":"10.57040/asshj.v4i1.344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57040/asshj.v4i1.344","url":null,"abstract":"Conversation either verbal or non-verbal is an important aspect of a marital relationship that brings about marital happiness. This study sought to investigate the impacts of acceptance, lack of conversation and inheritance issues on relationship happiness among inter-and-intra ethnic relationships in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The researchers used descriptive research survey design. The study employed a qualitative research approach. The data for the study were gathered from inter-and-intra ethnic spouses who are above 20 years of age, have been married for 2 years to 60 years and with an academic background of Junior High School (JHS) and above. Ten (10) couples were used for the study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the couples from the accessible population. Interviews were used to gather the data. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Major findings of the study revealed that couples in inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic relationships were not happy with respect to their children inheriting their parents. It was therefore, recommended that couples in inter- and intra- ethnic relationships should be schooled to prepare a Will whiles living with the assistance of religious leaders and counsellors. Further, properties acquired during their relationship should be recorded in the names of their children to prevent uncertainty and conflicts after they are dead when the state employs the implementation of PNDC Law 111, 1985 of Ghana. It was also found out that, couples in both inter- and intra-ethnic relationships chose a common medium of expression. It is recommended that, couples from different backgrounds should use a common language for better understanding and to do away with suspicions in the relationships to bring about marital happiness.","PeriodicalId":311378,"journal":{"name":"African Social Science and Humanities Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124016962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Kleptocracy and Nigerian politics: A reflection on the fourth republic 盗贼统治与尼日利亚政治:对第四共和国的反思

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i1.380

Bruno Onyinye Umunakwe, Mary Jane Osaren

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African tech development: The ideal and summit of contemporary African philosophy and literary studies 非洲科技发展:当代非洲哲学与文学研究的理想与高峰

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i1.351

M. Uzomah, Philip Osarobu Isanbor, Chinyere Scholastica Uzomah

{"title":"African tech development: The ideal and summit of contemporary African philosophy and literary studies","authors":"M. Uzomah, Philip Osarobu Isanbor, Chinyere Scholastica Uzomah","doi":"10.57040/asshj.v4i1.351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57040/asshj.v4i1.351","url":null,"abstract":"This treatise is a qualitative research in philosophy and literary studies aimed to assert the pertinence of African contemporary philosophy and ideologies to African technological development. The purpose of this study is to interrogate the significance of contemporary African philosophy and literary discourses for the stimulation of technological development in Africa and to assert that no society can develop or advance without thinkers, as science has no basis without philosophy. The expository and prescriptive methods were adopted in this study. Through the expository analysis, the discourse reveals that African philosophy and thinkers are most (generally) abstract and abstract and baseless philosophy is a liability rather than an asset; therefore inimical to tech development. Against this backdrop, it behooves to ask, as far as the global race for tech advancement is concerned, where does Africa stand? Of what relevance is African philosophy to African's quest for tech development? How may mother Africa liberate her offspring from tech stagnation and subsequently assert herself in the global village driven by science and technology through her sons and daughters’ intellectual ingenuity? Based on the findings of this critical analysis, the treatise concludes that the ideal object and teleology of the contemporary African philosophy ought to be the postulation of pragmatic ideologies that are germane for advancing Africa’s sustainable development of science and technology. The study therefore recommends that contemporary African philosophy has no business with abstract, ossified and baseless speculations for the latter is a liability not an asset.","PeriodicalId":311378,"journal":{"name":"African Social Science and Humanities Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125689212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The philosophical import of Pauline work ethics in the quest for Germane Work Ethics in Nigeria 保罗职业伦理在尼日利亚寻求日耳曼职业伦理中的哲学意义

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v4i1.322

Godwin Adinya Ogabo, F. Patrick

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Interfaith mediation centre in promoting peace in Bauchi State, Nigeria 尼日利亚包奇州促进和平的宗教间调解中心

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2022-11-25 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v3i4.299

Musa Saleh

{"title":"Interfaith mediation centre in promoting peace in Bauchi State, Nigeria","authors":"Musa Saleh","doi":"10.57040/asshj.v3i4.299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57040/asshj.v3i4.299","url":null,"abstract":"One of the main obstacles across the globe is a conflict between social groupings. Conflicts over religion, ethnicity, and post-election violence in Africa, and notably Nigeria, harm people's lives and livelihoods. Conflicts occurred in Kaduna, Plateau, and the Bauchi State over a period of time. There has been a public uproar due to the escalating crisis in Bauchi State. To promote peace-building in Bauchi State, Nigeria, this article attempts to investigate the causes that led to the formation of the Interfaith Mediation Centre. The John Paul Lederach theory of peace building served as the basis for this investigation. The study used a descriptive approach. Qualitative research design was employed. The main informants were chosen by the researcher from among Interfaith Mediation Centre personnel, religious leaders, and government officials using a purposive sample technique. Data were extracted from both primary and secondary sources of data collecting. Thematic content analysis was used for analysing the data. The results of the study showed that although the Interfaith Mediation Centre was founded in 1995 to address the problems of persistent ethno religious violence affecting Bauchi state, its main goal was to put an end the conflicts. Another research result supported the idea that IMC fosters peaceful communities in Bauchi and elsewhere through various forms of strategic involvement and mediation. Accordingly, the study concluded that the organization offers training materials to boost and develop peace-building ability, promote religious tolerance, ethnic unity, and the empowerment of women to inculcate the culture of peace. The study recommended that the Interfaith Mediation Centre should keep promoting dialogue among Muslims and Christians, and also promote peace education in the state.","PeriodicalId":311378,"journal":{"name":"African Social Science and Humanities Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124048057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Insecurity and development administration in Nigeria: A cross-road 尼日利亚的不安全和发展管理:一个十字路口

African Social Science and Humanities Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-12 DOI: 10.57040/asshj.v3i4.224

K. Asaju, Ashepo Sunday Yohanna

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