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Religion and Fertility Behavior Among Ever-Married Women in Nigeria: Evidence from the Nigeria Demographic Health Survey 2018 尼日利亚已婚妇女的宗教和生育行为:来自2018年尼日利亚人口健康调查的证据

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0230

Endurance Uzobo, Iteimowei Major

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COPING STRATEGY OF UNIVERSITY HOST COMMUNITIES DURING INDUSTRIAL ACTION: NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY IN VIEW 工业行动中大学收容社区的应对策略:以尼日尔三角洲大学为例

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0250

Woyengitari Imbazi

{"title":"COPING STRATEGY OF UNIVERSITY HOST COMMUNITIES DURING INDUSTRIAL ACTION: NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY IN VIEW","authors":"Woyengitari Imbazi","doi":"10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0250","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial actions are complex social problems with debilitating socio-economic consequences on an organisation and its host communities. Notwithstanding this, a number of studies have neglected the coping mechanisms employed by host communities to deal with industrial strikes, focusing solely on the effects of labour disputes on workers and production. This study therefore investigates how host communities deal with industrial activities at the Niger Delta University (NDU). The latency theory served as the framework, while a cross-sectional research design was employed. Amassoma and Ogobiri communities were purposively selected for the study due to their proximity to NDU. A total sample of 418 respondents (aged ≥18 years) were selected, using Yamane’s (1965) sample size determination formula. Simple random sampling was used to administer a structured questionnaire to respondents in the selected host communities. Twelve In-Depth Interviews and six Focus Group Discussion sessions were held among business owners, farmers, landlords, commercial motorcyclists, and students to complement: the quantitative data. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, while the qualitative data were content-analyzed. Findings from the study indicated that location change, occupation change, involvement in social vices, partying, etc were the main coping strategies adopted by members of host communities to deal with industrial actions at the Niger Delta University. The study, therefore, concluded that industrial actions affected host communities negatively. It is thus recommended that members of the host communities seek alternative vocational skills as livelihood sources to reduce the likely impact of NDU labour actions.","PeriodicalId":497972,"journal":{"name":"WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES","volume":"356 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135437856","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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COVID-19 and the State of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Persons in North-Eastern Borno State of Nigeria 2019冠状病毒病与尼日利亚东北部博尔诺州冲突引发的国内流离失所者状况

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0220

Victor Sokari, Adewale Idowu Harrison

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Perceived Stressors and Coping Strategies among University Undergraduate Students Of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State 尼日尔三角洲大学巴耶尔萨州立大学本科生感知压力源及应对策略

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0210

Undutimi J. Dudafa

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CARE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR ADOLESCENT ORPHANS IN YENAGOA CITY, BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA 尼日利亚巴耶尔萨州叶纳戈阿市青少年孤儿的关怀和社会支持

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0260

Grace A.T Scent, Michael Ayodele Ibikunle

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LESOTHO’S WHITE GOLD: A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR VIRTUAL WATER TRADE 莱索托的白金:虚拟水交易的潜在来源

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0270

Mahlakeng Mahlakeng

{"title":"LESOTHO’S WHITE GOLD: A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR VIRTUAL WATER TRADE","authors":"Mahlakeng Mahlakeng","doi":"10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0270","url":null,"abstract":"In literature, the significance of virtual water trade takes many different shapes. In order to increase regional water use efficiency and attain water security in water-scarce regions and/or countries of the world, virtual water trade among nations and even continents could be utilised as a tool. The economy, diplomacy, and internal and international food security are all benefited by Lesotho’s water resources. One of Lesotho’s most precious resources, water, makes a significant contribution to the country’s prospects for long-term, sustainable economic development. In a setting with significant natural climatic volatility, the World Bank determined that improving water security will be crucial to meeting future demand. Water is widely considered as “white gold” in Lesotho. Water is abundant in Lesotho, a blessed nation. Given its plenty of water and low present water consumption, Lesotho is unlikely to develop either water stress or scarcity in the foreseeable future. Thus, there is still opportunity for expanding water use as a source of income, including virtual water trading. Lesotho needs to take into account the water and food shortages in the waterscarce Gulf region and the idea of virtual water trade, which has significant social, economic, and political advantages. The aim of this paper is to assert the importance of Lesotho’s abundant water resource to the global political and economic landscape, and the discourse of virtual water trade. While countries are minimising their direct or indirect water use of producing strategic agricultural and industrial goods, Lesotho can make use of this situation in order to maximise revenue.","PeriodicalId":497972,"journal":{"name":"WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135437868","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 IN THE LAKE CHAD REGION AND NIGERIA’S RISING DEFENCE BUDGETS 乍得湖地区的不安全局势和尼日利亚不断增加的国防预算

WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.36108/wjss/3202.80.0240

Murtala Muhammad, Ismail Hussain, Kester Chukwuma Onor

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