CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Successive governments in Nigeria have tried to resolve some societal problems by enacting or putting into place different policies at one time or the other. For example, in order to reduce the high rate of poverty in the country, the Federal Government introduced some policies aimed at reducing the poverty level by 2010. This was the case in Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State. It is true that the Asari – Toru Local Government council
The aim of poverty mapping is to estimate geographically the determinant of lack of well-being at area unit level with disaggregated socio-economic or other type of data. Its output is an estimate of poverty pockets and inequality distribution across the state which can be visualized by maps to enhance communication of the results. The aim of this study is to use poverty maps to analyse the spatial distribution of poverty in the state by comparing the poverty factors of years 2000 and 2009. The poverty
Poverty is fundamentally the result of the way society is sorted out and assets are apportioned, whether these are money related or different assets, for example, access to housing, wellbeing, social services and education. Without a doubt, that there are altogether different levels of poverty, what this means is that every country faces different level of poverty due to their resources and opportunities. Individuals or nations that face Poverty additionally need to manage with inequality too. For
but they decided or were forced by their families to stay in prostitution due to social structures in Nigeria. We can see women, who are indentured workers who choose to risk their lives. They make huge debts and they repay them by prostitution. Usually, those women continue to work in prostitution due to inability to enter and work legally in Europe and due to social structures in Nigeria. We can see also women, who were victims of human trafficking or indentured workers who choose or were
2 Economic Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency Boko Haram has taken advantage of high unemployment and poverty rates in Northern Nigeria to use as a mobilizing instrument so as to find support and recruits for terrorist violence. The majority of the unemployed and poor have been frustrated as a result of government incapacity to meet their basic needs (Olojo, 2012:6).As a result of this, they have adhered to Boko Haram where they have indulged in aggressive measures such as killing of innocent citizens
Introduction Pakistan and Nigeria have two things in common, reactionary, religious operators and a society which oppresses women. Nigeria is the nation with the highest amount of non-attendees in school in the world, and the majority of these children are girls. A total of 10 million youths are not receiving formal education, and in the current, violent climate, this number is rising. Education and literacy is amongst the most important and efficient tools used for changing the quality of lives
6.0. WOMEN INHERITANCE RIGHTS UNDER NIGERIAN CUSTOMARY LAWS The traditional African society to which Nigeria belongs has perhaps been the major problem facing the female gender over the years. The cultural practices of the various constituent tribes, societal norms, illiteracy, poverty, religious beliefs, have all fueled the continuing deprivation and discrimination women directly or as in modern times, indirectly suffered in the hands of their male counter parts and the society as a whole. Customary
Health implications of crude oil spills in the Niger delta, Nigeria. Abstract Acronyms List of figures Table of Contents 0 Introduction Nigeria owes its economic development to the availability of oil in the Niger Delta region. Oil exploration in the Niger Delta region started in the mid-1950s. The Niger Delta is estimated to be having trillion of cubic feet of natural gasses and billions of barrels of crude oil. Nigeria earns a large sum of foreign exchange from selling of crude oil
What is poverty? According to the World Bank Organization, “Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read” But do we know why poverty exists, what puts the people into these life threatening conditions? Millions of words can be written on this issue but to no avail. Let’s think of who causes it. Is it the public, the government or the poor themselves? Over 3 billion people
important role in the economic growth of both developed and developing countries. It has always been critical for the development and growth of the country. Adequate energy supply is necessary to meet the needs of the country and also necessary for poverty reduction. However, growth hypothesis suggests that energy consumption is an indispensable component in growth, directly or indirectly as a complement to capital and labour as an input in the production process (Mulegeta et al. 2010).since energy