Ageing and national development in Nigeria: Costly assumptions and challenges for the future

Togonu-Bickersteth, Funmi; Akinyemi, Akanni Ibukun

doi:10.11564/27-2-481

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“…What appears dominant is the neglect of older people by the state to families and informal support networks. Such negligence is overt in the absence of policies and interventions that are aimed at reducing vulnerability and preventing abuse and neglect in old age in Nigeria (Togonu-Bickersteth and Akinyemi, 2014). Despite the voids, the findings around preventive measures indicate how older persons are active and not passive in reconstructing challenges and opportunities in their later life.…”

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“…It also echoes the need for urgent steps in filling the existing void of policies and laws that can protect and reduce vulnerability among older people in Nigeria (Mark, 2016). Nigeria initiated an ageing policy since 2004 (Togonu-Bickersteth and Akinyemi, 2014), the political will to pass the policy into law and enforce it still in process.…”

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“…Among other social categories, the report showed that women and older people are among the most affected (Oxfam International, 2017). Older people, including those that are still working and the retirees, earn insufficient incomes and have depended on their adult working children, religious organisations (Ebimgbo et al., 2018), and other significant others for survival (Josephson, 2017; Togonu-Bickersteth and Akinyemi, 2014). Older people that have worked all their lives for the government have suffered in many ways.…”

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Explanations around physical abuse, neglect and preventive strategies among older Yoruba people (60+) in urban Ibadan Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study

Agunbiade

2019

Heliyon

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Older people's views, experiences and explanations on abuse and neglect in later life is marginal in the literature. With more cases of physical abuse and neglect in old age in sub-Saharan Africa, this study explored the views and positions of older people and community stakeholders like religious leaders on why physical elder abuse and neglect and preventive measures within community settings in Nigeria. An exploratory research design that consisted of two focus group discussions with older Yoruba men and women (60þ) and six semi-structured interviews with religious leaders (Christianity, Islam, and Traditional) guided the study. Based on thematic analysis, the findings revealed that older persons and religious leaders have multiple interpretations of physical elder abuse and neglect. Social ills, poor economic situation, evil machinations, and stereotypes and misconceptions of old age and spirituality are possible explanations for physical abuse and neglect. The intersecting nature of the factors promoting vulnerability to physical abuse and neglect in later life also emerged in the preventive measures suggested by older persons and community members. As such, the participants affirmed that most older persons are becoming conscious of vulnerability to abuse and do contest actions, relationships, and contexts that can reduce their vulnerability and earn more social acceptance. Nonetheless, the participants expressed worries over the absence of policies and legal frameworks that can protect older people against physical abuse and neglect. More worrisome was the growing spread of social ills, stereotypes around old age, poverty in old age, witchcraft accusations and ageism. These developments are compounding ageing experiences, including physical abuse and neglect in urban spaces in Nigeria.

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confidence: 99%

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Explanations around physical abuse, neglect and preventive strategies among older Yoruba people (60+) in urban Ibadan Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study

Agunbiade

2019

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“…(United Nations, 2012). In other words the number will double to over 41 million (Togonu-Bickersteth & Akinyemi, 2013; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) & and HelpAge Internationa, 2012)(Gerontological Society of Nigeria, 2014Akinyemi , 2014 ;World Population Ageing , 2013). Although this might be described as a youthful population, the major concern of this article, is the growing elderly population within the projection, which constitute of persons aged 60 years or more.…”

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“…A., 2016 ;Barik et al, 2015 ;Troisi, 1998). In recent past, various problems of ,population aging, the elderly and old age has been the subject of discourse among scholars in Nigeria: (Aboderin, 2004;Dimkpa, 2015;Michael, Emmanuel, & Aliyu, 2016;Mudiare, 2013;Shofoyeke & Amosun, 2014;Togonu-Bickersteth & Akinyemi, 2013). Most of these studies focused on various dimensions of old age experiences.…”

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Old Age Vulnerability and Formal Social Protection in Nigeria: The Need for Renewed Focus on Prospects of Informal Social Protection

Yakubu

2020

Int. j. appl. res. soc. sci.

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A renewed look at informal social protection may offer an effective option for addressing vulnerability among elderly Nigerians. This follows the need to overcome both current, and potential challenges in elder vulnerability, related to population aging. The main argument posed by this article is that, social protection in Nigeria has traditionally ignored the elderly, right from its colonial roots. Subsequent governments have also ignored the elderly in social policy, and social protection programmes. As a result, social vulnerability seems synonymous with old age among Nigerians. This article maintains that, as a phenomenon that requires attention, elderly vulnerability in relation to population aging, can be approached by strengthening informal social protection. Importantly, where necessary, a synergy should be innovated between formal and informal social protection systems. The framework for analysis was sourced from aging and modernization theory. The integration of these perspectives explains why formal social protection has rendered the elderly in Nigeria more vulnerable. The framework also justified the need for resorting to potentialities, within informal social protection. It was highlighted that, informal social protection can serve as an option for addressing elderly vulnerability, based on a subjective analysis of the wide range of traditional informal strategies available, within Nigerian communities. However, the analysis was limited to modernization theory, while a wider more comprehensive analysis could be attained by the integration of other theories

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Neoliberalism and Resilience Among Older Yoruba People in a Semiurban Community, South West Nigeria

Agunbiade

Akinyemi

2016

Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology

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Ageing and national development in Nigeria: Costly assumptions and challenges for the future

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Explanations around physical abuse, neglect and preventive strategies among older Yoruba people (60+) in urban Ibadan Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study

Explanations around physical abuse, neglect and preventive strategies among older Yoruba people (60+) in urban Ibadan Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study

Old Age Vulnerability and Formal Social Protection in Nigeria: The Need for Renewed Focus on Prospects of Informal Social Protection

Neoliberalism and Resilience Among Older Yoruba People in a Semiurban Community, South West Nigeria

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