Characteristics of Commercial Motorcyclists in Benin City: Implications for Road Safety

Okojie, OH; Omuemu, VO; Ighodaro, JN

doi:10.4314/jmbr.v5i1.10684

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“…High level of unemployment has led to increasing number of illtrained commercial motorcycle riders; ethno-political violence and armed robbery are on the rise in the country. 3,7 Due to persistent energy crisis, there is frequent adulteration of petroleum products, storage of petrol around residential buildings for fuelling domestic power generators, sporadic fire accidents and burns. These problems have contributed to high trauma related morbidity and mortality in the country.…”

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“…In a study carried out among commercial motorcyclists in Benin City, Nigeria, majority (86.5%) of the motorcyclists did not have any formal driving training. Only about half of the studied population (51.3%) wore helmets and none provided helmets for their passengers 7 . Compliance with seat belt use is also poor in Nigeria.…”

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“…A report from the country showed that most of the commercial motorcyclist studied (64.7%) used alcohol and a significant proportion (42.1%) used psychoactive drugs including kolanut, coffee, snuff, Indian hemp and sedatives. 7 Burn injuries have assumed alarming levels in Nigeria. While it has been noted that mortality from burn injury worldwide is on the decline, it still represents a significant contributor of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria 8 .…”

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Trauma admissions to the ICU of a tertiary hospital in a low resource setting

Adenekan¹,

Faponle²

2010

Afr J Anaes Int Care

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Background: Trauma remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in resource challenged economies. In Nigeria, the number of deaths due to trauma-induced injuries is on the rise. Major trauma victims are usually admitted into the intensive care unit in our hospital. The aim of this study is to assess the outcome of the trauma cases admitted to the ICU. Methods: We performed an eight-year retrospective review of all trauma admissions into our multidisciplinary six bed intensive care unit (ICU) to assess the impact of trauma on the ICU. Data collected was processed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Scientists 16.0. Results: Three hundred and seventy two cases (372) cases of major trauma were admitted during the study period, representing 41.6% of the total ICU admissions. The male to female ratio was 2.3:1, while the mean age of the trauma patients was 32.8 yrs compared to 37.0 yrs for non-trauma cases. Trauma admissions were almost exclusively emergencies (93.8%) with a mean ICU length of stay of 7.7 ± 8.1 days. Survivors had a statistically significant longer length of stay (LOS) than non-survivors (11.6 ± 9.8 vs. 4.2 ± 3.9 days [p = 0.0001]). Mortality rate of trauma patients was significantly higher than that of all ICU admissions (53.2% vs. 37.9%, p = 0.0001). Road traffic crashes were responsible for most deaths (68.6%) followed by burn injuries (29.9%). Conclusion: Trauma is a leading cause of intensive care utilization in our hospital,. Management strategy should include increased public enlightenment campaign, enforcement of safety rules and improved pre-and in-hospital care of trauma victims.

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Trauma admissions to the ICU of a tertiary hospital in a low resource setting

Adenekan¹,

Faponle²

2010

Afr J Anaes Int Care

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“…As an Art historian, she studied Esan carving traditions. The contributions of Okojie (1963 and1994) are noteworthy. Until about two decades ago, some of these palaces retained their old structures with many courtyards.…”

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Harnessing the Potential of Indigenous Knowledge in the Development of Cultural Industries in Esanland, Nigeria

Charles Onomudo Aluede

2023

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The Esan is a unique ethnic group in the Edo Central Senatorial district of Edo State of Nigeria. This work gives a detailed account on the nature of the people’s indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) which is eclectic and transdisciplinary. Within this transdisciplinary framework, is the (w)holistic conception of knowledge that pays no heed to the decompartmentalization of knowledge as conceived in the Western sense. Today, this age-old tradition is threatened not just by Western forces of acculturation, but by the same indigenous people who now feel that anything indigenous is fetish, heathenistic and retrogressive. In this study, review of relevant literature, interviews, observational techniques and group discussions were used in eliciting data. Although there are specific Esan practices worth propagating, commodifying the arts and crafts of the Esan race will require censorship lest we run the risks of commodifying our arts and crafts and dehumanizing humanities.

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“…The first purpose is to spot the term Ishoshi in an Esan song and the second purpose is to provide the basis for such a development. According to Okojie (1994), before 1900 missionaries had started paying frequent evangelistic visits to Esanland and by 1902, the first primary school was established by the Catholic mission in Irrua. The Iyayi religious movement became prominent in Esan around the 1920s.…”

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Socio-musical acculturation in Igbe and Iyayi religious movements among the Urhobo and Esan of Nigeria

Aluede,

Ekewenu

2023

Critical Research on Religion

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This study traces the spread of the Igbe religion of the Urhobo people of Delta State in Nigeria to other ethnic cultures in the Benin Province in Nigeria where Igbe became known as the Osenughegbe and Iyayi religions. In doing this, it examines the religious, social, and musical transitions in this cross-cultural migration. This study adopts descriptive and historical approaches by deploying qualitative research methods; it elicited much of its data from interviews and non-participant observation. Ten temples were studied; five temples each were selected from the Delta and Edo states. The data drawn is descriptively presented and interpreted. The study found that Iyayi borrowed a lot from Igbe in terms of ritual practices, dressing, vocabulary, music, and dance. These greatly facilitated Igbe’s cross-cultural migration to other ethnic cultures. It concludes that Igbe music has a social value which has greatly accounted for Igbe’s influences in its cross-cultural migration with Iyayi as one of the recipients.

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Characteristics of Commercial Motorcyclists in Benin City: Implications for Road Safety

Cited by 6 publications

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Trauma admissions to the ICU of a tertiary hospital in a low resource setting

Trauma admissions to the ICU of a tertiary hospital in a low resource setting

Harnessing the Potential of Indigenous Knowledge in the Development of Cultural Industries in Esanland, Nigeria

Socio-musical acculturation in Igbe and Iyayi religious movements among the Urhobo and Esan of Nigeria

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