The Nigerian Economy in the Face of Socio-Political Challenges

Obamuyi, Tomola Marshal; Fapetu, Oladapo

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“…According to Obamuyi & Oladapo (2016), the Nigerian government under President Obasanjo came up with the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (NEEDS) in 2003 as an encompassing developmental policy going by its objective to stimulate growth and ascertain poverty curtailment, provide empowerment, job creation, wealth creation, and transformation of the Nigerian society (Uche, 2019). However, NEEDS was engulfed with insufficiency, ineffectiveness, unanalytical approach, without an appropriate economic target, and devoid of a right-based approach; consequently, NEEDS policy failed to actualize the needs of the Nigerian citizens.…”

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“…In a study by Obamuyi & Oladapo (2016) on the Nigerian economy and the propensity for development, the duo observed that despite human and material resources endowment, corruption, poverty, unemployment, insecurity, politics and governance amid several other issues in Nigeria are hindering factors to the attainment of development in the country. To ensure economic development and progress in policy development, the government must be accountable for managing the national resources to prevent recklessness, poverty, and unemployment with a strong emphasis on policy formulation with the intention of economic development.…”

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Military Civilian Regimes and Socio Economic Development in Nigeria a Comparative Discourse and Evaluation

Ita

2024

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Nigeria, like other African countries, is faced with the problem of providing its citizens with the basic needs that make life worth living, whether under the military or civilian regime. This paper attempted a comparative evaluation of the military and civilian administrations’ efforts at the socio-economic development of Nigeria. The paper relied heavily on data culled from existing records and analysed using descriptive techniques. The paper noted that both the military and civilian regimes in Nigeria have initiated and implemented several policies and programmes towards the socio-economic development of the country but with little and in most cases, no positive impact on the lives of the citizens. The paper observed conclusively that the civilians are believed to be the best administrators of government whereas the military are meant to be specialists in handling ammunition and warrelated strategies, not governance. It was recommended that the Nigerian government should encourage professionalism as well as increase budgetary allocation to military formations to keep them from meddling in governance while the civilian administrators should endeavour to reduce unemployment and inflation rates in addition to improving the nation’s GDP through sustainable economic policies.

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Military Civilian Regimes and Socio Economic Development in Nigeria a Comparative Discourse and Evaluation

Ita

2024

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“…Similar to other countries of the world facing certain challenges peculiar to their territories, Nigeria too cannot be excluded from challenges peculiar to her socio-political environment. Prominent among the socio-political issues retarding Nigeria's growth and development include corruption, poverty, unemployment, insecurity, political instability and bad governance (Obamuyi & Fapetu, 2016). To inform Nigerians about these socio-political challenges and call the attention of political actors (such as governments and politicians) to the challenges, the mass media is expected to perform the multiple roles of information dissemination, education, sensitization and surveillance of its environment.…”

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Media framing and construction of socio-political issues in Nigeria: (Dis)connection between theory and professional ethics?

Ajetunmobi

2023

MEDITERR J SOC BEH RES

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For decades, the socio-political environment the press operates in had conditioned it to always build prominence around phenomena and people, using language as a strong carrier. Knowing full well that the press can escalate or de-escalate the salience of events through news reportage, media scholars saw the necessity for the institutionalization of some regulatory principles for the press. This is known as social responsibilities. This position paper interrogates the connection or disconnection between two media theories (framing and identity construction) and Nigerian journalism practice as codified by Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) code of ethics, using the farmer-herder crisis and Independent People of Biafra’s (IPOB) call for secession as cases. Having identified a plethora of negative frames and constructed identities around the two cases selected from 19 empirical papers conducted between 2015 and 2021, the findings show that the Nigerian press (newspapers) lean more towards war and ethnic journalism than peace/solution-driven journalism while reporting issues related to the two cases. The paper argues that the journalism practice of the Nigerian press, most times, aligns with the propositions of framing and identity construction theories, but largely disconnects from its ethical principles. In order to have a socially responsible journalism practice in Nigeria, this paper joins the conversation on advocacy for peace/solution-driven journalism.

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“…Expectedly, educational institutions like a university could act as a bridge between practitioners, students and lecturers in the context of schools' entrepreneurship programmes [31,41]. It is instructive to note that entrepreneurs who are educated had advantages in contributing to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of nations of the world [47]. This article considers the submission of [29] that the universities are fast becoming centres of attention in the world.…”

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Complementary Approach to Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities: A Conceptual Framework

Fayomi¹,

Fields²,

Arogundade³

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Purpose-The conventional mode of teaching entrepreneurship in most of the Nigerian universities seems to not be sufficiently adequate to increase entrepreneurial action to decrease rates of graduates' unemployment. Design/methodology/ approach-Adopting primary and secondary sources of data, the article examined the influence of teaching and learning methods on perceived desirability for entrepreneurship. A total of 701 questionnaires were administered, of which 664 questionnaires were validly retrieved through combining stratified and systematic sampling techniques. The investigation yielded 94% response rate from the population groups of lecturers, postgraduate and final year students of three selected universities in Southwest Nigeria. Inferential statistics including Pearson's correlation, t-tests, and chi-square at p-value (0.05) level of significance were employed for the statistical analyses. Findings-The university-level entrepreneurship training demands cognitive and non-cognitive activities as the minimum benchmark for learning entrepreneurship. The operating curriculum predominately remains academics while performance assessments are written examinations which are mark driven. A significant positive correlation was established between the use of more theoretical learning patterns and the mind-sets for remunerative employment, as opposed desirability for entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implication-The content of information in this study limits the results of the research to the studied participants, which also limits the reach of the study to the three universities, where the study was conducted. Originality/ value-The value is a guiding framework that promotes paradigm shift from perspective highly curriculum content-based approach to a more inclusive outcome-based model, that is more of collaboration, partnership and engagement with key stakeholders in entrepreneurial development.

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The Nigerian Economy in the Face of Socio-Political Challenges

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Military Civilian Regimes and Socio Economic Development in Nigeria a Comparative Discourse and Evaluation

Military Civilian Regimes and Socio Economic Development in Nigeria a Comparative Discourse and Evaluation

Media framing and construction of socio-political issues in Nigeria: (Dis)connection between theory and professional ethics?

Complementary Approach to Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities: A Conceptual Framework

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