Youths' violent resistance of necropolitical landscape of COVID-19 in Nigeria's vanishing foodscapes and waterscapes

Okorie, Victor Ogbonnaya; Okorie, Ndukaku; Amusan, Lere

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100193

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“…Covid-19 is seen to have both exposed and intensified the stark inequalities facing certain populations and groups and exacerbated conditions of differentiated vulnerability (Muniz et al, 2021). Hence, some studies focused on the situation of ethnic minorities in the UK or US during the pandemic (Darian-Smith, 2021;Sandset, 2021) or on the "poorest of the poor" in Nigeria (Okorie, Okorie and Amusan, 2021). Others were concerned with the plight of indigenous people in Northeast India (Malsom and Tripura, 2021) domestic workers, urban poor, indigenous Amazonians or social minorities in Brazil (De Jesus, 2020;Muniz et al, 2021).…”

Section: Death Economicsmentioning

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Pandemic Necrolabour and Essential Workers in the UK and France

Waters

2024

GLJ

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Drawing on recent studies on the necropolitics of Covid-19, this paper focuses on UK and French government policies towards essential workers, examining the conditions under which workers were systematically exposed to deadly harm within these two contrasting economic models. I argue that the pandemic revealed a category of necrolabour whose labour value supersedes their right to life and who could be legitimately sacrificed in the interests of the economy. Statistical recording shows that internationally, death rates amongst low-income essential workers were disproportionately high. We will see that workers’ exposure to death was as much a consequence of state authority that compelled them to continue working, at risk to their lives, as an outcome of official negligence that left many unprotected and lacking basic rights. Without legislative changes to improve employment rights and social protection, the unnecessary deaths of socially marginalised workers in essential jobs are likely to persist in the post-pandemic economy.

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Section: Death Economicsmentioning

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Pandemic Necrolabour and Essential Workers in the UK and France

Waters

2024

GLJ

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Socioecological benefits of academic greenspace for human health, plant, and pollinator diversity: a mixed-method study protocol

Kehinde,

Akinsulore,

Mapayi

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Introduction: Significant risks to the health of humans and ecosystems are posed by environmental pollution, urban warming, and fragmentation, which are primary urban factors that contribute to the deterioration of urban ecosystems. The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is to compare greenspaces in university campuses and the host cities in order to assess how valuable they are for promoting human and ecosystem health in Nigeria. Methods: Mixed-methods research that will be conducted in five tertiary institutions and their host cities in southwestern Nigeria. Based on the objectives, the study is divided into four work packages (WP). WP 1 will use suitable sampling traps and scheduled field observations to quantify the diversity of plants and pollinators. Quantitative evaluation of well-being and mental health will be done in WP 2. In WP 3, the relationship between ecosystem health and mental health will be examined and in-depth interviews will be used to explore the socioecological perceptions and interaction of people with specific indicators of ecosystem health in greenspace. In WP 4, a nature-based intervention will be developed and evaluated in a pilot study to determine its feasibility and acceptability. Results: The 2023 TETFund National Research Fund Intervention provided funding for this work, which is currently ongoing. Conclusion: This project will provide scientific knowledge to support evidence-based policy for relevant stakeholders and regulatory organisations, with the goal of promoting greenspace infrastructure in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

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The link between aphorisms on Jewish eschatological expectation of the anti-Christ and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Pentecostal Christians in Makurdi, Nigeria

Uroko

Okwuosa

2022

Theologia Viatorum

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This study examines the causal link between vaccine refusal in the Makurdi local government region and aphorisms that deal with the Jewish expectation of the anti-Christ. The Benue State government demanded that schools, companies and religious institutions educate their members about vaccinations. Many residents of Makurdi’s local government communities avoided the coronavirus vaccinations. Even when the state government attempted to restrict certain areas to unvaccinated people, it did not alter the stand of Pentecostal Christians in the state. This study was derived through a phenomenological approach. Findings reveal that aphorisms that concern Jewish expectations of the anti-Christ, such as the mark of the beast, hellfire bound, behaving immorally and animalistic tendencies, amongst others, have sustained vaccine hesitancy in Makurdi. Existing literature has failed to establish a causal link between the Christian understandings of Jewish expectations of the anti-Christ in Makurdi, Benue State. This study attempts to fill this gap. It is believed that the recommendations will speak anew to these challenges.

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Youths' violent resistance of necropolitical landscape of COVID-19 in Nigeria's vanishing foodscapes and waterscapes

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Pandemic Necrolabour and Essential Workers in the UK and France

Pandemic Necrolabour and Essential Workers in the UK and France

Socioecological benefits of academic greenspace for human health, plant, and pollinator diversity: a mixed-method study protocol

The link between aphorisms on Jewish eschatological expectation of the anti-Christ and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Pentecostal Christians in Makurdi, Nigeria

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