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Item AGEING: A SIN IN NIGERIAN SOCIETY?(Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, 2018-09) Raji, Abdullateef; Folorunsho, Sunkanmi Adams; Adeshina, Ibrahim Olawale; Raji, Abdulwasiu AdeyemiAgeing can be said to be a permanent and irreparable innate process determined by a reduction in mental and equally physical status of people. Due to multiple factors, this essential process and its significance vary significantly among individuals and across cultures. The phenomenon of ageing is not attracting the attention it deserves especially in the developing countries like Nigeria. Importantly, old people in Nigeria are facing many challenges ranging from financial and economic shortcomings, socio-cultural discriminations among others. The study set out to understand the challenges and prospects of ageing in Nigeria. The theory used to explain this is the modernization theory. It was discovered in the study that no active policies or plans have been put in place so far by the government to promote the wellbeing of aged people. The study then recommended that policy formation which will help the old people economically, socially, economically and psychologically.Item Community Organisation and Rural Development(College Press. Lead city university, Ibadan, 2019) Raji, Abdullateef; Adeshina, Ibrahim OlawaleItem Religious Dressing and Morality in Ilorin Metropolis of Kwara State, Nigeria(Journal of Education and Society. Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, 2018-03) Raji, Abdullateef; Muhammed, Abubakar Yinusa; Adeshina, Ibrahim Olawale; Raji, Khalid Olatunji; Sulaiman, Lanre Abdul-Rasheed; Raji, Abdulwasiu AdeyemiReligion is conceived to be greater than an array of beliefs by some people as they are often translated into action. These actions are often showcased in a multitude of ways ranging from the erection of cathedrals of worship to dressing in a particular manner. A key purpose of religious dressing is to exemplify holiness or purity which is usually interpreted to mean morality. Morality entails actions viewed to be proper as distinguished from improper ones. It is in line with this that a study was carried out in Ilorin metropolis in order to establish if there is a significant relationship between the adornment of religious attires and the engagement in moral acts. The social control theory was employed to explain this phenomenon with purposive sampling used in the selection of respondents. The analysis was based on 210 respondents with the use of the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences. The study revealed that the adornment of religious attires has a significant relationship with the engagement in moral acts. Based on this, the study recommends that people should be encouraged to dress to their religious requirement as long as the general public is not put in danger.