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Item ‘Apartheid’ in British Colonial Nigeria: Dynamics of Recurrent Ethno-religious Conflicts in Nigeria(Published by the Faculty of Arts, Business and Science University College of the North Manitoba, Canada, 2022-09) Aboyeji, Adeniyi Justus; Adimula, Ruth Abiola; Aboyeji, Oyeniyi Solomon; Ibrahim, Bashir OlaitanThis paper expounds its thesis, bordering on Nigeria’s balkanisation along regional-cum-ethno-religious divides, using the historical-narrative-cum-analytical approach. Having perceived the sombre religious threat to inter-group relations in northern Nigeria, the British colonialists, beginning with Kano, designated segregated districts: ‘township’ (occupied by the British), Birni (exclusively for Hausa-Fulani Kanawa Muslims) and Tundun-Wada, Gwargwarma and Sabon-Gari (for southern Christian immigrants). The British initiated an ordinance, which birthed the Sabon-Gari settlement system in Northern Nigeria, to prevent contact. This ‘Sabon-Gari’ culture began in Kano in 1911 and gradually filtered throughout Northern Nigeria. Similarly, in southern Nigeria, the Igbo established the ‘Garki’ quarters where the Hausawa were settled. Elsewhere, they were resettled in separate ‘Sabo’ quarters, in tandem with the British ethno-religious segregationist policies analogous to Southern Africa’s apartheid. Health-wisely, certain sanatoria were designated specifically as European or African. This ‘apartheid’ “European Quarters” designation has survived till date as a post-independence legacy, dubbed Government Reservation Areas (GRAs). Conclusively, the divide and rule tactics Britain administered the country with, provoked and strengthened in-group self-consciousness and bonding, and out-group bickering and balkanisation. We recommend, inter alia, a revert of the colonialist divisive ideology, which stirs perpetual division, competition and bigotry between the Muslim-dominated north and Christian-dominant south.Item COVID-19 and Internal Migration of Itinerant Almajiri in NIGERIA(2020) Adimula, Ruth AbiolaItem Impact of Globalization on the Economic Security of African Countries(Lapai International Journal of Administration, 2018-12) Raji, Shittu Ade; Adimula, Ruth Abiola; Letswa, A.MGlobalization, both as a concept and process is very central to the development of nation-states in the contemporary international system having promoted massive movement of fund, goods and services across the globe from where states benefit. However, globalization has different effects on the participating states by giving economic security and financial prosperity to those who are able to compete favorably in the process while impoverishing other countries that are less competitive. This paper appraised the impact of globalization on the socio-economic development of African countries. Findings of the study, which was anchored on secondary data, were that globalization has lifted many African countries from shackle of absolute poverty and positively enhanced their efforts at achieving sustainable development. Conversely, the process has undermined development efforts in Africa due to many factors that included unjust global trade rules, weak technical know-how and dilapidated social infrastructure. It is concluded that though globalization has relatively enhanced the economic security of some African states that have the capacity to compete in the process, the development process in many African countries are largely threatened by stunted growth, protracted civil war and economic insecurity. In spite of its huge marginalization from the globalization process, Africa should not delink from the process because no nation can escape from it; especially within the contemporary Uni-polar neo-liberal world order that has inescapably coerced developing countries into the Globalization process. Africa should fix her dilapidated infrastructure and seek mutually rewarding trade relations with her development partners to guarantee sustainable development within the globalization process.Item ‘Lagos State Special People’s Law: A Simplified Version’(Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association of Nigeria and the Lagos State Government., 2019) Adimula, Ruth Abiola; Amoloye-Adebayo, Azizat Omotoyosi; Kazeem, S.B.; Oyegunle, S.O.Item Multi-disciplinarity and Town-Gown Synergy: Sine qua non for Regional Industrialisation and Economic Transformation(Universites d’Abomey-Calavi Faculte Lettres, Langues, Art et Communication LASODYLA-REYO/UAC –2019, Benin Republic, 2019-12) Aboyeji, Adeniyi Justus; Aboyeji, Oyeniyi Solomon; Adimula, Ruth AbiolaThis paper examines the functionality of West African universities vis-à-vis their tripartite mandate—teaching, research and community service. Given that University research increases the body of theoretical knowledge, its application to societal problems, professional training for high-level jobs, and the education necessary for personality and societal development, this paper establishes the town-gown nexus as sine qua non for West African sub-regional industrialisation and economic transformation. It is scandalous that but for Cape Town University, South-Africa, ranked 200th of the top 1000 universities worldwide, Africa would have been completely missing on the top 200 list, going by the 2019 QS World University Ranking. Only three other (two South-African and one Egyptian) African Universities appear in the top 500. No West African university made that 1000 list. This study attempts an analytical and discussant study approach, utilising available source-materials—books, journals, unpublished theses and careful internet surfing. The business of universities is to identify societal problems and conduct researches to solve them. Findings show that most universities live in relative isolation from the larger society; as mono-causality and poor research dissemination have hitherto crippled the quest for creativity and innovation required to unleash sustainable development. Decrying the dilapidating state of Universities, the hub of structured research, the late Unilorin orator, Professor Shehu Jimoh, observed: “They refer to tertiary institutions, especially Universities as 'Ivory Towers' but I must say, with what is going on in these institutions of learning today, it would appear that the ivory has oozed out of the towers”. Thus, spirited efforts must be launched to restore the ivory to their dilapidating towers. We recommend, inter alia therefore, a paradigm shift from mono-causal to multi-inter-cum-trans-disciplinary research approach, and a proper synergy between the town and the gown as sine qua non for West African regional industrialisation and economic transformation.Item Resolving the Share-Tsaragi Crises through the Internal Mechanisms of Religion and Inter-Marriage(Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2021) Olademo, O.; Omotoye, R. W.; Ikibe, S. O.; Ibraheem, Lateef Onireti; Tijani, Y. O.; Aboyeji, Adeniyi Justus; Abubakre, Samiat O.; Adebisi, A.A.; Fahm, AbdulGafar Olawale; Adimula, Ruth AbiolaShare and Tsaragi, two neighbouring communities in KwaraState, Nigeria, have not yet imbibed the culture of peaceful co-existence. There have been about six commissions/panels on the two communities’ boundary dispute between 1976 and 2015, whose recommendations have either been rejected by warring parties or never implemented by the relevant authorities. The focus of this study is to examine how religion and inter-marriage could lead to lasting solution andreconciliatory measures to foster peace in the inter-communal conflict between the two communities, which have lingered for too long. The study was both descriptive and analytical. The primary sources of data collection were questionnaires, and structural interview. The Likert Scale was used to measure the response on all dimensions of 128 respondents selected, using a convenience sampling technique. Structural interviews and confidence building workshops were conducted with/for stakeholders in the two communities. Data analysis was done using SPSS software, simple percentage and descriptive analysis, respectively. The secondary sources focused on journals, textbooks and the internet relevant to the research topic. Two-key findings of the study are: lack of readiness by the two communities to imbibe genuine spirit of give and take and the viability of religion and inter-marriage as internal mechanism to resolve the crisis. This study is anchored on the territorial theory with three approaches bordering on proximity, interaction and territoriality in explaining why communities rage and wage wars over boundary or territory related matters.