Browsing by Author "Ajadi, M. T."

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    THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
    (2017-10) Ajadi, M. T.
    This paper examined the role of physical education and sports in achieving sustainable development. It examined contributions of physical education and sports in to social and economic development. Literature affirms that the way each individual lives is a major factor for the health and fitness of that person. Again, there are individuals that earn a living through sports. It is only when individuals are physically fit that they will be productive. Based on these and many more, it was recommended among others that, since individuals can be gainfully employed through sports, government should develop functional physical education and sports programmes that will assist individuals to contribute to social and economic development of the nation as this will offer ample opportunities and create economic opportunities.
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    SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AS DETERMINANTS OF SPORTS PARTICIPATION AMONG THE STAFF OF SUPPORT SERVICES UNITS, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN.
    (2020-12) Ajadi, M. T.
    Active participation in sports will bring variety of profound and positive impact on mental and physical health benefits to individuals, university community and society at large. In spite of the benefits, there is a low sports participation among the staff of support services units, University of Ilorin. This paper therefore, investigated the socio-demographic variables (sports facilities’ location, age and gender) in sports participation among the staff of support services units, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all 12 support services units with 2718 staff. Sample random sampling technique was used to select 15 respondents from each unit totaling 180 respondents, representing 6.6% of the total population. Self-development, structured, and validated questionnaire was used to test re-test method of reliability and 0.75ri was obtained. Data were analyzed using inferential statistic of PPMC and the findings revealed that three (3) hypotheses tested were significant. This implies that sport facilities’ location, age and gender, greatly contribute to sports participation among the staff of support services units. Based on the findings, the following conclusion was made, that access to sports infrastructure near their workplaces was associated with their participation in sports, and culture manifests itself in the gender order in society is mentioned by the different units both as a barrier for participation. It is upon these findings that it is recommended that the Department of Human Kinetics Education and Unilorin Sports Council work with the University’s management to look for ways of developing sports infrastructure close to workplaces which greatly affect sport participation and that themes related to sex, gender have a larger place in all spot development workshops and educational courses, independent of the target audience (Staff of support services Units, University of ilorin).