Browsing by Author "Fajonyomi, M.G"

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    In-building Adult Education into conflict prevention strategy in Africa: Derivable of warning signs
    (African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018-06-05) Fajonyomi, A.A; Fajonyomi, M.G; Ambali, T.T
    Restoration of peace after a prolonged conflict seems arduous, if not impossible, in conflict-riddled states in Africa. Often, it appears resolved only to reoccur and at times escalate to greater dimension. Thus, peace tends to be elusive as insecurities and crises pervade the region. More, it appears solutions workable in other situations and regions of the world are not applicable in Africa and conversely suggesting that other innovative approaches should be considered and tried. This paper proposes a complementary strategy to address intractable problems of insecurity and conflict in the region. It is a theoretical paper which reflects a common parlance that ‘prevention is better than cure’. The paper has five sections. First, it revisits and discusses conflicts in the region which are in varying dimensions, from boundary disputes, cattle rustlings, insurgencies, religious bigotries, xenophobic attacks to terrorisms. These incidences have untold effect on national and regional development. Second, the paper highlights warning signs which are indicators of national or regional vulnerability to conflict eruption and bases for the content, delivery mode and evaluation of the proposed adult education integrated strategy-ICPAES. Third, a frame of reference that shows links among the components of the strategy is presented and described. Fourth, the paper highlights roles of universities in the implementation of the strategy. Finally, the conclusion is presented.
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    Information Seeking Behaviour on Abused Substances Among Secondary School Students in Ilorin-South, Nigeria: Precursor to Mental Health Counselling
    (Journal of Professional Counselling, 2020) Fajonyomi, Oluwafemi Joseph; Ogungbade, O.K; Fajonyomi, M.G
    Increase in mental health cases among adolescents of secondary school age as a result of drug abuse is of grave concern to Nigerians and international communities and it is begging for decisive attention. In recognition of the conjecture that adolescence is a critical time for prevention of diseases and mental disorders and for the benefits of basing mental health counselling programmes on the information need and seeking behaviour exhibited by the adolescent, the present study investigated abused drugs secondary school students seek information on; the reasons for seeking information on abused drugs; ascertain their sources of obtaining information and drew implications for mental health counselling. The study was a quantitative type, conducted using survey research method. The population consisted of all secondary school students in private and public schools with a sample size of 224 which was determined by Cochran’s formula and selected using multistage sampling technique. In collecting the data, a researcher-made questionnaire was validated and tested for reliability using Cronbach’s alpha method. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics including frequency counts and percentages. The findings revealed that the students sought information on array of drugs being abused at a varying degree but less interested in hard ones ; while the sources of obtaining information on drug use and abuse were ‘friends/peer group’, ‘ internet, ‘virtual social media’, ‘classroom teaching’ ‘school environment’, neighbourhood practice’, ‘television’ ‘siblings/family members’ with the least being printed materials in libraries, they searched for information mostly on how drug relate to ‘overcoming shyness’, ‘academic performance enhancement’ and ‘outperform in competition’. Implications of the findings for mental health counselling were drawn: that mental health medical counsellors should take account of the value of students’ behaviour in mental health counselling; recognise knowledge, information needs and seeking behaviour as integral of cognitive information processing approach (CIP) to decision making in counselling, as it concerns drug abuse and mental health, and; appreciate the outcome of information seeking behaviour research while developing mental health inventory and school counselling programmes on drug use. Lastly, the study implied that librarians, particularly medical librarians and professional counsellors, mental health counsellors need to collaborate in addressing mental health issues in the society, most especially in the educational institutions, through sensitization, workshops and conferences.