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Acquisition Experience and Behavioural Dispositions of Employees in CNSSL
(Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, 2017) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Atolagbe O. E.; Ibrahim A. K.; Lawal E. E.
Causes of Intergroup Conflict Between Herdsmen and Farmers in North Central Nigeria
(Department of Sociology, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria, 2015-07) Babatunde I. A.; Olatunji Abdulganiy; Issah Moshood
Naturally, man is created to live in groups, and through group life, man has been able to overcome many challenges of nature. However, despite numerous benefits inherent in group living, it could also be source of problems in some instances especially when the groups existing in a society differ in terms of one social property or the other. Practically, Nigeria is a society consisting of different social groups delineated on several social variables ranging from language, ethnicity, belief system, cultural and occupational background. These social variables have been the basis of social categorization and have been source of differences and conflicts among various social groups existing in the country. In contemporary Nigeria, cases of intergroup conflicts are becoming too prevalent. An example of such is the prevalent intergroup conflicts between the Fulani who are usually herders and the natives who are usually farmers. This paper theoretically examines the causes of inter-group conflict between the Fulani herders and the native farmers in the North-Central Nigeria. As a theoretical discussion, narrative research approach was used to achieve the study objective. Based on the position of the theories, the paper observed that intergroup conflicts between the Fulani herders and the native farmers were consequences of certain socio-economic cum political factors and the paper recommended that some measures should be taken in order to resolve problems of inter-group relations between the two groups.
Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and the Challenges of Harmonious Industrial Relations in Nigeria
(Department of Sociology, Osun State University., 2016-01) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Issah Moshood; Lawal Ebenezer Ejalonibu
Harmonious industrial relations have been identified as one of the major ingredients of economic development in contemporary societies. The occurrence of dispute and the eventual mechanisms of settlement goes a long way in determining the nature of interactions and relationships among the stakeholders in the world of work. While there are series of statutory dispute settlement mechanisms and their acclaimed efficiency, industrial conflict are still permanent feature of work organizations in Nigeria. This situation threaten harmonious industrial relations in the country. Consequently, this paper is a contribution to the existing literatures on dispute settlement mechanisms and also a means of improving harmonious industrial relations in Nigeria. The paper observed that the existing dispute settlement mechanisms in Nigeria's industrial relations system are not effective enough to ensure harmonious industrial relations in the country and thus recommended for the strengthening of such ineffective mechanisms.
Economic Recession and Operational Dynamics of Businesses in Molete Market, Ibadan Oyo-State
(Department of Economics, IBB University Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria, 2019-03) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Abubakar A. D.; Tejideen T. O.; Ishola S. O.
Economy is one of the basic social institutions that determine the condition of living of people within a given geographical entity. To this extent, studies have examined various aspects of the economy viz-a-viz the good, the bad and the ugly. One of the negative aspects of the economy that has attracted the attention of scholars is economic recession. To advance the frontier of knowledge on the dynamics of economic recession, this study examined the effect of economic recession on operational dynamics of business as experienced by traders in Molete market, Ibadan-Oyo State. To achieve this objective, the survey was adopted as the research design, all traders in Molete market constituted the study population, and two-stage sampling technique was used to select sample for the study. Both questionnaire and interview were utilized as instruments of data collection. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Frequency count and simple percentage were used as descriptive statistical tools: regression analysis was adopted as the inferential statistical while verbatim quotation method was used to analyse qualitative data collected for the study. Findings of the study revealed that incidence of economic recession has devastating effects on business operational dynamics of the grassroot traders and by implications negatively affected their economic conditions and general livelihood. The study recommends that the Federal ministry of finance should add more to their effort of managing the country out of recession. This could be achieved by floating appropriate economic policies that will mitigate the effects of recession on the people, take the economy out of recession and prevent its further occurrence in the society.
Entrepreneurship Education and Self-Employment Orientation Among Undergraduates in University of Ilorin
(Centre of Entrepreneurship Studies, University of Abuja, Abuja-Nigeria, 2019-03) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Azeez L. O.; Saadu A.
Based on the current Nigeria economic situation characterized by frequent increase in the rate of graduate unemployment, campaign for self-employment orientation has been on the increase and this trend informed the introduction of entrepreneurship education as a means of equipping potential graduates with skills and knowledge needed to develop self-employment orientation. Due to the enormous attention and huge resources dedicated to entrepreneurship education in various higher institutions of learning, there is the need to examine the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in promoting self-employment orientation especially among undergraduates who have been exposed to this form of education. A survey was carried out among students in some faculties at the university of Ilorin based on purposive sampling technique; questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection, the result was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The study finding indicates that there is no significant relationship between entrepreneurship education and self-employment orientation of the sampled undergraduates as entrepreneurship education has not been able to have a Jar-reaching effect on the students. The study thus recommends that entrepreneurship education should go beyond class works as practicum should be included, and moreover, effort should be made to address the university curriculum and allow for a strong emphasis on practical entrepreneurial trainings.
Governance Terrorism and Security Challenges in the North-Easthern Nigeria
(DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, 2015-04) Issah Moshood; Olatunji Abdulganiy; Babatunde Isiaka Olayiwola
It is apparent that the campaign of terror unleashed by the members of the Boko-Haram terrorist organization has defied all solutions. Although there are a number of theoretical and empirical studies on the pervasive problem of terrorism in Nigeria, most recent studies have not specifically and adequately examined the possible connection between the components of good governance and terrorism in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this paper examined the nexus between the elements of good governance and domestic terrorism in North-eastern Nigeria; thereby injecting new insights into the on-going academic and intellectual discourses on the terrorism in Nigeria. In achieving this, relevant literatures were reviewed and secondary data were sourced. The problem of insurgency was situated within the theoretical framework of Strategic Choice and Political Process. The paper found that the failure of Nigerian government in addressing the problems of youth unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and socio-economic inequality, particularly in the North-eastern Nigeria, provided a fertile ground for the development of religious fundamentalism, which has led to Islamic insurgency in the region. Against this backdrop this paper recommended that good governance through massive initiation and implementation of poverty alleviation programme in the region; pursuance of sound educational policy aimed at bridging the gap between North and South; and intensive campaign against political corruption that has become endemic among the Northern political elites. Also, ideological orientation and re-orientation should be widely embarked upon in order to change the rigid and extreme religious ideology.
Morality, Leadership and Governance; Setting Models for Responsible Political Leadership in Nigeria
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal University, Lokoja, 2018-01) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Noah Yusuf; Issah Moshood; Ibrahim ABdullahi Kayode; Lawal Ebenezer Ejalonibu
Morality is concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviours. While no society has strict laws governing morality among its members, nevertheless, there are strong moral codes and rules expected of them. Religious doctrines also contain specific injunctions on basic moral principles guiding adherents. Thus, every society has guidelines for the moral conduct of its people. The concern of this paper is the nexus between morality, leadership and governance with a view to setting a template for responsible political leadership in Nigeria. The contemporary Nigerian society has witnessed a steady decline in moral standards over the years. In particular, concern has been expressed on the apparent immoral conducts of the nation’s political actors at all levels. Rather than being an avenue for national development, politics in Nigeria has become a lucrative business venture for different calibers of people. Thus, as a purely business enterprise, only those who have money (money bags) could venture into it for the sole purpose of making more money (profits). The results of this are reflected in decades of under-development, political instability, corruption and infrastructural decay. The paper addresses this vexed issue of morality, leadership and governance in Nigeria. It draws a parallel between moral decadence and bad governance in the country and demonstrated that in several ways, the current political, economic and social travails bedeviling the country are not unconnected with the moral decline among both rulers and the ruled. Consequently, the paper set a template for responsible political leadership in the country through moral rebirth.
Motivation as a Determinant of Employees' Productivity: A Study of Communication Network Support Service Limited (CNSSL), Ilorin
(University of Abuja, Abuja, 2016-03) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Lawal E. E.; Badmus A. E.; Tejideen T. O.
Even though series of research efforts have been directed towards analyzing the impact of motivation on employee's behavior, very few of such researches were empirically situated and not much of such were carried out in private organizations in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this research study was conducted to empirically examine the influence of motivational packages on productive prospect of employees using workers of CNSSL., Ilorin as the case study. The main objective of the study is to determine how motivational factors affect productivity of employees in an organization. Survey design was adopted to achieve the objectives of the study. Data for the study were collected through the use of questionnaires. Frequency Distribution was used for descriptive analysis while chi-square (X) was also used as the inferential statistical tool. The study found that motivational factors such as attractive salary package, housing, promotion, training, safety and security etc are the factors with most significant impact while poor motivational incentives such as poor work environment, salary deduction and delays in promotion of employees are some of the factors that are found to be insignificant which negatively affect productivity of CNSSL employees. The study thus, concluded that motivation is an important determinant of employee's productivity and it is recommended that employers of labour should take the motivational incentives of their employees more seriously as it will go a long way in making them achieve their business objectives more effectively and efficiently.
Nature of Employment and Work behaviour of Bank Employees
(Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria, 2015-06) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Ola Rilwan Sakariyahu; Sunday Akor Joseph; Abiodun Ismael Badmus
This paper examines if significant difference exists in the work behaviour of employees based on nature of employment (permanent or temporary). Survey method was used to conduct the study and the study respondents were employees of Guaranty Trust Bank in Ilorin metropolis, a judgmental sampling technique was used to select 107 employees; questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. 98 copies of questionnaire were returned and only 90 copies were found to be useful for analysis. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyse the data after it was found that the distribution of the sample data was deviating from normal based on the Shapiro-Wick result. Two hypotheses were tested to achieve the study objectives. The two hypotheses show that significant differences existed in the work commitment level and labour turnover intentions of employees due to the differences in their nature of employment. The results showed that, comparatively, job commitment level of individuals on temporary nature of appointment was lower than those on permanent appointment. Employees on temporary nature of appointment had a higher tendency of leaving the organization compared with those on permanent nature of appointment. Based on the above, the study concluded that temporary nature of appointment had negative effects on work behaviours of bank employees. The study thus recommended that utilization of temporary nature of appointment should be discouraged in order to reduce labour turnover prospect and improve the commitment level of all and sundry in the organisation.
Performance Appraisal in Formal Work Organization
(Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Ilorin., 2015) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Issah Moshood; Akor Sunday Joseph
Performance appraisal is an important organizational practice required for the effective management of modern work organizations. The philosophy of performance appraisal is hinged on the fact that in order to achieve an ever-progressive productive capacity of the employees, there is the need for time to time evaluation of their activities not only to achieve the organizational objectives but also to encourage the employees to develop productive work behaviours. However, despite the importance of performance appraisal to the effective performance of today's work organizations, many managers of performance appraisal to the effective performance of today's work organizations, many managers have not take cognizance of the practice; even some who are aware of it perform the exercise wrongly. As such, this paper is an effort geared towards correcting this anomaly which could be responsible for prevalent rate of counter-productive behaviours in many work organizations in Nigeria today. In other words, this paper examine the importance of performance appraisal in formal work organization and at the same time assess some important existing appraisal methods. In the end, the paper recommended some salient points which if strictly followed in the performance appraisal exercise will not only make performance appraisal exercise possible but also fruitful.
Socio-Cultural Determinants of Business Innovation: In Kwara State, Nigeria
(Centre of Entrepreneurship Studies, University of Abuja, Abuja-Nigeria., 2019-03) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Tejideen T. O; Afunja S. I.
Entrepreneurship has been one of the most discussed issues in today's global world. The increasing discussion on entrepreneurship is borne out of the fact that entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a viable engine of economic development of a country. The realization of the relevance of entrepreneurship has made researchers in related academic disciplines put vested interest in academic analysis of the phenomenon. Despite the relevance of socio-cultural elements in determining human behaviour generally, not so many of the existing researches have empirically underscored this point. Thus, this study intends to empirically examine the possible effect of socio-cultural (actors on entrepreneurial innovation using selected entrepreneurs in Kwara State as the case in point. Methodology adopted for the study is a survey: the population of the study consists of all registered entrepreneurs with the local government headquarters as at when this research was conducted. The study used multi-stage sampling system 10 select the sample. Questionnaire and Focus group discussions were used as instrument of data collection for the study. Frequency distribution and simple percentage were used as descriptive statistics while regression was used as the inferential statistical tool. Verbatim quotation was also used to analyse the qualitative data generated for the study. The study found out that socio-cultural factors have significant effect on innovation tendencies of the entrepreneur, thus we recommended that socio-cultural factors should be given prominence in the analysis of the determinant of business innovation of entrepreneurs
Socio-cultural Factors and Financial Literacy Practices of Micro-entrepreneurs in Kwara State
(Department of Economics, Ambrose Alli, University, Ekpoma, 2016) Sakariyahu Ola Rilwan; Olatunji Abdulganiy; Jimoh Abdulrasaq Taiye
Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) form the bedrock of significant growth in many developing economies of the world. Owners of SMEs however, are influenced by certain socio cultural factors in the bid to making sound financial decisions. Financial literacy is the acquisition of financial skills and knowledge by individuals with a view to earning more, spending less and getting things done appropriately. This paper examined the influence of socio-cultural factors on the financial literacy practices of micro-entrepreneurs in Kwara state. Religious belief, cultural conception of financial management and group membership served as proxies for socio-cultural factors while book keeping practice and utilization of financial services were proxies for financial literacy practices. Primary data were obtained from selected micro entrepreneurs across the three senatorial districts of the state. Data were analyzed using binary logistic regression and the results showed that culture and group membership have probable significant influence on each of the proxies of financial literacy practices while religiosity was found to be statistically insignificant at 10% alpha level. The study therefore recommends that government in conjunction with financial institutions should start to promote various financial education programs so that micro-entrepreneurs will be able to get basic and advanced financial knowledge through organized seminars and workshops. These programmes should focus particularly on important life-planning aspects such as basic savings, debt, insurance, retirement plans or pensions.
Socio-Cultural Factors, Entrepreneural Policies and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
(Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, Bayero Univeristy Kano, Nigeria, 2023-09) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Falabi Modupeola Olamide; Abdulganiyu ABdullahi
One of the major focus of successive governments in Nigeria is for the country to attain sustainable development. One of the key tools that could be used to achieve this goal as identified by many development scholars is the development of entrepreneurship ecosystem. Consequently, over the years, Nigeria government has put vested interest in the development of this sector by initiating series of public policies and programmes. However, the sector is yet to grow appreciably despite the enormous efforts put up by successive governments. This paper argued that the persistence neglect of the relevance of socio-cultural factors in the formation and implementation of entrepreneurial policies in the country could be counted as one of the major factors militating against the effective workability of such policies. Arguing through sociological lens, this paper utilized rational-conceptual approach to assert the fact that there is the need to give socio-cultural elements prominent consideration in the formulation and implementation of entrepreneurial policies so that people's socio-cultural realities such as family socialization patterns, culture of business orientations, educational background could be captured. The study concluded that socio-cultural factors play significant role in determining the success or otherwise of any entrepreneurship policy. Based on the findings, the study recommended that such socio-cultural factors should often be identified and considered in the formulation and implementation of entrepreneurial policies to enable the vibrancy of such policies that it would enhance sustainable socio-economic development in the country. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Policies, Sustainable Development, Sociologist, Socio-cultural Elements.
The Relevance of Guidance and Counseling in Entrepreneurial Empowerment
(Faculty of Social Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, 2012-12) Olatunji Abdulganiy
More recent than ever, it is becoming more evident that entrepreneurial development is a necessary ingredient for economic development of any nation in this modern world. Accordingly, government at all levels in Nigeria has vested a significant interest in the development of the entrepreneurial sector by initiating various entrepreneurial empowerment policies in order to eradicate poverty and to enhance economic development of the Nigerian society. Despite all the efforts, entrepreneurship development in Nigeria is still a mystery. Various factors are responsible for the failure of entrepreneurial policies in Nigeria. Lack of entrepreneurial guidance and counselling services is seen as one of the major factors responsible for the failure of entrepreneurial empowerment policies in Nigeria. The study recommends that entrepreneurial guidance and counselling should be given utmost priority in any entrepreneurial empowerment.programme in Nigeria in order to achieve the desired purpose.
Trade Unions and Enhancement of Working Condition of Factory Workers in Seven-Up Bottling Company Ilorin
(Department of Public Administration, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria, 2017) Olatunji Abdulganiy; Afolayan O.; Atolagbe O. E.; Ibrahim A. K.
The importance of working condition in any industrial set-up has been widely acknowledged. This is because of its effects on the work process generally. Based on this observation, researches have shown that working condition could be enhanced by series of factors and the existence of trade union activities has been identified as one of such factors but this has only been academically acknowledged from theoretical perspective only. Therefore, this study empirically investigated if the existence of trade union in a work organization have significant relationship with achieving an improved working conditions of workers in Seven-Up Bottling Company. Ilorin. Survey design was adopted and quantitative data were gathered through the use of structured questionnaire. Frequency tables and percentage were used as descriptive of trade union in a work organization have significant relationship with the attainment of improved working statistical tools while chi-square was used to test if significant relationship exists between the dependent and independent variables of the study. The findings revealed that the existence conditions of employees in the selected organization. The study concluded that the existence of trade union goes a long way in bringing about an improved working condition of employees in a work organization. On the basis of this finding, it was recommended that trade union should improve on their role in protecting worker's interests especially those that are related to the improvement of the working condition of employees in work organizations.

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