Browsing by Author "RASAK Bamidele"

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    AIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
    (International Journal of Advanced Academic Research, 2022-05) AKE Modupe; RASAK Bamidele; ASAMU Festus; OGUNLADE Peter; OLOWOJOLU Olakunle; OLADEPO Abimbola Sarah; AKE Susan
    ABSTRACT Air is an important and vital requirement for life. Air sustains life, but it can also snuff out life. With air, one survives and lives; with air, one could also die. So it all boils down to the quality of that air. The role air plays in human life cannot be overemphasized because it is the main reason for life, but due to industrialization the air gradually becomes polluted, making it unsafe for inhaling or breathing. Indoor or outdoor, one is at the risk of this polluted and unhealthy air because almost every breath taken here in Nigeria is like the breath of death. This study therefore, examines harmful effects of air pollution on human health residents in the industrial areas of Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria. The human forcings theory of climate change provided the conceptual framework. The design was survey. A two stage sampling consisting of purposive and simple random techniques were used to select 135 respondents. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on socio demographic characteristics, how air pollution has affected the health status of the respondents, the health challenges faced by respondents, assess the coping mechanism used by respondents and measures that has been taken by Kwara state government in curbing the effects of air pollution in the study areas. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and chi-square test statistics at 5% level of significance. Using 0.05 level of significance, the null hypothesis was rejected since the chi-square tabulated is lesser than the chi-square calculated, meaning that “there is no relationship between air pollution and the health status of residents around the industrial area in Ilorin, Kwara State”. The study recommended that in order to minimize the harmful effect of air pollution, the Government has to embark on the following actions: Formulation of regulations/statutes, setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality, as well as draft rules for handling and management of municipal waste. Key words: Health, Diseases, Air pollution, Respiratory System, Biomass combustion
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    GOD FATHERISM AND POLITICAL PATRONAGE IN NIGERIA: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW
    (Political Science Review., 2017) RASAK Bamidele; OYE Adeniyi Joseph; AKE Modupe
    The form of political system in Nigeria in the early post-colonial period was characterized by a clientelistic structure whose top echelon was occupied by the new elites who captured the economic and political powers of the Nigerian state immediately after independence. They were patron occupying state offices as “pre-bends”. They became the “gate-keeper”; determines the development initiative to be followed and employed and benefactors of privileges. Studies of Godfathering and political patronage in Nigeria have not adequately addressed how these patronage has remained an important aspect of the political and economic powers of the state. This study, therefore, examined God fatherism and political patronage in Nigeria: a theoretical overview. A synthesis of elite, coalition, party system and meritocratic theories provided the conceptual framework. The design was exploratory and the study was descriptive in nature, combining both secondary data from books and the internet. Modern political institutions controlled by elites acquired power through the people. This development places political elites in a position to bestow privilege and concessions as they deemed fit. Hence, this engender the creation of a clientelistic structure with political elites as patrons and the vast majority of population as clients willing to yield their loyalty to patrons for the satisfaction of valued resources. Patrons who, due to their influence on the state apparatus, control both political and economic powers therefore, more often than not control the direction development takes in these areas. The resultant inequality therefore, produces a class of elites who control the economic and political powers of the state and another class of masses who yield their loyalty to the elites in order to secure access to state surpluses to be delivered as “good” or compensation for loyalty. Since access to valued resources is assured through the clientelistic structure, the emergent social relationships may have implication for Nigeria‟s development both in the rural and urban areas. Key word: Political patronage, Clientelism, Democracy, Godfathering, Democratic Governance