Browsing by Author "Veta, Dennis"

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    Community participation in infrastructural development in Africa: The role of community development experts
    (Faculty of Humanities, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2020) Veta, Dennis
    African societies, during the pre-colonial era, mobilized their local structures, such as council of chiefs, youth, women, elders to participate in development projects, and sustainability in such projects was guaranteed. The colonial era brought about urbanization, which in turn, bred individualization. The ‘we feeling’ of the communities was eroded. Government, alone, now planned, implemented, monitored, evaluated and handed development programmes/projects to beneficiaries. Acceptability and sustainability of most of such programmes/projects were lost until government could no longer meet the ‘needs’ of the people. This continued into independent era of African nations. Presently, community participation in its development process is seen as panacea to achievement of sustainable infrastructural development programmes/ projects. Africans, having imbibed and diffused urbanization and individualization of the colonial perspectives into the rural areas, now grapple with technical knowhow of community participation in development process amidst various inhibiting factors resulting in unsustainability of development programmes/projects. This paper, using available secondary data, gave an overview of community participation in African nations, effects of community participation, identified factors inhibiting community participation in development process, methods of achieving active community participation in development programmes/ projects were highlighted, and recommendations for enhancement of active community participation in development process were proffered.
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    Domestic violence against women in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria
    (Department of Psychology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2021) Veta, Dennis
    This study investigated factors associated with domestic violence against women and its prevalence in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. A questionnaire schedule and an in-depth interview (IDI) guide were used for data collection, and a multistage sampling method comprising stratification, simple random sampling, purposive sampling method, and systematic sampling methods were adopted in this study. more than half percent of the respondents were cohabiting (i.e. they were not legally married) the result revealed that the majority of the respondents have experienced physical abuse from their husbands, and some were sexually abused. only a few were not victims of domestic violence. so, there was high domestic violence in the study communities. the major cause of domestic violence, among others, in the study communities was 'arguing back'. suggestions that could enhance more peaceful co-existence among intimate partners in the study communities were made.
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    Factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria: The case of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
    (Department of Sociology, Osun State University, Osogbo., 2022) Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis; Ibiezugbe, Michael; Veta, Dennis; Ibiezugbe, Michael
    This study investigated the factors inhibiting marital stability in Nigeria, focusing on Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The multistage sampling method, comprising stratification, simple random, systematic, purposive, and snowball sampling methods, was adopted. The sample size for the study was 230. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study.; a structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview (IDI) guide were the instruments used in the collection of data for the study. Several factors including poverty, dominance, barrenness, peer influence, disrespectfulness, early marriage, in-laws’ interference, adultery, sexual dissatisfaction, sex preference, distrust, and inadequate communication inhibited marital stability in the study area. in all of these factors, the study shows that inadequate communication ranked highest (12.1%). This was followed by adultery (11.2%). The effects of marital instability in the study area include out-of-school children, death, emotional disorder, social stigmatization, poor socioeconomic status, single parenthood, addiction, poor child upbringing, and loneliness/isolation. Social stigmatization ranked highest (14.9%) followed by single parenthood (14.4%). Based on the findings, the study proffered, amongst others, that there is a need for the involvement of social workers in pre-marital counseling, and couples should be educated on the effects of marital instability on the victims, children, and the communities.
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    Fieldwork practice and reporting in social work
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2021) Veta, Dennis; Yusuf, M.S
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    Indigenizing the social work curriculum: Traditional structures as live wire to sustainable community development projects in Nigeria
    (Nigerian Association of Social Work Educators, 2012) Veta, Dennis
    Social work is a profession that strongly recognizes the importance of social contexts in teaching, learning, practice, and in research work. The profession’s activities are not strange to Nigerians and Africans as a whole in aspects of initiating and attaining sustainable community development projects. This predated the colonial era. Social work is only differently packaged, induced by Western concepts and theories. The paper argues that for effective teaching, learning, and practice of social work in order to attain sustainable community development projects in Nigeria and other African countries, indigenizing the curriculum is paramount. In this regard, emphasis should be placed on the importance of traditional structures and other formations such as town unions and clubs; which reflect the African heritage. The Nigerian communities, in the pre-colonial era, with these traditional structures, were able to easily sensitize and mobilize their members to embark on self-help projects. These (projects) they planned and executed by labour and financial contributions. Citizen participation was upheld and projects were sustainable. It is the contention of this paper, therefore, that traditional structures and other indigenous formations be given adequate recognition and embedded in our curriculum (teaching and learning). Thus, in practice, they will be duly recognized and mobilized to participate in the community development process towards attaining success and sustainability in development projects in Nigeria and other African countries.
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    Self-help projects in rural Otegbo community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria: The place of community development experts
    (Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2020-03) Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis
    This study sought to investigate problems, if any, militating against execution of self-help projects in rural Otegbo community and how to reduce such factors to the barest minimal in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state, Nigeria. A cross sectional survey design and multistage sampling technique were adopted for the study. A questionnaire schedule, IDI and FGD guides were used for data collection. Analysis of quantitative data was done using SPSS Version 22. The projects were mainly sustainable. However, low educational level of the community members was the major problem that militated against execution of the self-help projects and their sustainability in the study area, the need for involvement of social workers (community development experts) in rural development process were advanced.
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    Socio-cultural factors influencing teenage pregnancy in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2021) Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis; Veta, Dennis
    This study investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing teenage pregnancy in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to: identify the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the study area, find out the causes of teenage pregnancy in the study communities, and identify the effects of teenage pregnancy on the victims in the study area. a descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The multistage sampling method, comprising stratification, simple random, systematic, purposive, and snowball sampling methods, was employed for this study. A questionnaire schedule and an In-depth Interview (IDI) guide were used for data collection. A prevalence rate of 7.5 percent of teenage pregnancy was recorded in the study area. this was due to poverty, early marriage, poor parenting, inadequate sex education, peer influence, death of the parent(s), and curiosity to have sexual intercourse. The study revealed that younger respondents perceived teenage pregnancy more positively than older respondents and that respondents with a lower level of education perceived teenage pregnancy more positively than those with a higher level of education. Suggestions to mitigate the menace of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria. Particularly in Ilorin South Local Government area, are given.
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    Sustainable community development: A study of people’s perception of their involvement in the community development projects of the DeltaState Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC)
    (National Association of Social Workers, 2012) Ezeh, C.A; Veta, Dennis
    The aim of this paper was to explore and assess people’s perceptions of their involvement in the process of community development projects of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission. The study was guided by three research questions as indicated in the frequency distribution tables. There was a review of relevant literature and the Gestalt Perception Theory formed the theoretical framework. A sample size of six hundred and thirty (630) was targeted, but five hundred (500) questionnaires were duly filled and returned. These together with data from (30) interviewees who were purposively selected, were used for the analysis. The major finding was that DESOPADEC had not been able to achieve the felt needs of the oil producing communities successfully; thus, the sustainability of community development projects has not been fully realized. This is the result of inadequate community participation in project selections and the implementation process. It is, therefore, recommended, among others, that effective community development strategies that could ensure adequate community participation should be adopted.
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    Women participation in community development programmes in Delta State, Nigeria
    (Department of Sociology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2021) Veta, Dennis
    This study investigated the level of women’s participation in development programmes in Delta State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A multistage sampling technique, comprising simple random, purposive, systematic methods, was utilised. The data for the study was collected from a structured questionnaire. Education, agriculture, health, training (skill acquisition), borehole water, roads/paths, markets, and town halls were the community development programmes that were executed in the study area. women’s participation was low due to gender discrimination, lack of time, low education, lack of information, indifference, husbands’ denials, lack of resources, and lack of government assistance. The implications of the findings for social work practice were discussed, and factors that would further enhance women’s active participation in community development programmes were suggested