Browsing by Author "Veta, Oghenechoja Dennis"

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    Restructuring and Sustainable Development Programmes in Nigeria: Implications for Macro Social Work Practice.
    (Published by Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2022-12) Veta, Oghenechoja Dennis
    This paper examined restructuring and sustainable development programmes in Nigeria and their implications for macro social work practice. The study relied on secondary data which were collected from journals, textbooks, newspapers, and internet materials. The paper revealed that poverty, increased manipulation of religion and ethnicity, inability to withstand election defeat, dissatisfaction with leadership quality, escalation of insecurities, conflicts over revenue allocation or resource control, armed banditry, bitter politics of ethno-religious and regional identities, ethnoreligious intolerances, herdsmen-farmers conflicts, socio-economic and infrastructural deteriorations, and corruption amongst others as the reasons forrestructuring of Nigeria. The factors militating against the restructuring of Nigeria include elite interest, fear of domination, political idiosyncrasy, military incursion, corruption, fear of suppression, nature of the existing structure, ethno-regional rivalry, leadership problem, constitutional issues, weak institution, and issues of federal character and its principles. The paper also discussed restructuring Nigeria to attain sustainable development and the implications for macro social work practice. The paper recommends, that there is a need for a national conference legally backed to draft a working constitution that would create a true federal system where the federating units have fiscal autonomous, and responsive to the central government, there is a need for professionalization of social work in Nigeria, and that the central government and all federating units (states) of the Nigerian federation should create enabling environment for active citizen participation in development programmes. Keywords: Restructuring, Sustainability, development, Macro social work, Programme
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    SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS INFLUENCING TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
    (The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2021) Veta, Oghenechoja Dennis; Atiku, Abdullateef Abiodun
    Abstract 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, identify the effects of teenage pregnancy on victims in the study area. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. 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 prevalent 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 a 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.