by Admin | Oct 3, 2025
The process of energy transition in Nigeria cannot be thought of without a land use dynamic, resource regulation and socio-ecological resilience. The geographical positioning of energy infrastructure has not seen too much progress, despite the policy discussions pertaining to the technology and funding related to it. This paper shows that there are regulatory measures that can support the not-for-profit organisations for development. It argues that there is a need for considering the regulatory measure to help improve not-for-profit organisations. The analysis establishes SEETF that integrates GIS, EIA and nature-based solutions (NbS) in order to lessen spatial-economic institutional fragmentation, the ecological vulnerability and community engagement. Drawing on peer reviewed literature, government reports and interviews with key informants, the research seeks to find the existing gaps in multi-level governance, spatial information sharing, and participatory planning that already act as barriers to equitable energy transitions. Due to lack of spatial coordination it has been found that renewable energy projects are generally located in ecologically sensitive or important areas that leads to land use conflict and biodiversity loss. In its latest report, the SEETF suggested transforming the current zoning system into one that combines renewable energy sources with ecological risks maps. Integrated EIA restructuring processes, participative forums with the local stakeholders and NbS harmonization of the siting decision-making process are requested. A resilient framework which would make Nigeria’s climate resilient enabling distributive justice of energy access to assure Nigerian’s net zero goal. Essentially, it offers the policy pathway model of sub-Saharan Africa into which sustainable energy planning land management can be integrated to ensure that decarbonization does not come at the expense of livelihoods, equity and ecosystem integrity.
by Admin | Oct 3, 2025
This study examined the impact of high education costs on tertiary institution students’ enrollment in Plateau State, Nigeria. It investigated how rising education costs affected student enrollment patterns. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design, enabling an empirical analysis of the correlation between education costs and enrollment trends in tertiary institutions within the state. The population consisted of 2,339 students and administrative staff across eight tertiary institutions, with a sample size of 342 determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. A structured questionnaire, Impact of High Education Cost on Enrollment of Students in Tertiary Institutions in Plateau State Questionnaire (IHECESTIPSQ), was employed for data collection, alongside a proforma to analyze enrollment trends from 2014 to 2024. The questionnaire consisted of 25 items structured on a 5-point Likert scale. Validity was established through expert review, while reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach Alpha method. Data collection was facilitated by trained research assistants, ensuring a 100% return rate. The study’s findings provided insights into the extent to which financial constraints influenced students’ access to tertiary education, offering recommendations to policymakers and educational stakeholders on addressing affordability challenges in higher education.
by Admin | Oct 3, 2025
Adolescence is a transitional stage in human development that occurs at puberty into adulthood. Contemporarily, is marked with early social and sexual exposures that result to health, psycho-social, and economic problems. An alarming number of adolescents are actively involved in premarital sexual practices, which negatively results to reproductive health challenges. This study determined the forms and prevalence premarital sexual practices among secondary school students in Mayo-Belwa L.G.A, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Quantitative and qualitative method of data collection was adopted for the achievement of the study objectives. Quantitatively, through self-administration of 400 semi-structured and pre-tested questionnaires, a multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting study participants, and data were analyzed descriptively. Qualitative data was generated through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) among 106 purposively selected participants and analyzed thematically. Among the 395 returned responses’ during questionnaire survey, more than a half 206 (52.2%) were females and 189 (47.8%) were males. The prevalence of premarital sexual intercourse had an alarming rate of 273 (69.1%), as 187 (47.3%) had been exposed for about 1–2 times, as 86 (21.8%) had three or more times. 41 (10.4%) had anal sex, 76 (19.2%) had had oral sex, and 305 (77.2%) had ever masturbated. Among the 206 female respondents, 18.0% had practiced genital rubbing. Conclusively, the prevalence of sexual intercourse and masturbation practices are high; couple with other forms of sexual practices. Therefore, the study recommends that there should be sensitization to inculcate abstinence and chastity, provide adolescents with the right decision making skills, and with reproductive health education.
by Admin | Sep 28, 2025
This study examined the impact of high education costs on tertiary institution students’ enrollment in Plateau State, Nigeria. It investigated how rising education costs affected student enrollment patterns. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design, enabling an empirical analysis of the correlation between education costs and enrollment trends in tertiary institutions within the state. The population consisted of 2,339 students and administrative staff across eight tertiary institutions, with a sample size of 342 determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. A structured questionnaire, Impact of High Education Cost on Enrollment of Students in Tertiary Institutions in Plateau State Questionnaire (IHECESTIPSQ), was employed for data collection, alongside a proforma to analyze enrollment trends from 2014 to 2024. The questionnaire consisted of 25 items structured on a 5-point Likert scale. Validity was established through expert review, while reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach Alpha method. Data collection was facilitated by trained research assistants, ensuring a 100% return rate. The study’s findings provided insights into the extent to which financial constraints influenced students’ access to tertiary education, offering recommendations to policymakers and educational stakeholders on addressing affordability challenges in higher education.
by Admin | Sep 28, 2025
The paper discussed the Christian education curriculum as a tool for effective pastoral counseling for intending couples. The work exposed the need for a curriculum that is Christ-centered, Bible-based, and life applied for effective premarital counseling in the present-day society, as there is an increasing rate of divorce, separation, verbal abuse, and domestic violence among couples, which has its source in a lack of proper education and counseling prior to the period of marriage. From a pastoral care perspective, the author discussed the overview of Christian education Curriculum, concepts of Christian education and pastoral counseling, the necessity for Pastoral counseling to intending Couples, causes of ineffective Pastoral counseling, and prescribed a curriculum for effective Pastoral counseling for the Intending Couples. The paper used the Solution-focused theory as the theoretical framework and concludes that if intending couples are exposed to premarital counseling, couples will have an exciting marriage and drastically reduced divorce.
