Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

A. F. Ahokegh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of History and International Studies, Kogi State University, Anyigba , PMB 1008, Anigba, Kogi State, NG

Abstract

The paper examines child labour in Africa in the context of its rising incidence and implications globally. After a very careful historical review, the paper finds that child labour as a form of exploitation and deprivation of children was minimal in the pre-colonial African society. Conceptually, it was a form of education meant to equip children with societal values. However, the planting of colonial rule in Africa brought about an economy that laid the necessary conditions for child labour; in agriculture, extractive and services sectors. Today, the rising incidences of child labour in Africa are due largely to the high prevalence rate of poverty, capitalist values, disease, corruption, etc. Based on investigation of the situation in selected African countries, the paper suggests appropriate government policies, propelled by practical actions to ameliorate abject poverty, corruption and disease.

Keywords

Africa, Child, Labour, Implication, Poverty.

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A. F. Ahokegh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of History & International Studies, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi State, NG

Abstract

The wisdom in the manner which nature distributes its natural resources across the world is hardly understood without a deep thought. While some countries of the world swim in surplus of natural distribution, others stand gazing with little. However, the turns-out, from the distribution by nature; whether in places of surplus or little, is dependent on the quality and capacity of its human resource utilization. Ironically, places that are blessed with surplus natural resources like Nigeria tend to lack the matching human resource to turn them around for development. This paper takes a look at how Nigeria's oil wealth has turned the country into an arena for crisis. It focuses specifically on the removal of subsidy on PMS, popularly called petrol and the accompanying civil unrest. It holds that the solution to the problem of the national economy does not rest with oil subsidy removal. Instead it rest with upischolar_maining corruption in government and public service. The Nigerian civil society has on the other hand not been able to collectivise its efforts in resistance to corruption due to its polarisation and segmentation; based on interest, religious, political and economic groups. This attitude must change if the ongoing predicament affecting the ordinary citizens has to be eradicated.

Keywords

Nigeria, Oil, Management, Crisis.

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A. F. Ahokegh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of History & International Studies, Kogi State University, Anyigba Kogi State, NG

Abstract

The wisdom in the manner which nature distributes its natural resources across the world is hardly understood without a deep thought. While some countries of the world swim in surplus of natural distribution, others stand gazing with little. However, the turns-out, from the distribution by nature; whether in places of surplus or little, is dependent on the quality and capacity of its human resource utilization. Ironically, places that are blessed with surplus natural resources like Nigeria tend to lack the matching human resource to turn them around for development. This paper takes a look at how Nigeria's oil wealth has turned the country into an arena for crisis. It focuses specifically on the removal of subsidy on PMS, popularly called petrol and the accompanying civil unrest. It holds that the solution to the problem of the national economy does not rest with oil subsidy removal. Instead it rest with upischolar_maining corruption in government and public service. The Nigerian civil society has on the other hand not been able to collectivize its efforts in resistance to corruption due to its polarization and segmentation; based on interest, religious, political and economic groups. This attitude must change if the ongoing predicament affecting the ordinary citizens has to be eradicated.

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