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    Communal Conflict and Post-Conflict Developmental Challenges in Nigeria
    (Journal for Re Attach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 2023-08-06) Omitola, Adetola
    Communal conflicts stand as a recurrent and significant issue plaguing the socio-political landscape of Africa, posing a major obstacle to Nigeria's security and development. The aftermath of such conflicts often entails extensive destruction, leaving behind a daunting task of reconstruction. In the case of the Modakeke community, their longstanding communal conflicts with Ife community have resulted in property damage and loss of lives over centuries. Despite efforts towards reconstruction and development, progress has been slow. This study aims to delve into the challenges faced by the community in the post-conflict phase. Employing a mixed-method design, data was collected and analyzed using a multi-stage sampling technique. A well-structured questionnaire and semi-structured key informant interviews were utilized to gather data. The analysis encompassed descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as content analysis. The findings shed light on several post-conflict developmental challenges confronted by the community. The destruction of farmlands and disputes over farm settlements have led to reduced agricultural yields and income for farmers. Additionally, the lingering fear of conflict recurrence has deterred new investments in the area. The study proposes crucial recommendations to address these challenges. Increased government involvement in community development, particularly in bolstering the farming and cocoa economy, is essential. Ensuring robust security measures is imperative to attract investors and prevent future conflicts. Moreover, reconstructing and revitalizing abandoned areas along the conflict's buffer zone is vital to fostering peace and progress. In conclusion, this research uncovers the pressing post-conflict developmental issues faced by the Modakeke community. By implementing the proposed recommendations, the community can strive towards sustainable development and foster a more secure and prosperous future
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    Education Beyond Schooling: Foundation For National Development
    (2006) Omitola, Adetola
    Development is a multi dimensional concept that could manifest at individual, community, state, national and international levels. The most important, however, of all the dimension is the individual level which is the transformation of the individual from a less desirable state to a more progressive state. The paper argues that the transformation of the individual could only be achieved through robust education and not schooling alone or certificates. It concludes by drawing relevant examples of values and virtues in traditional education that could help shape or mould individuals so as to make them an instrument of societal transformation, progress and development.
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    Embrace or discard? Cultural perceptions of dark tourism among local residents in developing country
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-01-23) Omitola, Adetola
    Purpose – Residents’ understanding of the development and promotion of dark tourism cannot be universally assumed due to cultural and traditional disparities across different geographical regions. Using the social exchange theory (SET) and the cognitive appraisal theory (CAT) as the theoretical baseline for exploring the residents’ cultural perception of dark tourism development and promotion. The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to comprehend the residents’ perspectives about the meaning, values and cultural interpretation of dark tourism; second, to explore the residents’ attitudes from both an emotional and economic interface to dark tourism development and promotion in their community. Design/methodology/approach – Using a qualitative approach with purposive and snowball sampling strategies, 25 semi-structured interviews were conducted with residents or natives of the Jesse community, selected from both within and outside the community. Findings – Our research revealed that the residents’ emotions about the fire disaster transcend the prospect of economic empowerment the dark tourism concept could bring to the community. Besides, the respondents struggled to understand the meanings of dark tourism, but the younger respondents tended to welcome the idea more than the older ones. Practical implications – The study findings emphasized the importance of stakeholders in engaging the residents in designing and managing community tourism initiatives. This will prevent conflict with cultural traditions and ensure tourism sustainability. Originality/value – A novel study using the SET and CAT models to examine community perspectives on dark tourism from sub-Sahara Africa, providing an alternative viewpoint to Western interpretations and representation.
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    GROWTH OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM IN NIGERIA AND ITS MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMPACTS ON NATIONAL COHESION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    (UNIPORT JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING & FINANCE MANAGEMENT, 2024-06) Omitola, Adetola
    The article examined the linkages between the growth of religious tourism and its multidimensional impacts on national cohesion and economic development in countries over time. It particularly examined how the burgeoning influence of religious tourism has impacted and redefined the linear economic model, by providing an alternative source of income in the economy and its effect on the achievement of national cohesion in multi-ethnic and religious societies like Nigeria. The article employed a desk review of extant literature on the discourse. Data collected were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The article averred that the development of religious tourism is germane in the quest to unlock the country’s latent tourism potential. The study concludes that efforts be made to increase private investment in the development of critical infrastructures in the country, and also suggests that inter-faith dialogue and the inclusion of the benefits of religious tourism into early years school’s curriculum should be encouraged in driving the needed growth in the RT sector. The government also has to provide a policy framework to guide the strategic growth of the sector
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    INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA: THE CHALLENGES OF DATA GATHERING
    (JANUS.NET, 2023) Omitola, Adetola
    Nigeria today faces a variety of security risks that are threatening to undermine its status as an independent republic. These include armed robbery, urban violence, smuggling of weapons, kidnapping, trafficking in people, and disputes between communities and religions. A strong intelligence system that can readily gather and analyse data to precisely predict the movement of criminals and other unwanted elements inside society might alleviate all these concerns. However, it appears that the government, security, and intelligence agencies are caught off guard by the on-going attacks by militants, herders, and incidents of ethnicreligious strife. These unexpected attacks might not be unrelated to incorrect and insufficient information provided about these acts. The study employs qualitative methodologies and draws on secondary sources like newspapers, the internet, and published academic works. The paper's findings show, among other things, that a number of intricate and interconnected problems can be blamed for the Nigerian intelligence system's lack of efficacy. These problems, which include an apparent lack of data, under-use of the data that is already available, and improper data, are made worse by inconsistencies in data management and sharing across the numerous security agencies operating in the nation. The article concludes that it is important for the various security apparatuses to be data-driven and exchange intelligence with one another in order to promote early response to any threat to the security of citizens' lives and property.
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    MIGRATION AND CONFLICT IN THE POST COLONIAL AFRICA: A CASE OF FARMERS-HERDERS CONFLICT IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Behavioural Studies, 2024) Omitola, Adetola
    Nigeria's landscape has been affected by climate change for decades. Desert is fast encroaching into the northern region of the country, which is characterised by severe drought, and the country's rivers are at their lowest levels in years. Thus, conflicts are encountered due to irregular migration in this aspect of the country, which are attempts to survive under these severe conditions. Conflict arises when there is competition for limited resources, and this competition is brought by climatic change and environmental degradation in the country. Farmers and herders are at odds over these limited resources, and the conflict has turned violent. Economic survival which are land-related remains the major cause of the conflict. This can be positioned within the larger context of the political economy of land struggle given the expanding population and the fierce competition for it. As a result, pasture, water, and land are in higher demand. Additionally, large-scale agricultural expansion initiatives exacerbated competition for scarce pasture and land by reducing the amount of land suitable for both pastoralism and sedentary lifestyles. Also, the effect of gold mining, corporate mining and other mining activities limits access to land use. This study makes use of qualitative data to explore the nature of this conflict. Research into earlier government interventions revealed poor desirable outcomes
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    MIGRATION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: EXPERIENCES FROM DIASPORA VISITS TO THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD
    (Department of Behavioral Studies, 2024) Omitola, Adetola
    Africa has been involved in migration right from the ancient time for various reasons; however, the modern variant is seen as conditioned largely by issues such as war of independence, civil wars, educational pursuits and lately severe economic crisis forcing large population of African skilled workers to become labour migrants. Thus, “brain-drain” which is also referred to as “brain gain” is of mutual benefit to the home country as well as the host country of such labour. This is due to the tendency of emigrants to maintain a close linkage with their home country through various means such as sponsoring or supporting political activities, supporting family members, religious and other societal links. This is the case with Pentecostal churches in Nigeria with members in Diasporas who maintain close linkage with their church headquarters through various annual programmes. This paper interrogates human mobility and religious tourism development in Nigeria using the case of annual programmes of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The paper adopts descriptive statistical analysis based on primary and secondary data to determine the influence of this mobility on the socio-economic activities of the study area and how the development of infrastructure such as hotels, eatery and others had impacted on the area. The paper concludes that movement of members of the church to attend annual programmes could enhance tourism development in the country however; there is need for more government involvement in terms of policy decisions, awareness among others for the development of religious tourism.
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    Terrorism, Insecurity and the Challenges of Tourism Development in Nigeria
    (2016) Omitola, Adetola
    Tourism has been widely accepted by policy makers and scholars in most countries of the world as a veritable means for national development and employment generation. The acclaimed economic and social potentials of tourism have come into question in more recent times. The problematic is occasioned by experiences of how forms of political instability and insecurity, particularly terrorism, continue to shape the existence of the tourism industry and its capacity to deliver the promised developmental cargo. Nigeria has had its fair share of forms of political violence and criminality, which have had negative impacts on the country as a whole. For instance, oil-related militancy and criminality in the Niger Delta has made the latter almost "ungovernable" space. From the middle belt to the parts of the country, Fulani herdsmen are engaged in a killing spree, with hundreds killed, towns and villages scotched and hundreds displaced. Boko Haram terrorism has reduced the Northeast of the country to a ghost of its former self. Towns and villages have been sacked, and survivors of Boko Haram terrorism live in displaced persons camps. The failure of the Nigerian military to completely eliminate the terror sect, and the latter's capacity to stage terror acts every now and then has dealt a serious blow to any sense of security in the region. Kidnappings in the South East and South West combine with political violence in ways that suggest that the country is an unsafe territory. The effect of criminality and violence on tourism development in the country is severe. Apart from casting Nigeria in bad light globally, widespread violence and criminality hardly encourage foreign direct investments. Moreover,, if uncontrolled, violence has potential to reverse some of the gains and progress already achieved in the tourism development sector since the return to rule in 1999. Presently, social and political instability have become a basis on which western developed countries regularly "advise" their citizens on the need to stay away from certain parts of Nigeria. Citizens of these countries constitute the bulk potential tourists to the country. This article thus canvasses a multi prong approach as the way out of the current menace.
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    Tourism and Hospitality Industry
    (2014) Omitola, Adetola
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    TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: ATTRACTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF CARNIVALS AND FESTIVALS
    (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 2017) Omitola, Adetola
    Nigeria is blessed with several features which are reflections of the country’s cultural diversity and historical trajectory. These cultural events including carnivals and festivals have attracted several international recognitions and made the country a preferred tourism destination. The carnivals and festivals possess the potentials for contributing to development of the country through economic empowerment and provision of infrastructure at such destinations. Prominent among such carnivals and festivals are the Grand Durbar Festival, the famous Argungu Fishing Festival, the Atilogwu Dancers and the New Yam Festival, the boat Regatta in Lagos and Yenogoa, the Olofin Festival in Idanre, Ondo state, Ojude Oba Festival, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, the Olojo Festival at Ile-Ife, the Osun Festival in Osogbo, Osun State, Lagos, Abuja, Calabar and Rivers carnivals. In spite of the benefits to the people and government through attraction of foreigners and locals to these events, there are deleterious consequences of tourism especially on human security which needs to be addressed. These include various environmental impacts on the event sites, people and surrounding areas, displacement of people and worshippers from such sites and lack of access to the economic resources such as water and land.The paper concludes that government should stimulate partnership with private individuals, groups and organizations in hosting such festivals to ensure sustainability and people’s access to derivable socio-economic benefits. Also, there should be adequate regulation and control by government agencies to ensure sustainable tourists usage of such carnivals and festivals for the overall developmental interest of the country.
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    Tourism Mobility and the Challenges of Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19) in Nigeria
    (Journal for Re Attach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 2023-08-06) Omitola, Adetola
    People have always been on the move throughout human history for diverse reasons including economic, political, social, and religious. Tourism, which entails relocating from one location to another for pleasure, is another factor in human migration. Nigeria has adopted measures to lessen the effects of Covid-19 on aspects of tourism including air travel, hospitality, leisure, and entertainment. This study focuses on the Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria, with reference to Osun state. The difficulties of mobility as they relate to tourism, as well as the survival challenges of its allied industries are also investigated. The study relied on primary data and a descriptive research design. In-depth interviews with important informants, primarily from the tourism business, were also conducted. This was augmented with secondary data, and the results were then thematically and content-analyzed. According to the study's results, the hospitality, transportation, and entertainment sectors saw low patronage and revenue losses. But when business owners' expenses and obligations grew, they were forced to take drastic actions, including downsizing and firm closure, among others. In conclusion, methods other than monetary and fiscal stimulus were advised for business owners in order to maintain employment in this crucial and labour-intensive area of the economy.
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    TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
    (Journal of Law and Legal Reform,, 2021) Omitola, Adetola
    Traditional institutions held pre-eminence positions in the pre-colonial societies in Nigeria. The level of order witnessed during this period was a testimony to the invaluable roles played by the traditional rulers in administering their different empires, kingdoms and communities. However, during the colonial era, the position of traditional rulers was compromised as they became mere stooges of the colonial power. The post-colonial period saw the traditional rulers’ roles diminished as they were given advisory roles in previous constitutions and with no single role in the 1999 Constitution. Thus, for the continuous relevance of the traditional institutions, there is a need for re-examination of their roles in the country. This chapter argues for community based developmental roles for the traditional rulers in the country. These include promotion of tourism