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- ItemYOUTHS AND YAHOO YAHOO PHENOMENON IN NIGERIA(JOURNAL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE, 2023-09) Salifu GabrielIt is a common knowledge that countries all over the world are faced with one challenge or the other. Eminent among all is the challenge of insecurity of lives and property. In Nigeria there is a scourge of internet fraudsters known as yahoo yahoo, which have swindled many unsuspecting victims, organizations and governments their hard-earned resources. Amazingly, the teaming population of youths are the major players when it comes to this societal menace. Despite various strategies put in place by the government to curb the activities of these fraudsters, the propagators have sought other avenues to continue to be relevant in their nefarious acts. The crux of this paper is to examine youths and yahoo yahoo phenomenon in Nigeria from a moral standpoint. The study adopted Divine Command Theory. An In-depth interview was used to gather useful data for the work. It was discovered that factors that led to the emergent of youth in yahoo yahoo phenomenon include bad leadership, unemployment, unwholesome desire for wealth and laziness. The work recommends provision of employment opportunities for the teeming youths by the government, the role of parents and religious leaders to focus on moral or ethical values which are inherent in the major religions (Indigenous African religion, Christianity and Islam) were applied in order to ensure a moral rebirth and regeneration among youths in the country.
- ItemETHICS IN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PLEDGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIAN LEADERS(JOURNAL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE, 2024-06) Salifu GabrielThe lackadaisical attitude of Nigerians on issues affecting the development of the nation has become a source of concern to all and sundry and various efforts made by successive administrations to change their orientation at different levels of government in the country have not yielded to any success. This has accounted to series of problems facing the country since independence. Several scholarly works have been done from different perspectives on issues affecting national life and how a change of attitude can be ensued among Nigerians. An attempt was made in this research to discuss ethics in the National Pledge and its implications for Nigerian leaders. The research made use of socio -ethical and historical approaches and descriptive method. Literatures, articles from archival journals were employed and utilized as sources of information. It is argued that if both the leaders and the followers internalize the content of the pledge not only by reciting it but acting the contents therein, Nigeria will be a better place for all to live and the development of the nation will not be a mirage.
- ItemRESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AS HOME BUILDERS, A SINE QUA NON FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT(WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL, 2024-07) Salifu GabrielThe family, society and morality, to borrow the most ecological terminology, have become “endangered species”. Studies on parenting have focused on psychological, sociological, gender roles and traditional perspectives. However much has not been said about the dimension of parents as home builders a sine-qua non for national development from Christian standpoint. Data for this work were collected through oral interview and consultation of scholarly journals and textbooks. In the 21st century, the families off springs are endangered with multiple social vices that range from internet fraud (yahoo yahoo), kidnapping, lesbianism, drug abuse, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, ritual killing and others. Some of these issues if not all are gaily celebrated in most of our churches and shrines as they are being aided in all front. Parents have self-imposed and natural duty to train up their children without treating it as a second class duty, that there is a link between effective parenting, morality and national development. Findings from this work has indicated that responsible citizenry, reduction in crime rate, healthy nation and preservation of cultural values which are germane to national development are products of responsible parenting. Also discovered, are the salient roles of women (responsibility in children upbringing, character study, mirror of the family and caretakers) which are imperative for effective parenting, tutelage and admonition of children in families. The work recommends.
- ItemThe Influence of Religion on Nigeria's Public Policy(Abuja Journal of Administration & Management, 2024-09) Salifu GabrielNigerian public sees religiosity mostly as a “Nigercentric” affair which influences policy making and decision taking. This nigercentrism describes the public and political dominance of religion in Nigeria. This study has appraised the influence of religion on Nigerian public policy. In other word, the geography of religion influences the geography of politics in all national decisions, including elective and appointive offices even in conducting admission to public schools and institutions. In fact, Nigerian society since independence till date is strongly connected to religion. The consistency in the use of religion is attributable to the essentials or fundamentals or virtually all the successive regimes in the country in recognizing the pride of place it has always assumed in the policy and style of government. Thus, public policy describes the notion of decisions and actions of government in relation to issues and questions affecting the society. However, politicians, policy makers and religious leaders are the past masters in the exploitation and manipulation of decisions. Therefore, the affinity of religion and public policy in essence gives the impression that the two institutions are inter-changeably important, instrumental and enforceable through government process which is universally applicable to society as a whole. the study is premised on theories of interaction with religious and historical approaches garnished with qualitative method of data analysis in order to justify its claims.
- ItemRELIGION AND ETHNICITY AS STRATAGEMS FOR THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY IN NIGERIA(WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL, 2024-12) Salifu GabrielNigeria as a Nation has been experiencing socio-political convulsion on the basis of religion and ethnicity. The independent and post independent Nigeria is not an exception from this hiccup. This paper investigated religion and ethnicity as stratagems for the triumph of mediocrity in Nigeria thus reconnecting the disconnect through federalism. The research has adopted both descriptive and analytical methods of investigation. As a diverse and heterogeneous nation, the Northerners have consistently asserted their dominance and hegemony over others, as if Northerners are birthed with Nigeria political power. In their ethno-religious exhibition, other religions are subservient, and in their own view, the very least believer in their religion is far better than the greatest in other religion(s). The findings revealed that the aftermath of this promotion of religion and ethnicity in the Nigerian politics is the triumph of mediocrity, incompetent, unpopular and irrational candidates. The paper, therefore, recommends federalism as a means for reconnecting the disconnect between religion and ethnicity in Nigeria.