Browsing by Author "Fagbewesa, Esther Olapeju"

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    Appraisal of the implementation of the 2004 contributory pension policy in Local Governments of Southwestern Nigeria.
    (Local Government Studies,Obafemi Awolowo University, 2019) Fagbewesa, Esther Olapeju
    This study appraised the institutional framework for the Pension Policy of 2004 contributory pension scheme; it also examined the perception of workers on the implementation of the policy in the selected Local Government Areas and the effect of the policy on the workers’ attitude to work in the selected Local Government Areas and analysed the challenges of the implementation of the pension policy in the selected Local Government Areas. These were with the view to determining the relationship between workers and government in the implementation of the 2004 contributory pension policy. Primary and secondary data were used for this study. Primary data were generated from the respondents through the use of questionnaire and interview guide. The study was carried out in Southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. At the first stage, Southwestern Nigeria was stratified into three axis: Lagos/Ogun, Oyo/Osun and Ondo/Ekiti due to their geographical closeness. At the second stage, Lagos, Ondo and Osun were selected using random techniques due to their proximity to the researcher and the zone being predominately a Yoruba speaking area; while at the third stage, 18 Local Government Areas were selected (two Local Government areas each from the three senatorial districts of the chosen states representing one urban and one rural). A population totaling 16,000 in the study area comprised both Senior and Management staff selected within the selected Local Governments. Using Yaro Yamane Method based on the total workforce in each state, a sample size of Lagos (140), Ondo (125) and Osun (135) totaling 400 respondents was selected. Also, interviews were conducted in the three states for six of the officers in the pension management offices and six members of staff above GL 14 in the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC). This was because they were knowledgeable about the pension policy. Secondary data were derived through relevant government publications, books, journals, articles, magazines and the internet. Data collected were analysed using appropriate simple percentages and chi-square analysis. The results showed that the institutional framework for the pension policy of 2004 contributory pension scheme was weak and ineffective (56.05%). The results showed that there was no significant relationship between the implementation of the policy and perception of workers in Lagos urban areas (2 = 2.098, p > .05) and Lagos rural areas (2 = 0.909, p > .05) and Osun State urban areas (2 = 0.739, p > .05) and Osun State rural areas (2 = 0.357, p > .05). However, it was significant in Ondo State urban areas (2 = 6.459, p < .05). The results also showed that the policy had no effect on workers’ attitude to work in Lagos State urban areas (2 = 1.360, p > .05), Lagos State rural areas (2 = 0.179, p > .05), Ondo State urban areas (2 = 0.060, p > .05), Ondo State rural areas (2 = 1.219, p > .05) and Osun State urban areas (2 = 2.903, p > .05), Osun State rural areas (2 = 1.969, p > .05). The results further showed that there were inconsistent and irregular remittances from employer’s contributions (73.42%) unnecessary delays (56.05%) and long duration of time in processing payment of pension (54.47%). The study concluded that there was poor implementation of the 2004 contributory pension policy in Local Government areas of the Southwestern Nigeria.
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    The Contributions of Selected Women Occupational Groups to Rural Development in Ejigbo and Ife Central Local Government Areas in Osun State, Nigeria
    (2015-09-29) Fagbewesa, Esther Olapeju
    The study identified women occupational groups involved in rural development in Ife Central and Ejigbo Local Government Areas, and examined their organisational structure and mode of operations. It also assessed the contributions of the women occupational groups in promoting rural development. This was with a view to identifying the problems confronting and inhibiting these groups in demonstrating their full potentials in rural development. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected through questionnaire and in-depth interviews. Two local governments in Osun State namely, Ife Central and Ejigbo Local Government Areas were purposively selected for the study. Ten occupational groups were also purposively selected, namely, Gari Processors, Palm oil Processors, and Cloth weavers, Hairdressers, Tailors, Yam Sellers, and Provision Sellers, Kolanut Sellers, Jewellery Sellers and Fish Sellers. Two hundred (200) respondents from each of the two local governments were randomly selected for the study. Twenty percent of membership of each group was randomly selected in each local government. In-depth interviews were conducted to seek information from the five executive members from each of these occupational groups namely, the President, Vice President, Secretary, Financial Secretary and the Public Relation Officers who were purposively selected based on their knowledge of the group activities. Secondary data were also obtained from textbooks, journals, and government gazettes. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that all the occupational groups had uniform organisational structures comprising the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and the Public Relations Officer. In each of the groups, the women leaders were responsible for designing the project, while those that were involved in the implementation and monitoring of the programmes were the committees set up by the group women leaders. However, the study showed that the mode of operations of the groups differed in each of the local governments. For instance, 68% of the respondents in Ile-lfe, indicated that the women groups preferred to meet monthly as opposed to 32% that met weekly. However, in Ejigbo, 93% of the respondents indicated that meetings were held monthly and only 7% preferred weekly meeting. Furthermore, 98% of respondents in Ile-Ife attended meetings regularly while all the respondents in Ejigbo attended meetings regularly. The study also showed that all the groups made monthly contribution. In Ile-Ife, 99.5% of the members made monthly contributions of between N1,000 to N10,000, while only about 0.5% made higher contributions. However in Ejigbo, all the members contributed between N1000 and N10, 000. The study revealed that the monthly contributions were used for the purposes of business (70.4% and 82.9%), projects (8.2% and 5.5%), food (5.6% and 1.5%), and payment of school fees (15.8% and 5%) for Ife Central and Ejigbo Local Government Areas respectively. Activities performed by the groups also varied from construction of Town Halls and establishment of Cooperative loans (79.4% and 82.6%), to construction of Gari processing factory (10.6% and 9.2%) and construction of Palm Oil processing factory (10.1% and 8.2%) for Ife and Ejigbo Local Government Areas, respectively. The major challenges confronting the groups were financial (99.4% and 99%) for each of the local government areas respectively. The result also showed that the local communities were not adequately involved in the design, implementation, and monitoring of projects. The study concluded that the contributions of women occupational groups to rural development were constrained mostly by finance, inadequate project monitoring process, and non involvement of the target groups in the determination of projects to be established for women.