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Item Management of Accidents in Informal Sector and Sustainable Healthy Living in Ibadan Metropolis Nigeria(USTE International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2025) Ademuson A. O.The International Labor Organization (ILO, 2024) estimates that more than 60% of jobs worldwide are in the informal sector, where poor regulations frequently result in hazardous working environments. In Nigeria, employment in the informal sector has risen significantly since the 1980s, especially in urban regions like Ibadan. The National Bureau of Statistics indicates that 92.6% of the Nigerian workforce is now engaged in this sector. While this sector plays a crucial role in providing livelihoods, informal workers face high levels of workplace injuries, with minimal government action to protect their well-being. This research explores the types and reasons for workplace accidents among informal workers in Ibadan, Oyo State, along with the strategies these workers employ in the absence of official safety protocols. Adopting an exploratory qualitative method, the study conducted 20 in-depth interviews across five key informal work areas in Ibadan, focusing on high-risk professions such as automobile repair, welding, vulcanizing, and panel beating. Participants were chosen through purposive sampling and offered valuable perspectives on the causes of accidents, management practices, and effects on health and livelihoods. Grounded in Heinrich’s Domino Theory, the study reveals that human error, defective equipment, and lack of safety training contribute to frequent and severe injuries, which workers often treat with improvised methods due to inadequate healthcare access. The results highlighted the pressing need for government-initiated safety measures, such as mandatory safety training, affordable protective equipment, and dedicated healthcare facilities, to improve the safety of informal sector workers and support Nigeria's economic development.Item Youth Unemployment and Innovative Employment Creation (IEC) among University Undergraduates in Nigeria(Sociology Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, 2025) Akanle, O.; Ademuson A. O.; Adedayo M. P.Youth unemployment has become a pervasive issue globally, with profound implications for individuals, communities and economies, particularly in Nigeria where a substantial portion of the youth is absorbed into informal sectors characterized by low productivity, minimal job security and limited access to social benefits. This study examined the innovative employment creation in the midst of widespread unemployment among youths in Ibadan specifically investigating the reasons youth engage in Innovative Employment Creation (IEC), the challenges faced and the coping mechanisms adopted. IECs are new and usual economic activities and business efforts youths engage in to earn income so as to escape unemployment which is widespread and a social reality in Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used. Human Capital Theory was used as theoretical framework. Structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews (IDIs) were used to gather data. Findings suggest that addressing the challenges of youth unemployment and promoting entrepreneurship requires a collaborative approach involving educational institutions, government agencies, private sectors and community stakeholders. It is therefore recommended that all the above-mentioned stakeholders should enhance access to entrepreneurship education and training programs while supports to youths are key as they continue to innovate to combat widespread youths’ unemployment in Nigeria and Africa.Item Factors underlying theft of mobile phones among students in tertiary institutions in south west Nigeria(Department of Criminology and Security Studies Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria, 2024) Dinne, C. E.; Ademuson, A. O.; Yusuf. J. O.Mobile phone usage has become an important part of our daily life and a valuable means of spreading information since its evolution in the late 1990s’ in Nigeria and in most developing countries. Mobile phones has become an inevitable academic tool for students especially in the era of information communication technology (ICT). Almost every student make use of mobile phone, hence, there is an increase in theft of mobile phone in higher institutions in Nigeria. It is against this background that this study aims to examine factors underlying mobile phone theft among students in tertiary institutions in South West Nigeria. The study used qualitative method to collect data from fifty six (56) participants in University of Ibadan and the Polytechnic Ibadan. KII and IDI guides were used to collect data from participants. The study was anchored on routine activity theory of Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson theory. The data was analyzed using ethnographic summary and manual content analysis. It was discovered in the course of the study that poverty and lack of contentment are the major factor underlying phone theft as most of the students comes from poor family background and are living above their income and means of support. Lack of vigilances and alertness on the side of the porters in the various school hostels is another reason why phone theft is rampant in Nigeria tertiary institutions. The mobile phone theft had negative effect on the academic performance of the students as most students of tertiary institutions have most of their academic softcopy materials on their mobile phones. The study concludes that the major factors promoting mobile phone theft among higher institution students were the economic hardship, lack of contentment and the desire to live a lifestyle above their means. The study recommends perpetrators of mobile phone should be punished to deter other students from engaging in such criminal behaviour.Item Gender Inequality as Constraint in Women Occupying Administrative Leadership Positions in Oyo State Civil Service(Faculty of Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria., 2023) Ademuson A. O.Globally and particularly in Nigeria, top leadership positions are seen as the exclusive rights of men. However, in recent decades some women who are able to transcend cultural barriers and attain leadership positions are gaining more visibility and recognition, though the percentage is relatively few or lower when compared to that of their male counterparts. This study is premised on the Liberalist Feminist’s theory and a cross-sectional survey design, focused on women in the Civil Service in Oyo State, located at Agodi Ibadan, in the South West geo-political zone of Nigeria. The questionnaire and interview guide were employed to elicit information on their perception about the promotion procedure, the nature of constraints confronting them and their coping strategies. Quantitative data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28, while the qualitative data was content-analyzed. The findings revealed that women have not been offered the privilege to enjoy promotion towards occupying administrative leadership positions in Oyo State Civil service despite, possessing various academic qualifications and work experiences as their male counterparts that could serve as major propellers to enjoy such benefits. Coping strategies employed by women for success included but not limited to self-reliance, gaining more academic qualification at workplace to be able to motivate themselves towards occupying various leadership positions in the Oyo State Civil service. The need for eliminating stereotypes from the collective conscience and the involvement of women in decision making process within the Oyo state civil Service was recommended.Item Gender mainstreaming, Social Inclusion and Wellbeing at Workplace: A Systematic review(Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria/Pluto Journals, 2023) Ademuson A. O.The well-being of employees poses an elastic effect on employees and organisational outputs hence, it is important to understand its correlates. This article examined gender mainstreaming, social inclusion and wellbeing at workplace in Nigeria using a systematic review. It deploys information and materials from journal articles, books, and other online materials addressing the salient issue of interest towards achieving the objectives of this article. In addition, materials considered for the analysis of this result span through the year range of 2010 and 2023. The findings revealed that both gender mainstreaming and social inclusion are germane to enhancing workers' wellbeing in Nigeria. In extension, gender mainstreaming and social inclusion provide equal work opportunities and benefits to all, which could affect employees and organisational outcomes in the long run. Therefore, the study recommends that organisations provide enabling policies, culture and environment that could foster gender mainstreaming and social inclusion towards enhancing equality at workplace. This could foster increased workers' wellbeing, particularly among female workers.Item Domestic Violence against men in Ibadan, Nigeria(Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria/Pluto Journals, 2022) Ademuson A. O.; Goodluck, U.; Akanle. O.Domestic violence has been narrowed and understood exclusively as women’s issue. Most of the research works portray men as perpetrators and women as victims of domestic violence thereby leading to vacuous knowledge on this very dangerous social reality- domestic abuse. This article therefore investigates and contributes empirically to knowledge on the causes, typologies and consequences of domestic violence against men in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria. Frustration-Aggression theory guides the study that informed this article. 12 in-depth interviews were conducted, while 246 copies of structured questionnaire were administered. The responses of the questionnaire and the interviews were analyzed with the help of the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences and Thematic Content Analysis. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique and snowballing to recruit respondents and interviewees. Very interesting findings were gotten from the study and valid conclusions were reached. Pragmatic policy and practice recommendations are made to address the challenges of domestic abuse against men.Item Women’s Experiences of Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria: Towards a Sociological Anatomy of Violence against women during the Lockdown(Department of Criminology and Security Studies, [Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), 2022) Ademuson A. O.The study presented a Sociological discourse on women's experiences of covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria: towards a sociological anatomy of violence against women: a narrative on the pandemic lockdown in Nigeria. It adopts the discourse analysis method, and used material resources between 2019 and 2021 to present the discourse analysis of violence that occurred against women during this period in Nigeria. Also, content of relevant information obtained were subjected to analysis, and a discourse analysis was done to drive relevant argument of the study. The findings of the study revealed that gender-based violence against the feminine is a major cultural practice in Nigeria with no strong Institutional framework that seeks to address it in the society. It is also evident from the analysis that men are more empowered than women in the society. Therefore, it recommends the need for feminine empowerment in the society which cuts across financial empowerment that could at least make the female gender to be self dependent. There should also be the need for partnership between the governments and International Institutions that could help increase awareness or education in the society and also to teach and introduce self-defense Mechanisms to women so as to deploy such techniques during gender based violence towards saving their lives and reaching for help when necessary.Item Men in Women Industrial Space: Male Hairdressers of Ibadan, Nigeria(SAGE Publishing, 2022) Ademuson, A. O.; Ayinde, O.; Akanle. O.A definitive element of labor market is gender-based occupational segregation. Most previous studies on the subject of gender and labor have concentrated on gender mainstreaming and glass ceiling in formal economy with little attention to gender and informal economy. Hence, there has been very little attention to men venturing into female areas of traditional informal economy of Africa. This article, therefore, contributes fresh insights and interesting new knowledge on the emerging gender dynamics in contexts of Africa’s informal economy usually dominated by women. This article investigates men’s involvement in hairdressing, an area commonly considered as women’s jobs, the factors that led men to engage in hairdressing, the unique challenges male hairdressers face as a result of working in a female-dominated field, and their coping mechanisms. Qualitative and quantitative data gathered were analyzed through Content analysis (qualitative data) and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS; quantitative data). Quantitative data were analyzed at univariate and bivariate levels. The results show that a large percentage of the customers prefer Male Hairdressers as they believe male hairdressers are good at the profession. Findings suggest the country’s high unemployment rate is, largely accountable, for men’s venturing into the Hairdressing Industry as an adaptive mechanism in complicated and precarious socioeconomic context and tidal system of social change.Item Sociology of Vilfredo Pareto: Nigeria in Context. Ibadan(Department of Psychology at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, 2021) Akanle. O.; Ogundairo, J. A.; Adejare, G. S.; Ademuson, A.Theories remain cornerstones of understanding social realities and this is especially so in social and sociological theories. It is, as a matter of fact, impossible to sustainably professionally explain social realities and phenomena without affinity and allusions to sociological and social theories. It is against this background that this article examines and explains the Nigeria’s leadership conundrum, existential comatose, social debacles, structural fixations and retrogressions as well as political and economic logjams within the theoretical prisms of Pareto Sociology to contribute strategically to the unanswered development questions of Nigeria. While this article is intrinsically theoretical, it is practical, polemic, pragmatic, discursive and engaging in manners that are relevant not only the academy, scholarship and literature but also to practice and leadership in Nigeria, Africa and globally.Item Social Context of Human Capital Development among Producers of Palm Oil and Locust Beans in Osun State, South Western Nigeria. Ibadan(Department of Psychology at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, 2021) Ademuson, A.O.; Awofeso, O.; Eforuoku, F.Human capital development is invariably linked to skill acquisition and sustainability of any trade including palm oil and locust beans processing. Palm oil and African locust beans possess widespread food and non-food usefulness. Hence this paper examines the social factors responsible for the continual sustainability of these industries despite the discouraging production milieu. The study used a synthesis of the literature in addition to a qualitative data collected from four focus group discussions involving a total of thirty-six processors and three key informant interviews with palm oil and locust beans producers from selected rural communities (Oloba-ogundarin and Gbogan) in Osun State. The communities were purposively selected due to high involvement in oil palm and locust bean production respectively. The study found that human capital development efforts among palm oil and locust beans producers was through social learning which takes the form of learning-on-the-job and the younger ones participating in the trade alongside their family mentors. The predominant use of local methods and implements in production of palm oil and locust beans. Production of palm oil and locust beans production were highly profitable depending on the scale, season and expertise. Labour was divided across gender lines with women been often involved in processing and trading of palm oil and locust beans, while men served as harvesters. The paper advocates for training by government or NGOs on modern methods as well as the procurement of modern machineries to make their work less cumbersome and eliminate stress.