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PERCEIVED BENEFITS AND BARRIERS OF UTILIZING WEB2.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES IN UNIVERSITIES
(Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education, KWASU, 2025) Joshua S. MAMMAN PhD&Esther DupeMATHEW
The study investigated the Awareness and Utilization of Web 2.0 Technologies in Teaching Business Education Courses in Universities in North Central, Nigeria. The study was carried out with two purposes, among which are to examine the benefits of utilizing Web 2.0 technologies for teaching business education courses in universities and to determine the barriers of utilizing Web 2.0 technologies in business education courses in universities. The study has two research questions and two hypotheses. The population of the study was 88 business education lecturers, and no sample was conducted as a result of the small size of the population. The study adopted a survey research design. The instrument used for data collecting was a structured questionnaire tagged, Awareness and Utilization of Web 2.0 Technologies in Teaching Questionnaire (AUWTTQ) with a modified 4-point rating scale. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined using the Cronbach Alpha technique which revealed a reliability index of 0.86. The data collected was analyzed using mean statistics standard deviation and independent sample t-test. The finding revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean response scores of respondents on the benefits of utilizing Web 2.0 technologies in teaching business education courses in universities based on years of experience. And there is no significant difference between the mean response scores of male and female respondents on the barriers to utilizing Web 2.0 technologies in teaching business education courses in universities. The study concludes that lecturers are aware of Web 2.0 technologies and these technologies are utilized in teaching business education courses. It was recommended among others that, the benefits of Web 2.0 technologies should be promoted by the curriculum developers, universities, stakeholders, and lecturers to promote the use of technologies in teaching.
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Valuing Health Insurance for Children Under Five: A Case Study of Rural Farming Communities
(Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, 2024) Shehu Usman Adam; Haruna Mohammed; Fatai Akosile
The death rate of children under-five from preventable and treatable diseases is disproportionately high in rural agrarian communities. Meanwhile, health insurance is not accessible to such rural population, increasing their out-of-pocket medical expenses. Surprisingly, the literature remains sparse on alternative ways for such communities to finance their health expenditure. This paper examines the rural households’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for health insurance programme for children under five years old in Gujba local government. Data were analysed using contingent valuation method and the result shows that 60% of the households spent less than ₦1,600 per month in medical expenditure on their children. Meanwhile, sizeable number of the farming households (45.2%) earned an annual farm income of ₦800,000 - ₦1,000,000. The analysis shows that the respondents are willing to pay ₦8,438 to ensure their children have access to health insurance programme. The study also found that insurance premium, income, service satisfaction and numbers of under-five children in the household have significant effect on WTP while marital status, gender, age and education had no statistically significant effect on WTP. The study concludes that having health insurance programme for under-five children in Gujba local government area of Yobe State is feasible since rural farming communities are willing to pay a premium if the service is made available.
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Valuing Health Insurance for Children Under Five: A Case Study of Rural Farming Communities
(Malete Journal of Management and Social Sciences (Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete), 2024) Shehu Usman Adam; Haruna Mohammed; Fatai Akosile
The death rate of children under-five from preventable and treatable diseases is disproportionately high in rural agrarian communities. Meanwhile, health insurance is not accessible to such rural population, increasing their out-of-pocket medical expenses. Surprisingly, the literature remains sparse on alternative ways for such communities to finance their health expenditure. This paper examines the rural households’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for health insurance programme for children under five years old in Gujba local government. Data were analysed using contingent valuation method and the result shows that 60% of the households spent less than ₦1,600 per month in medical expenditure on their children. Meanwhile, sizeable number of the farming households (45.2%) earned an annual farm income of ₦800,000 - ₦1,000,000. The analysis shows that the respondents are willing to pay ₦8,438 to ensure their children have access to health insurance programme. The study also found that insurance premium, income, service satisfaction and numbers of under-five children in the household have significant effect on WTP while marital status, gender, age and education had no statistically significant effect on WTP. The study concludes that having health insurance programme for under-five children in Gujba local government area of Yobe State is feasible since rural farming communities are willing to pay a premium if the service is made available.
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Regulatory Efficiency and Informal Economy: Impact on Tax Revenue in West Africa
(Afropolitan Publisher UI, 2025) Akande, Rashidat Sumbola; Hammed, Olalekan A.; Shitu, Abdul M.; Yusuf, Yusuf T.
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Glossary of Tourism, Leisure and Travels Terms and Acronyms
(Lawrence and Leigh Publishers, Lagos, 2017-09-22) Babalola W.A; Oriade A; Bashiru A.A