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- KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE The Green University for Community Development and Entrepreneurship Centre for Islamic Contemporary Studies and Arabic Documentation مركز الدراسات الإسلامية المعاصرة والتوثيق العربي The Centre for Islamic Contemporary Studies and Arabic Documentation is a Centre that aims at advancing a nuanced and scholarly understanding of Islam in the modern world. The Centre is to equip learners, scholars and researchers of Islamic and Arabic studies with the intellectual tools needed to engage thoughtfully with current global discussions surrounding Islamic thought, culture, and practice. The Centre, therefore, offers a wide range of programmes that would lead to the award of Basic Certificates in the following: 1. Certificate in Quran Recitation for Beginners 2. Certificate of Proficiency in Arabic Language; 3. Certificate in Islamic Medicine 4. Certificate in Islamic Counselling and Spiritual Guidance; 5. Certificate in Islamic Banking and Finance Admission Requirements Candidates seeking admission into these programmes are expected to have a degree in any areas of study or at least an SSCE/ SISCE certificates or its equivalent. B. Programme Duration The programmes shall be run for a period of 3-months duration and six hours per week; Fridays evenings 3.00-6.00pm and Sundays 2.00pm-5.00pm for both physical and virtual. C. Programme Fees i- Application Form The sum of Ten Thousand Naira (N10.000) only, shall be charged for obtaining an application form and Five Thousand Naira for acceptance payable to the university bursary. ii- Tuition The tuition fee for each programme is one hundred thousand Naira (N100,000) only. r. 4. Deadline for purchase and submission of application is 15th December 2026 Taking off of the Programmes: 1st January 2027 The Programmes are: 1- Certificate in Quran Recitation for Beginners(CQRB) 1. Programme Overview The Certificate in Quran Recitation for Beginners is a foundational programme designed for individuals who wish to develop the essential skills required to read and recite the Quran with greater accuracy, confidence, and fluency. 2. Programme Objectives By the end of the programme, participants should be able to: • Recognise and correctly pronounce Arabic letters and their different forms. • Identify common vowel signs and other essential Quranic reading symbols. • Apply foundational Tajweed principles during guided recitation. • Recite selected short Surahs and passages with greater accuracy and confidence. • Identify common recitation errors and make corrections with appropriate guidance. • Develop a consistent personal practice routine for continued improvement after the programme. 3. Programme Target Audience • Muslim students, artisans and related disciplines did have opportunity of attending Arabic schools. • Muslim professionals, civil servants and other Muslims seeking to know more about their rlegion. • Any other researcher seeking to acquire Islamic knowledge. 2. Certificate in Arabic Language Proficiency (CALP) 1. Programme Overview The Certificate in Arabic Proficiency is an intensive language programme designed to develop learners’ practical competence and confidence in Arabic. The programme provides a structured foundation in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, while building essential vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and communication skills. 2. Objectives By the end of the programme, participants should be able to: • Identify Arabic language alphabet and pronounce the correctly • Show reasonable skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening to Arabic. • Exhibit their appreciable level of exposure to the language, culture and civilization of the Arabs. • Interact in Arabic with foundational and intermediate proficiency in Arabic. 3. Target Audience • Students of Islamic Studies and related disciplines who did have opportunity of attending Arabic schools. • Researchers and professionals working with Arabic texts and documentation. • Beginners seeking structured Arabic language training. • Clerics, translators, educators in Islamic institutions, library staff and others that may be interested. 3. Certificate in Islamic Banking and Finance (CIBF) 1. Program Overview This certificate equips participants with both foundational theories and practical applications of Islamic banking and finance. It merges Shari‘ah principles with modern financial practices, providing the skills necessary for careers in Islamic financial institutions, fintech, and economic policy-making. 2. Program Objectives The program aims to: • provide foundational knowledge of Islamic banking, finance, and economics. • equip learners with practical skills in Shari‘ah-compliant financial operations. • develop understanding of contemporary issues in Islamic finance and ethical banking. • prepare participants for professional careers in Islamic banking and financial institutions. 3. Target Audience • Bankers and financial professionals seeking knowledge in Islamic finance. • Graduates of Economics, Finance, Accounting, and Business Studies. • Shari‘ah scholars and researchers in Islamic economics. • Entrepreneurs and policymakers interested in ethical finance. 4. Certificate in Islamic Medicine (CIM) 1. Program Overview The Certificate in Islamic Medicine (CIM) offers a comprehensive introduction to health, wellness, and medical ethics from an Islamic perspective. Drawing on the Qur’an, Sunnah, classical scholarship, and modern medical insights, the program covers Prophetic medicine, contributions of Muslim physicians, preventive health, nutrition, mental well-being, and ethical healthcare practices. It equips participants to integrate Islamic principles with contemporary medical challenges, making it ideal for healthcare professionals, students, and anyone interested in faith-based approaches to health. 2. Program Objectives The course aims to: • provide foundational knowledge of Islamic medical heritage and Prophetic medicine. • integrate Islamic perspectives with contemporary health and wellness practices. • equip participants with ethical and spiritual dimensions of healthcare in Islam. • promote research and professional practice in Islamic medical studies. 3. Target Audience • Health professionals interested in Islamic perspectives on medicine. • Students of Islamic Studies, Health Sciences, and Alternative Medicine. • Imams, scholars, and herbal practitioners seeking formal training. • General learners interested in Prophetic medicine and Islamic health ethics. 5. Certificate in Islamic Counseling and Spiritual Guidance (CICSG) 1. Program Overview The Certificate in Islamic Counseling and Spiritual Guidance (CICSG) equips participants with practical skills to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support grounded in the Qur’an, Sunnah, and Islamic ethics. Integrating modern counseling methods with Islamic principles, the program covers marital counseling, youth mentorship, grief and trauma care, and mental health awareness, preparing learners to serve as effective counselors and spiritual advisors in diverse community settings. 2. Program Objectives The program aims to: • provide a solid foundation in Islamic counseling principles and spiritual guidance methods. • equip participants with practical counseling techniques grounded in Qur’an, Sunnah, and Islamic ethics. • address mental health, marital issues, youth challenges, and spiritual crises from an Islamic perspective. • prepare participants to serve as community counselors, Imams, or spiritual advisors within Shari‘ah-compliant frameworks. 3. Target Audience • Imams, Da‘wah workers, and community leaders • Teachers in Islamic institutions and madrasahs • Health professionals interested in Islamic perspectives on mental health • Youth mentors, marriage counselors, and NGO staff • Students of Islamic Studies/Law, Psychology, and Religious Education
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Item type:Item, PRELIMINARY SCREENING ON NIGERIAN CHICKEN-TYPES FOR EXTINCTION PROBABILITY(Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN)., 2025)Abdulyekeen Olanrewaju Abdulraheem, Bashar Ali Adamu, Abba Mohammed, Jummai Adamu, Jimoh Olalekan Aremu, Abdulrazaq Onimisi Raji, and Jibrin AliyuThis study was conducted in Borno state to assess the extinction risk of sixty (60) 6-Nigerian indigenous chicken-types; normal feathered, frizzle feathered, naked neck, shank feathered, crested feathered and rose comb based on a range of socio-economic and genetic factors. The research employed data from 60 households and examined variables including population size (POS), changes in population over the last five years (CHA), disease control (DC), economic development (ECO), cultural importance (CUL), and conservation practices (CON). Genetic diversity was assessed using heamoglobin polymorphism. The estimated extinction probabilities for the genotypes calculated based on these factors revealed an overall extinction probability of 0.58 indicating a moderate to high risk of extinction. Frizzle feathered and naked neck chickens had the highest extinction risks (0.78 and 0.73) while shank feathered chicken had the lowest (0.28). Genetic analysis revealed varying levels of genetic distinctness between and among the chicken types, with the naked neck and normal feathered chickens showing the greatest genetic differentiation. These findings underscored the importance of targeted conservation efforts, including improved production systems, disease control, and strategic breeding programmes, to reduce extinction risks and preserve the genetic diversity of these Nigerian chicken-types. This result should be confirmed using advanced nucleic acid-based techniqueItem type:Item, Regional Integration and Sustainable Development in West Africa: The Role of Governance Quality(National Institute for Legislative & Democratic studies (NILDS), National Assembly, Abuja, 2026-02-26)Muktar Sabi, Abdul M. Shitu, Yusuf Toyin Yusuf & Lukman S. AdamRegional integration offers substantial potential for advancement, but West Africa's economic growth and development through cross-border trade remain below optimal levels, impeding progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 17 (SDGs). This study examines the role of governance quality on the effectiveness of regional integration and sustainable development in West Africa from 1996 to 2022. A modified Cobb-Douglas production function, augmented with trade integration and governance quality, was estimated using the Dynamic Panel Model with Interacting Effects (DPMEs) method, specifically the system GMM. Variables such as the adjusted net savings, which served as the proxy for sustainable development, capital stock, number of labour employed, trade integration and index of the six governance quality indicators, which were sourced from the World Bank’s Development Indicators (WDI) and Governance Indicators (WGI), respectively. The findings revealed that governance quality has a positive and long-run significant impact on sustainable development in West Africa. But the relationship was found to be weak due to the regional characteristics. regional integration offers substantial potential for advancement, West Africa's economic growth and development through cross-border trade remain below optimal levels, impeding progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study examines the role of governance quality on the effectiveness of regional integration and sustainable development in West Africa from 1996 to 2022. A modified Cobb-Douglas production function, augmented with trade integration and governance quality, was estimated using the Dynamic Panel Model with Interacting Effects (DPMEs) method, specifically the system GMM. Variables such as the adjusted net savings, which served as the proxy for sustainable development, capital stock, number of labour employed, trade integration and index of the six governance quality indicators, which were sourced from the World Bank’s Development Indicators (WDI) and Governance Indicators (WGI), respectively. The findings revealed that governance quality has a positive and insignificant impact on sustainable development (measured by Adjusted Net Saving (ANS)) in the short run, but is significant in the long run, implying that the quality of governance in achieving sustainable development in West Africa is weak. The lag in the number of people employed showed a negative and insignificant impact on sustainable development, suggesting that an increased level of unemployment could deter sustainable development. However, trade integration and the interaction of governance quality with trade integration showed positive and significant impacts, reflecting efficiencies in regional trade practices due to moderate governance quality in the region. The study therefore recommends that strategic economic policy measures like free trade, and governance policies like employment opportunities, and regional cooperation should be adopted to accelerate sustainable development in West Africa.Item type:Item, PRELIMINARY SCREENING ON NIGERIAN CHICKEN-TYPES FOR EXTINCTION PROBABILITY(Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), 2025)*Abdulyekeen Olanrewaju Abdulraheem, *Bashar Ali Adamu, **Abba Mohammed, *Jummai Adamu, ***Jimoh Olalekan Aremu, *Abdulrazaq Onimisi Raji, and *Jibrin AliyuThis study was conducted in Borno state to assess the extinction risk of sixty (60) 6-Nigerian indigenous chicken-types; normal feathered, frizzle feathered, naked neck, shank feathered, crested feathered and rose comb based on a range of socio-economic and genetic factors. The research employed data from 60 households and examined variables including population size (POS), changes in population over the last five years (CHA), disease control (DC), economic development (ECO), cultural importance (CUL), and conservation practices (CON). Genetic diversity was assessed using heamoglobin polymorphism. The estimated extinction probabilities for the genotypes calculated based on these factors revealed an overall extinction probability of 0.58 indicating a moderate to high risk of extinction. Frizzle feathered and naked neck chickens had the highest extinction risks (0.78 and 0.73) while shank feathered chicken had the lowest (0.28). Genetic analysis revealed varying levels of genetic distinctness between and among the chicken types, with the naked neck and normal feathered chickens showing the greatest genetic differentiation. These findings underscored the importance of targeted conservation efforts, including improved production systems, disease control, and strategic breeding programmes, to reduce extinction risks and preserve the genetic diversity of these Nigerian chicken-types. This result should be confirmed using advanced nucleic acid-based technique.Item type:Item, ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND CENTRAL BANK TRANSPARENCY IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES(Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, 2020-06-17)Abdulhakeem A Kilishi, Muktar S AdamuStudies on central bank transparency focus on effect of central bank transparency rather than causes or determinants of central bank transparency. This paper empirically examined the impact of different measures of political institutions on central bank transparency. A panel data of twenty-two African countries was gathered over a period 2006 to 2018. Driscoll and Kraay method was used to gauged the model. The findings revealed that central bank transparency increases as quality of political institutions improve. The paper recommended that political institutions should be reformed to allow: (i) citizens participation in public decision making, (ii) equal opportunity for all including minority and women in political participation, (iii) restriction on exercise of executive powers, and (iv) adherent to the basic component of rule of law, principle of checks and balances, as well as true separation of power among the arms of government.Item type:Item, Resilience as a Correlate of Learning Outcomes among Adolescents with Hearing Impairment in Ibadan, Nigeria(International Journal of Academic Information Systems Research (IJAISR), 2026-09-30)Professor Kelechi U LAZARUS, Adedayo ADESOKAN (PhD), Hafsoh Aderonke ASHANKE, Sunday Olubayo AWOLOLA, Abdulazeez Kayode AKOREDE, Ether Ouluwatimileyin OGUNFEYITIMIAbstract: Adolescents with hearing impairment often record lower academic outcomes than their hearing peers, a pattern sometimes read, unfairly, as evidence that they lack the drive or inner resource needed to succeed in school. This study examined resilience as a psychological correlate of learning outcomes, conceptualised here as academic achievement and social interaction, among adolescents with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Nigeria. Two research purposes were pursued and two null hypotheses were tested. The study was anchored on Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory and adopted a descriptive research design of the correlational type. A census sample of 30 adolescents with hearing impairment was drawn from two special schools in Ibadan. Data were collected using an Academic Achievement Proforma, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), and a Social Interaction Scale (SIS), whose reliability coefficients were established at 0.76 and 0.72 respectively through test-retest and Cronbach's alpha. Both hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation (PPMC) at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed no statistically significant relationship between resilience and academic achievement (r(28) = -.063, p = .739) or between resilience and social interaction (r(28) = .143, p = .449). It is concluded that, within this sample, resilience functions largely as an individual coping resource that does not by itself translate into stronger classroom performance or richer peer engagement, a pattern consistent with a sociocultural reading in which learning and social participation depend more on the availability of accessible interactional structures, such as interpreters and trained More Knowledgeable Others, than on internal adaptive capacity alone. The study recommends that schools invest in communication infrastructure and structured peer-interaction programmes rather than relying on resilience-building in isolation to improve outcomes for this population.Item type:Item, Protecting the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities in the Digital World(International Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research (IJAPR), 2026-08-31)Sunday Olubayo AWOLOLAAbstract: The digital world has created new opportunities and transformed the lives of individuals with disabilities, offering new opportunities for social interaction, social inclusion, education, politics vocational rehabilitation and employment, but it also poses significant challenges to their rights and inclusion. This paper explores the importance of protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities in the digital world, focusing on accessibility, data protection, and non-discrimination. We examine the role of international human rights law, national policies, and technological innovations in promoting digital inclusion and accessibility. The paper highlights best practices and challenges in ensuring that digital technologies are designed and implemented in ways that respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of individuals with disabilities in Kwara State