scholarly journals Nigerian youth, politics and the demand for τολμηρήηγεσία: A study on I Timothy 4:11–12

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezichi A. Ituma ◽  
Prince E. Peters ◽  
Omaka K. Ngele ◽  
Paulinus O. Agbo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Youth Politics ◽  
Political Election

One possible meaning of the Greek word τολμηρήηγεσία (bold leadership) among the ancient Greeks was bravery and astuteness in managing human and natural resources. In this study, it is used in the context of fearlessness and willingness of the Nigerian youth to take up governmental responsibilities in leadership positions, which is achievable either through demanding governmental appointments or contesting elections for political positions through a free and fair political election. With the use of exegesis and hermeneutics, this study on τολμηρήηγεσία refers to Paul’s instruction to Timothy regarding bold leadership in I Timothy 4:11–12. 1 Timothy 4:11–12 is contextually seen as a call on Nigerian youth to adopt as a prototype; young Timothy who the elderly Paul encouraged in his words, not to allow anyone, despise his youth. This is to the intent of challenging Nigerian youth to become more proactive in national politics and governance in order to help Nigeria register its presence in the competitive global technological and scientific arena.Contribution: The study tries to understand the age influence on Timothy and how Paul tried to deal with it. This enabled the study to be of use in addressing the challenges that Nigerian youth go through in order to have their voices heard in Nigerian politics and to also call on the youth to grow above timidity towards bold leadership.

scholarly journals Are Older Adults a Burden on Society? Ethnic Differences in What Younger Nigerians Think

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 323-324
Author(s):  
Abolade Oladimeji
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
As Relationship ◽  
Political Failure

Abstract Ageism is on the rise in Nigeria. Recently congress passed a bill on “not too young to rule” a campaign to advocate for younger Nigerians to take over leadership positions from older political officeholders. This paper focuses on ethnic differences among Nigerians who think older adults are a burden on society. Our sample included 1,693 randomly selected Nigerians (18 yrs-59yrs) who were in wave six of the world values survey conducted in 2012 comprising of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria; Hausa (33%), Igbo (24%), and Yoruba (25%). Using multivariate logistic regression, results show that among the Hausas; life satisfaction, education, employment, gender, income, and geography predict bias towards older adults (OR=1.12*,.89*,.61*,.63*,1.12*,.74***) respectively. Among the Igbos; only education predicts bias towards older adults (OR=.75***). Among the Yorubas; income and geography predict bias towards older adults (OR=.86*, 1.20*) respectively. These findings underscore that several individual resources, as well as relationship status, are associated with a bias towards the elderly in Nigeria. The results reinforce the idea that the underlying causes of ageism might be structural such as political failure, poverty, illiteracy, and rurality. To change how younger generations, think of older adults, macro-level interventions and policies need to be implemented.

scholarly journals Determinants of undernutrition in rural communities of a protected area in Gabon

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1711-1725 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Blaney ◽  
M Beaudry ◽  
M Latham
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Women Caregivers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Healthy Environment

AbstractObjectiveTo understand how access to natural resources may contribute to nutrition.DesignIn each of the two major seasons, data were collected during a 7 d period using observations, semi-structured interviews, anthropometric measures and a weighed food consumption survey.SettingFour rural communities selected to represent inland and coastal areas of the Gamba Complex in Gabon.SubjectsIn each community, all individuals from groups vulnerable to malnutrition, i.e. children aged 0–23 months (n 41) and 24–59 months (n 63) and the elderly (n 101), as well as women caregivers (n 96).ResultsIn most groups, household access to natural resources was associated with household access to food but not with individual nutritional status. In children aged 0–23 months, access to care and to health services and a healthy environment were the best predictors of length-for-age (adjusted R2: 14 %). Health status was the only predictor of weight-for-height in children aged 24–59 months (adjusted R2: 14 %). In women caregivers, household food security was negatively associated with nutritional status, as was being younger than 20 years (adjusted R2: 16 %). Among the elderly, only nutrient adequacy predicted nutritional status (adjusted R2: 5 %).ConclusionImproving access to care and health for young children would help reverse the process of undernutrition. Reaching a better understanding of how the access of individuals to both food and other resources relate to household access could further our appreciation of the constraints to good nutrition. This is particularly relevant in women to ensure that their possibly important contribution to the household is not at their own expense.

Identity and violence: the politics of youth in Ijebu-Remo, Nigeria

2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Insa Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Elite Politics ◽  
Youth Politics ◽  
Nationalist Sentiment ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Definition Of

This article examines the politics of youth in Ijebu-Remo (henceforth Remo) from the 1950s to the present. The emergence of the politics of youth in the 1950s and 1960s drew on precolonial discourse and was closely associated with the emergence of Remo's anti-federal postcolonial political identity. Since Nigeria's political and economic decline in the mid-1980s, strong feelings of exclusion – strengthened further by the political sidelining of Yoruba-speaking politicians in national politics between 1993 and 1999 – have contributed to an increase of nationalist sentiment in Remo youth politics. This is enacted through secrecy, a reinvention and utilisation of ‘traditional’ cultural practice, and the growing definition of local identity through ethnic discourse. Traditionally, Remo youth and elite politics have legitimised and supported each other, but the cohesion between these groups has declined since the return to democracy in 1999. Rivalry and conflict over local and national resources have led to bitter intergroup fighting, and young men's strategies to combat social exclusion remain mostly individual.

scholarly journals Development of a Routes Guide Innovation for Historical, Cultural and Natural Resources U-thong District, Suphanburi Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 5714-5719
Author(s):  
Wittaya Wisutruangdat
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Data Selection ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
To Come ◽  
High Level

The purpose of this research has develo a routes guide innovation for historical, cultural and natural resources U-thong district, Suphanburi Province. This research used quantitative research, and the research tools were questionnaires. Quantitative research had 2 steps. 1) Checked the validity of innovation a routes guide for historical, cultural and natural resources U-thong district, Suphanburi Province by the expects 9 key informants. Data were selected by using purposive sampling. 2) Checked complacency of innovation a routes guide by tourists visited tourist attractions 385 peoples. Used data selection method by multistage random sampling. Data was analyzed by mean and standard deviation. Results indicated that 1) the experts have had the appropriateness of content has been most appropriate at the highest level especially contents in the book have been easy to understand with the most suitable level. The appropriateness of photo arrangement appropriateness has been the least because some picture has been blurry. 2) The overall for complacency of innovation a routes guide was high level (x ̅ = 4.29, S.D. = 0.53). The highest complacency was benefits and values was at high level (x ̅ = 4.41, S.D. = 0.47). The lowest complacency was Language and it was at high level (x ̅ = 4.23, S.D. = 0.59). Suggestion of this study were 1) there should be other innovations, and to strengthen tourism in U-thong district, and  2) should have travel routes for the elderly to come to travel in U-thong district.

Cell surface changes during aging of human bladder epithelium examined by lectin probes and SEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 966-967
Author(s):  
J. Jacob ◽  
M.F.M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Pokeweed Mitogen ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Luminal Surface ◽  
Bladder Epithelium ◽  
Aldehyde Groups ◽  
Cell Surface Changes ◽  
Phosphate Buffered Saline ◽  
Surface Changes

Ultrastructural changes have been shown to occur in the urinary bladder epithelium (urothelium) during the life span of humans. With increasing age, the luminal surface becomes more flexible and develops simple microvilli-like processes. Furthermore, the specialised asymmetric structure of the luminal plasma membrane is relatively more prominent in the young than in the elderly. The nature of the changes at the luminal surface is now explored by lectin-mediated adsorption visualised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Samples of young adult (21-31 y old) and elderly (58-82 y old) urothelia were fixed in buffered 2% glutaraldehyde for 10 m and washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing Ca++ and Mg++ at room temperature. They were incubated overnight at 4°C in 0.1 M ammonium chloride in PBS to block any remaining aldehyde groups. The samples were then allowed to stand in PBS at 37°C for 2 h before incubation at 37°C for 30 m with lectins. The lectins used were concanavalin A (Con A), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) at a concentration of 500 mg/ml in PBS at pH 7.A.

The effect of dental geriatric curricula on attitudes toward the elderly

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 516-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Mann ◽  
TJ Bomberg ◽  
JM Holtzman ◽  
DB Berkey
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly

Pharmacology Issues Related to Dementia Syndrome of Depression in Elderly Residents of Long-Term Care Settings

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Angel L. Ball ◽  
Adina S. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Pharmacological Intervention ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Anticholinergic Medications ◽  
Inappropriate Treatment ◽  
Dementia Syndrome

Pharmacological intervention for depressive symptoms in institutionalized elderly is higher than the population average. Among the patients on such medications are those with a puzzling mix of symptoms, diagnosed as “dementia syndrome of depression,” formerly termed “pseudodementia”. Cognitive-communicative changes, potentially due to medications, complicate the diagnosis even further. This discussion paper reviews the history of the terminology of “pseudodementia,” and examines the pharmacology given as treatment for depressive symptoms in the elderly population that can affect cognition and communication. Clinicians can reduce the risk of misdiagnosis or inappropriate treatment by having an awareness of potential side effects, including decreased attention, memory, and reasoning capacities, particularly due to some anticholinergic medications. A team approach to care should include a cohesive effort directed at caution against over-medication, informed management of polypharmacology, enhancement of environmental/communication supports and quality of life, and recognizing the typical nature of some depressive signs in elderly institutionalized individuals.

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