Browsing by Author "Ibrahim, Hauwa V. Idris"

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    ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA INCIDENCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Economics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2021-03-04) Ibrahim, Hauwa V. Idris
    The study assessed the impact of malaria incidence on economic development in Kogi State, Nigeria. Malaria has been a major challenge in Nigeria in general and Kogi State in particular and it has shown itself in the slow pace of human development, morbidity and mortality. The main objective of the study was to investigate the impact of malaria incidence on economic development in Kogi State. The study adopted the descriptive and quantitative methods to examine the impact of malaria incidence on economic development in Kogi state. Kogi State comprises of twenty one local government areas of which seven local government areas were purposively selected for the study. Data collected for the study were both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected from respondents across seven local government areas of Kogi State. The sample for this study comprised of 400 individuals drawn from the population of 1,330,900 persons that make up the seven LGAs. The local government areas covered in the study were Lokoja, Ajaokuta, Omala, Igalamela-Odolu, Kabba/Bunu, Ibaji and Bassa. A multi-stage sampling method was used for this study. In the first stage, seven LGAs that had rivers around them and also prone to flooding and secondly, the geography, ecology and climate which favours numerous habitats of mosquitoes were selected through judgemental sampling. To this end, the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression method was used to determine the relationships between variables. Chi-square statistic was also employed to ascertain the association between incidence of malaria and indices of economic development. Cramer's V method was also utilized to determine the statistical significance and provides information about the strength of the relationship between two categorical variables. The findings showed that while incidence of malaria had negative impact on the per-capita income, human capital development, farmers ’ productivity, and man-hour, it had positive impact on the poverty, and infant mortality in Kogi State. The study recommended that the various methods of treatment utilized by citizens of Kogi State for the combat of malaria should be sustained and government should make efforts to improve them. Besides, there is the need for health awareness campaign through seminars organized by the various Primary Health Care Centres and coordinated by the State Ministry of Health on the dangers of malaria, modes of transmission, various forms of protection against malaria and proper ways of using them. This would help the citizens of Kogi State to continue to use the various methods to reduce malaria incidence in order to increase their per-capita incomes, human capital development, and reduction of poverty.
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    MALARIA PREVALANCE AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOGI STATE
    (Department of Economics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-12-12) Ibrahim, Hauwa V. Idris; Rabo, Mavaladakare; Henry, Ahmed Eggon
    This study investigates the impact of malaria on human capital development in Kogi state. The study used time series data on malaria prevalent rate, malaria death cases, public expenditure on theprevention and treatment of malaria, and primary school enrolmentand the method of autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) techniques to carry out the analysis. The estimated model revealed that while both malaria prevalent rate and malaria death cases have negatively and significant impact, public expenditure on prevention and treatment of malaria has positive impact on human capital development.ln the light of this finding, it is suggested that Nigerian government should intensify its efforts in the fight against malaria. To this end, the government should strengthen the roll back malaria programme, promote environmental sanitation and create awareness on the danger of malaria among the people.
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    SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF MALARIA ON FOOD SECURITY IN KOGI STATE
    (Department of Economics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-12-12) Ibrahim, Hauwa V. Idris; Rabo, Mavaladakare; Henry, Ahmed Eggon
    This study examined the impact of malaria on food security in Kogi state. The study adopted descriptive methods to carry out the analysis. The data were obtained through o household survey conducted between May and August 2020 using questionnaire. The analysis of the results showed that while incidence of malaria; direct cost of malaria; and size of family have negative impact on food security (calorie intake), level of education has negative impact on calorie intake in Kogi state. The study therefore recommends that various methods of treatment utilized by citizens of Kogi State for the combat of malaria should be sustained and government should make efforts to improve them. Besides, there is a need for health awareness campaign through seminars organized رط the various Primary Health Care Centers and coordinated by the State Ministry of Health on the dangers of malaria, modes of transmission, and various forms of treatment against malaria and proper ways of using them.