The study examined promoting resilience and social-emotional development in children of single parent, A case study of children in pre-primary schools in Oredo Local Government Area. To guide the study, four research questions were raised but three were answered. The population of this study consisted of some pre-primary school teachers in Oredo Local Government Area. The instrument used for this study was a questionnaire, The survey research design that was used for this study and the data was analyzed using the standard deviation and mean score analysis. The major findings of this study revealed that Parental involvement refers to the level of involvement and support a single parent provides in a child's life. Research suggests that consistent, positive parental involvement can have a significant impact on a child's emotional health and social development. Single parents may face financial constraints, which can affect the resources available for their children's preschool education. This may include access to educational materials, extracurricular activities or specialized support services. It is important for preschoolers to be aware of these limitations and provide equal opportunities to all children.
Based on the findings of the study, it was revealed that children from single-parent families may face stigma or social challenges from their peers due to their family structure. This can lead to feelings of exclusion or a feeling of not belonging. Promoting inclusion, teaching empathy and acceptance, and celebrating the diversity of family structures can help create a supportive and inclusive social environment.

This study was carried out to analyses the skills and competence required by electrical technology students in technical colleges for sustainable employment in Edo State. Specifically, this study seeks ascertain the extent of competency and skills possessed by electrical technology students in technical colleges, to determine the appropriate
strategies in promoting the development of competency and skills in electrical technology students in technical colleges for sustainable employment in Edo State, to determine ways of enhancing the employment prospect of electrical technology students in technical colleges. The research design used for this research study was a survey research design. The population for this study consists of four technical colleges in Edo State in the 2020/2021 session. The sample of the study is made all students and teachers in electrical electronics technology of the Benin technical college. The following were the findings of this work The study revealed that the competency of skills as obtained by both graduates and undergraduates of electrical electronics technology in any of the technical colleges
in Edo state is not competent, proficient and adequate enough, the study found out that the inadequacy of facilities and obsolete equipment’s for teaching and learning of electrical electronics technology in government owned technical and vocational institutions are a result of corruption in the educational system in Nigeria and poor
funding, The study also found out that societal view of the course creates inferiority complex on the side of the students. From the findings of this study, the following recommendations are proffered which the researcher thinks will go a long way to improve on the competency and skills of electrical technology students for sustainable
employment in Edo State, Nigeria.

The cleaning of living and work spaces are a fundamental human activity. Cleaning must be done for
safety and human health. The process of cleaning can be cumbersome, tasking on the human muscle
and time consuming when done in the traditional way of using brooms, brushes and similar tools.
Modern living and work requirements demands that cleaning must be done fast and more efficiently.
This need therefore demands that the cleaning of living and work spaces has to be mechanized to take
away the burden from human muscles, improve efficiency, save time and cost. One way of achieving
this is through the use of Vacuum Cleaners.
A literature review during the course of this project work revealed that virtually all available Vacuum
Cleaners listed and reviewed online as well as those found in shops here in Nigeria are highly
technologically sophisticated and unaffordable for homes and small scale firms. The need therefore
arises for the production of a locally affordable Vacuum Cleaner made from readily available local
materials. The literature review and search identified a simple handheld Vacuum Cleaner that can be
modified and adapted through a redesign to use locally available materials for its production. Several
concept designs were proposed and the most acceptable in terms of simplicity, availability of local
materials and affordability was chosen.
The components for the chosen design were redesigned one by one with the idea of local production
in mind. These includes the intake Wand and its dust agitator, the housing, the motor and its mounting
within the housing, the air stream expansion section of the housing, the dust bag and its attachment to
the housing and finally air flow exhaust area. After the design of these components the material
needed for their fabrication were procured and the components fabricated. These fabricated
components were then assembled to produce the portable Vacuum Cleaner complete with a shoulder
hanging belt.
The assembled unit was then tested in the 500 level classroom. The performance of the Vacuum
Cleaner was found to be really effective in dust pickup through the dust agitator at the end of the end
of the wand that is always pressed against the floor as it is pushed back and forth during the cleaning
process. No dust particle size in the classroom was left on the floor during the testing. It is worthy of
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note that there was a small amount of very very fine particles of dust noticed in the effluent exhaust
air. The possible reasons suggested for this unwanted occurrence by our project group were listed as
1. A larger than required dust bag particle size retention holes that allowed these very fine dust
particles to escape with the exhaust air.
and or
2. Insufficient expansion of the exhaust air to reduce its speed to allow these very fine particles to
deposit in the air stream expansion zone of the Vacuum Cleaner housing.
For the fact that the fabricated Vacuum Cleaner was able to pick up virtually all particles on the floor,
this project is therefore considered a great success. It is hoped that improvements to this design would
continue to be carried out in future project work until it reaches the perfection in both aesthetics and
performance for commercialization.

This project is aim at developing high strength concrete from recycled aggregates, with the specific objectives determine the benefit / cost ratio in the development of high strength concrete from recycled aggregates, determine the compressive strength of the blended concrete when waste concrete is recycled, help control environmental pollution, waste concrete is beneficial and necessary from the viewpoint of environmental preservation and effective utilization of resources, determining the design of experiment of the blended concrete.
The results of the project were generated by applying different scope such as specific gravity, Particular size distribution, slump test of fresh concrete, flexural and compressive strength. The compressive strength for 5% 10%, 15% and 20% replacement of coarse aggregate by waste coarse concrete were compared with conventional/natural concrete.
It is seen from the figure above that the compressive strength of the cube increases on 5%, 10%, replacement and reduces on further increase in 15%, 20% and 25% recycled crushed coarse aggregates.
Tests conducted on demolished coarse aggregates and results compared with natural coarse aggregates are satisfactory as BS Standard, the test results of compressive strength shows that the optimum replacement of fine aggregate is achieved at 10% replacement of fine aggregate by demolished concrete waste compared to the respective conventional concrete strength, the possibility exists for the partial replacement of fine aggregate with demolished concrete waste which is produced during demolition of construction site.

This study investigated the influence of regular physical activity and exercise on undergraduates in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin. It was a descriptive survey that employed qualitative and quantitative survey approach in analyzing data. The main problem of the study was that students appear to face numerous barriers to becoming physically active. Five (5) research questions were raised to guide the study with one hypothesis tested. The significance of the study from the results, shows that students will be exposed to the vulnerability of physical inactivity and the consequences it has on the academic life of undergraduates. The (sample of the study was 200 selected from 400 level undergraduate students of a total population of 1.852 during the study year in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin). Questionnaire was used as instrument to collect data. The Cronbach alpha co-efficient was used to determine the dependability of the instrument and the reliability of co-efficient was found to be 0.76 which was considered satisfactory for establishing the reliability of the instrument. The statistical techniques used to analyze data collected were frequencies and percentages. An independent t-test was also used to test the hypothesis. The results showed among others that, lack of physical activity and exercise contributed to poor academic outcome and disposition. The recommendation therefore was that, fitness clubs that will engage these students in physical activity and exercise are to be provided to make them have easy access to facilities/equipment that would augment regular physical activity and thereby subsequently improving their fitness level towards the pursuance of their academic goal in the university

This study was carried out to investigate Port Harcourt Residents Perception of Media Advocacy against Kidnapping in Rivers State using selected respondents in Port Harcourt. To achieve this objective, six research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire of two sections administered to the selected respondents in Port Harcourt. The collected data were analyzed tables and descriptive statistics to analyze the research questions while t-test statistical method was used to test research hypotheses. All data were coded using SPSS software. The study reveals that there is a significant impact of media advocacy on Port Harcourt Residents Perception against Kidnapping in Rivers State and there is a significant relationship between media advocacy and campaign against kidnapping in Rivers State. The study concludes that radio campaigns against kidnapping in Port Harcourt have been ineffective due to residents' lack of engagement and support. To combat kidnapping, radio stations in Rivers state should collaborate with stakeholders and emphasize the joint effort required for enhanced security. The study suggests working with security personnel and other stakeholders to address the kidnapping problem in Rivers State, prioritizing objectivity and credibility in media reporting, concentrating on education and advocacy against kidnapping, and actively involving locals in the group effort to improve security and eradicate kidnapping.

This research is to evaluate the perception of transit advertisement by Benin City residents using Lush Hair as a case study. The survey sample method was adopted for this study, using the stratified random sampling method to draw sample of 400 respondents through the administered questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. From the analysis of the data gathered, findings show that transit advertisement has influence Benin City residents and also influence Lush Hair patronage. Findings show that transit advertisement communicate with it target audience and go a long way in reaching targeted audience. Based on the finding, the paper concludes that although transit advertisement has a great influence on Benin City residents, transit advertisement has been of positive means to Lush Hair and it is an effective means of communicating with target audience. Finally, Lush Hair transit advert should make buses advertising more exciting and persuasive to be about to lure and inform target audience about the product, and also Lush Hair should carry out research frequently on how to make transit advert more effective and to relate with their target audience. Adherence to all these recommendations stated in this study will help Lush Hair transit advertisement to be effective.

Youth participation is crucial to Community development. The success of every
project depends however on their active participation in designing, implementing
and sustaining the projects that affect their condition of living, has not been
ascertained. The study was conducted to access youth’s participation in
community development projects in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives includes ;to describe the socioeconomic
characteristics of youth, identify the types of project that youth engage in, ascertain the levels of youth participation, identify the constraints that youth face
in participating in community development project and identify the factors that
influence youth to participate in community development project. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 130 youths for the study. Data
were collected through interview schedule using structured questionnaire
however,124 copies were valid. Data collected were analysed using descriptive
statistics (mean, frequency counts, percentages and standard deviation) and
inferential statistics such as spearman’s correlation coefficient and simple linear
regression. Results from the study showed that males and female youths participate in
community development projects in the study area Majority (97.6%) of the youths
in the study area have obtained various level of formal education from secondary
education to postgraduate education. Also 33.9% of respondents agreed that their
Parents and family influenced their participation in the implementation of
community development projects. About 52.4% and 50% of youths participated
in Agricultural activities and sport development activities respectively. Respondents were highly involved in skill acquisition (mean = 2.23), education
(mean = 2.22) and Agriculture (mean = 2.01). Results revealed that youths were
highly involved in disbursement of funds (mean = 3.09), site selection (mean =3.33) and construction work (mean 3.19). Majority of the youths were highly
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involved in reporting project performance (mean = 3.32), report writing (mean
3.19), quality assessment (mean = 3.10) and evaluation committee to understand
plans of the projects (mean = 3.03). The major constraints to youth participation
in community development projects were inadequate awareness on community
development projects (mean = 4.04), poor programme planning (mean = 4.01). There is a significant correlation between Age (r = 0.186; p = 0.039), level of
education (r= 0.432; p = -0.017) and years residing in community (r=0.224; p =
0.014) and youth level of participation in community development projects. Also, there was a significant correlation (r = 0,202; p = 0.024) between friends
influence to participate in the implementation of community development projects
and level of participation in community development projects.It was concluded
that Youths were actively involved in various community development projects. The study recommended that development agencies should introduce project that
will impact youths directly such as acquisition and economic empowerment.

Introduction: Antibiotics have played monumental role in the control and management of infectious disease since their discovery, saved lives of countless patients and improved patient care in general. However, antibiotic misuse and unnecessary use of antibiotics contributes to the process of antibiotic resistance, which is considered a global concern.The population plays an important role in abuse or irrational use of antibiotics and spread of bacterial resistance.
Aim of Study: To assess the public perception towards the use of antibiotics.
Methods: A cross sectional 20 - item questionnaire survey involving a convenience sample of 611 individuals was conducted in Benin City and Lagos State. The questionnaire consists of two sections; the first section comprises of socio-demographic data including age, gender, occupational status, educational level, marital status, monthly income. The second section consists of 20 items which collected data about perception towards antibiotics use. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 21 and inferential analysis was carried out using GraphPadInstant version 3.10.
Results: From this study, a total of 611 respondents participated out of which 602 questionnaires were completed appropriately therefore giving a high response rate of 98.5%.Those who were students had a higher perception of 69.88 ± 11.60 compared to those who were self-employed (63.52 ± 10.28) while respondents with a tertiary level of education had a better perception (70.37 ± 11.72) compared to those with a secondary level of education or lower. Older respondents had a high perception towards the use of antibiotics however in comparison to more than half of the respondents who were females; male respondents had a better perception towards the use of antibiotics. None of the items loaded had values < 0.4 which indicates their adequate contribution to the summary scores.
Conclusion
This study revealed that occupational status and educational level of respondents was significantly associated with perception towards antibiotic use.

This study investigates how the general public views child labour and how it affects the social welfare of young children in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. Child labour still affects children's rights and social development, making it a serious problem. This study employs qualitative research method, such as questionnaires to examine community attitudes and perceptions regarding child labour practices and their impact on children's overall welfare. The community is quite concerned about child labour, as the results indicate that it negatively impacts children's physical, mental, and academic health.
Child labor practices are perpetuated in part by cultural norms, poverty, and limited educational opportunities. In order to prevent child labor and advance the social welfare of young children, the study emphasizes the critical necessity for government action as well as community-based programs. To effectively address this widespread issue, recommendations include putting comprehensive policies into place, improving access to education, and increasing public awareness.