This paper examines labour market participation and distribution of income of the elderly in Nigeria, with emphasis on the changes in the distribution of household income due to demographic change. The paper utilized the logit regression analysis and observed that participation in the labour market among elderly women is higher than that of elderly men in all educational levels; the labour market participation level among farmers decreases with old age illness and education. The outcome of the decomposition method on the distribution of income in the labour market analysis of the elderly shows that inequality is higher among elderly males involved in income earning activities compared to the elderly females. On the percentage share of the distribution of the labour market income, it is found that the income of elderly males is higher than that of elderly females in all income types except for self-employment.
Traditionally in Africa, there is reciprocal dependency between parents and children. While children depend on their parents in meeting their needs at early stage in life, parents on the other hand, rely on their children for care and support later in life. This exchange of roles underscores the characteristic intergenerational reciprocal obligations obtainable in within the family. This paper is an assessment of how prevailing socio-economic conditions in Nigeria have impacted children’s caregiving obligation to parents in the face of government insensitivity on the welfare of the elderly. It advocates a synergy between informal and formal support systems to ensure adequate social and economic support for a meaningful ageng process in Nigeria.
Nigeria is said to be on the verge of a major fiscal crisis following unabated massive theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta. The Finance Minister (Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala) has said that oil theft/illegal oil bunkering costs the federal government $1 billion every month. Oil theft is perceived as a consequence of the state's incapacity to bring succour to the populace in the Niger Delta and their desperation to meet their necessities. An analysis of oil theft in the context of the political economy theory reveals that it is a consequence of government's exploitation of the Niger Deltans: the horrors brought about by oil exploration; the desperation of the Niger Deltans to change the social order; government's repression of Niger Delta agitations and economic scarcity experienced by the Niger Deltans. Oil theft is part of a continuum which started with mild agitations to protests, intense activism and disruption of oil production. Apart from some Niger Deltans, top government officials, MNC's staff, the navy, soldiers and the police are involved in illegal oil bunkering. To halt oil theft would require the government. MNCs, security officials and the Niger Deltans to act in synergy in curbing the trend.
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