ODUNAIKE BOLAWALE ABAYOMI

Sociology

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Appointment on Visitation important

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (Sociology)	Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan	2019

Coping and Survival Strategies of Low-Income Earners in Lagos in the First Year of Renewed Hope Dispensation.

The current socioeconomic realities in Lagos and by extension Nigeria, has led to outcry of the masses on the high cost of living within the state. Therefore, the study focused on the survival of low-income earners in the formal and informal sectors, looking into the strategies adopted to cushion the effect of economic since those in the informal sector have been complaining about low patronage and increment of salaries have also become a difficult task yet to be settled by government and labour unions. the specific objectives are to:Identify the basic challenges of low-income earners in the renewed hope dispensation;Examine the coping strategies adopted by low-income earners to tackle the identified challenges;Evaluate the expectations of low-income earners in the renewed hope dispensation;Recommend survival strategies for low-income earners in the renewed hope dispensation.Resilience theory will be adopted as theoretical underpinning. Both qualitative and quantitative means of research inquiry will be adopted for data collection and analysis. The study will be conducted in selected local government areas of Lagos state. The study is expected to find out the various challenges experienced by low-income earners which might vary from one location to another within Lagos state. Also, the coping strategies and means of survival will also be discovered which may reflect an iota of corruption.

ODUNAIKE BOLAWALE is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology

ODUNAIKE has a Ph.D in Sociology from Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan