Meet OJEDOKUN AJIBOLA OLAJIDE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Agricultural Economics (agricultural Marketing)
Lecturer II
Agriculture
At the Agriculture department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Coping Strategies And Household Welfare
Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic which began as a local health challenge from Wuhan,
China metamorphosed into a monumental economic crisis affecting almost every
country in the world. The virus which had quickly developed into a global
health challenge was first confirmed in Nigeria on the 27th February, 2020. The
Lagos State Governor in a bid to cushion the spread and drastic effect of the
virus embarked on certain policy measures. These measures though very necessary
in reducing the transmission of the virus, the ripple effects however
detrimentally affected different aspects of different individuals’ lives.
Households, by experiencing these pandemic shocks adopted several strategies in
order to improve their welfare. Though households adopted different coping mechanisms,
it was however unknown if the adopted mechanisms were enough to improve or
maintain their standard of living during the pandemic.
This study therefore investigates the effect of
coping strategies on household welfare in Lagos State, Nigeria with emphasis on
the COVID-19 era. Multistage sampling technique was employed to select 300
households for this study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive
statistics, coping strategy index and probit regression model. The result
revealed that there were more non-poor households than poor households, and
that households adopted several coping strategies. The result revealed that
coping strategies such as: purchasing food on credit, sending household members
to beg, and sending household members to eat elsewhere, influenced
household welfare. The study therefore recommends that the State should
endeavor to assist vulnerable households through different mechanisms as this
study had shown that the different coping strategies adopted by households had
mostly being not enough to increase their welfare.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS) | OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE | 2019 |
OJEDOKUN AJIBOLA is a Lecturer II at the Department of Agriculture
OJEDOKUN has a Ph.D in AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS from OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE
