Social Work and Social Development in Nigeria - Issues & Challenges

SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA : ISSUES & CHALLENGES Gbolahan Olubowale MSW,AMNIM Founder & Executive Director, Centre for Rural Health & Development, Oyo State, Nigeria. Email: [email_address] Tel: (+234)803 370 3772 or 225 276 7029 www.ringo.com/photos/recent.html?memberId=89304984

Demographic Statistics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Nigeria, The Heart of Africa www.heartofafrica.com www.motherlandnigeria.com/picture

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A Traditional Village Settlement in Northern Nigeria.

Issues & Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Nigeria: An Emerging Democracy

Nigeria a Paradox ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Prof. Wole Soyinka [Nobel Laureate in Literature] “Wasted Generation”

Regional Disparities. ,[object Object]

Durbar Parade in Northern Nigeria

Oba [King] of Benin Kingdom [Mid West Nigeria ]

Lagos, former Capital City of Nigeria [West]

A Sculpture of the Ooni [King] of Ife – the ancestral home of the Yoruba Tribe in Western Nigeria.

Oil : A Blessing or A Curse? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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N500 Note showing an Offshore Oil Well. [second highest denomination in Nigeria]

Broad National Goals of Social Development Policy in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Okunlola (2002), defined Social Development as the greater capacity of the social system (social structure, institutions, services, & policy) to utilize resources to generate changes in levels of living, interpreted in the broad sense as related to accepted social values & a better distribution of income, wealth & opportunities. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Today, there is a full fledged Federal Ministry of Social Development, Youth & Sport which was first established in 1977. All the component 36 states replictated this at the state level. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Broad Street, Lagos State – the Commercial Capital of Nigeria

Pitfalls of Traditional Development Planning in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Apapa, Lagos Seaport; circa 1950

Jos, Plateau State; circa 1950

NEEDS – National Economic Empowerment Development Scheme ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NEEDS : A “Homegrown” Approach to Nigeria’s Sustainable Socio-Economic Development

NEEDS Progress Report ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NEEDS Progress: slow but steady

The Way Forward ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The National Theatre; one of the recently Privatized former Nigerian Government’s investments

Reformation: Oil & Energy Sector

Social Work & Services in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object]

Social Welfare Services in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A Nigerian Nuclear Family [West]

Social Work Education & Training in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pictures from Philip Emeagwali [famed supercomputer pioneer from Nigeria] [www.emeagwali.com]

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. [One of the Federal Universities in Nigeria; founded in the 60’s]

Historical Overview of Social Work in Nigeria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Social Work Training and Practice in Nigeria: Need for Indigenization, Contextualization & a Social Development Orientation & Approach [A Traditional Bead Collection]

Children : Investing in the Future

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