Accessing and Utilizing Services by Rural Borderland Communities in South-Western Nigeria

• Autorzy: Kehinde Olayinka Popoola , Susanne E. Speak

Warianty tytułu

Dostępność oraz korzystanie z usług przez wiejskie społeczności przygraniczne w południowo-zachodniej Nigerii

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Borderland communities hold a strategic position in many countries. However, in spite of this, many of these communities, specifically in Nigeria, are still characterized by neglect and underdevelopment. Based on the above fact, this study explores the service deprivation and coping strategies of rural borderland communities in South-Western Nigeria. The study revealed that the majority of inhabitants of rural borderland (64.0%) get their water supply straight from streams and are bound to cover distances of 500 meters or longer to collect water. Similarly, the majority of them defecate in bush reserves around their houses. Also, the study showed that people can travel across the national border to neighboring countries on a regular basis to access basic services, like healthcare facilities. Likewise, medical personnel or attendants from neighboring countries or towns are called during critical or serious illness to render services which the Nigerian Government does not provide. The development of Nigeria's frontier areas is therefore of paramount importance and really pending, and must be made priority in urgent and major developmental actions taken in the country. (original abstract)

Społeczności przygraniczne odgrywają strategiczną rolę w wielu krajach. Jednakże, pomimo tego faktu, wciąż aktualną, charakterystyczną cechą wielu z takich społeczności, szczególnie w Nigerii, jest zaniedbanie i niedorozwój. W oparciu o powyższy fakt zbadano poziom niedoboru usług i strategie radzenia sobie z nim przez społeczności przygraniczne w południowo-zachodniej Nigerii. Badanie wykazało, że większość mieszkańców obszarów wiejskich pogranicza (64,0%) zaopatruje się w wodę prosto ze strumieni i jest zmuszona do pokonania odległości 500 metrów lub więcej w celu zebrania wody. Podobnie większość z nich nie korzysta z toalet, lecz krzewów wokół swoich domów. Badanie pokazało również, że ludzie mogą regularnie przekraczać granice sąsiednich krajów, aby uzyskać dostęp do podstawowych usług, takich jak placówki opieki zdrowotnej. Jednocześnie, personel medyczny lub stażyści z sąsiednich krajów lub miast są wzywani w sytuacjach krytycznych lub poważnej chorobie, aby świadczyć usługi, których nie zapewnia rząd Nigerii. Rozwój obszarów przygranicznych Nigerii ma zatem ogromne znaczenie i musi stać się priorytetem w działaniach rozwojowych podjętych w tym kraju. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Rural areas; Border areas; Supplies

PL

Obszary wiejskie; Region przygraniczny; Zaopatrzenie

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 1335--1349

Twórcy

autor

Kehinde Olayinka Popoola

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

autor

Susanne E. Speak

• Newcastle University, United Kingdom

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DOI

10.25167/ees.2018.48.9