CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the
Study
According to Professor Emmanuel Ofeme,
in Owerri, while delivering lecture at the 2nd Sam Okwaraji Memorial
Lecture, Published by Chimaobi Uchendu, in the Sun News online sports of
Friday, September 19, 2008, he said that unlike vision 2010, which was
collaborative in its formulation and comprehensiveness in articulation in
scope, Vision 2020 is only a single track, very large organization, but low to
change and interest of the people type of development strategy for the national
economy of Nigeria, as it is only defined in terms of economy.
This
is the financial system strategy (FSS, 2020) model. Its main focus is to make Nigeria to become among the 20 best
developed economics in the World by the Year 2020.
The former Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, is the source and author of this
great vision 2020, which he recorded in 2007, and has listed educational
reforms, among others, as vital to its actualization.
In this write-up, the Health Education
as a paradigm to the achieving of vision 2020 goals in Nigeria nation, shows
the when, what, where and how the knowledge of Health Education can facilitate
effectively the achievement of the Vision 2020 goals.
And by referring to the National
Policy of Education, or objective, Section 1, subsection 4(a), which says that,
Education is an instrument for national development, to this end, the
formulation of ideas, their integration for national development, and
interaction of persons and ideas are all aspects of education. This implies
that, the education of a nation will result to a better citizen, made up of
individuals who are mostly independent and can contribute, and take decisions
to the benefit of their nation, and also themselves. And a country where people can live
effectively and healthy life will be easily developed through given health
instruction and education to the people living in it.
According to an extract from the
Keynote Address Delivered by Dr. P.S. Dakum, in Nigeria Journal of Health
Education (NJHE), Vol. 15, No. 1, 2005, health in relationship to education is
crucial to the development and advancement of the Nigeria economy. For Nigerians, only those who are educated,
that can carry on the economical progress of the country. But to have a sound education for meaningful
development, all Nigerians need to be healthy.
But, furthermore, according to the
reference given above, low level of health will result to low level
education. To buttress home my point, to
realize the goals of vision 2020 effectively, through the use of health
education, there is need for the government and people of Nigeria to
utilize Health Education tools, like access to good roads, building health care
centre and providing adequate drugs, and also involving technocrats as
administrators in various ministries, etc.
Statement of the
Problem
The under-development and impoverish
situation of the Nigerian economy, as it is visible in every time siphoning of
the nation’s wealth to foreign banks, by incompetent leaders of this country.
Insecurity
of lives and properties, gross misconduct and corruption in high places,
including among the law enforcement agencies and the police.
Bad
leadership and other existing unhealthy situation that has crippled the
development of this country are the problems to be tackled.
Purpose of the
Study
The way, thorough which educating of
Nigerians, about their health and other health-related issues, can bring about
a high standard of living. And
tremendous advancement of the nation’s economy, to place it among the 20 best
economies of the world by the year 2020, is what this project work entails.
Research Questions
1. How can
vision 2020 goals using Health Education tools bring the all needed
development?
2.
Are the vision 2020 goals different
from the developmental changes needed in Nigeria?
3.
Is the peace of this nation different
from the security of lives and properties?
4.
Is the independency of the judiciary
different from good leadership in Nigeria?
Hypotheses
1.
There is no significant difference
between attaining vision 2020 goals using Health Education tools and the all
needed development.
2.
There is no significant difference
between vision 2020 goals and the developmental changes needed in Nigeria.
3.
There is no significant difference
between the peace of this nation and the security of lives and properties.
4.
There is no significant difference
between the independency of judiciary and good leadership in Nigeria.
Significance of
the Study
This project is expected to help us
Nigerians adhere to the right norms, to develop a healthy nation.
To acquaint us with the message of
vision 2020 developmental strategy and address us with the significance of
Health Management, and how to develop Nigeria by the vision 2020 standards,
from the health education perspective.
Effective health education in this
country, we will agree is capable of bringing about a reform attitude by the
government and people of Nigeria
to obtain its national objectives.
Since
no meaningful development can occur in country filed with rancor, so the well
being, safety and security of lives and properties is paramount to cooperative
existence, national equity and justice. The problem of bad and failed leadership has
always persisted in Nigeria.
This
project work therefore, seeks to suggest the possible route to national
economic development. As all Nigerians
will be free in a free and democratic society.
According to the National Philosophy and Policy on Education Section 1,
subsection 3(a). And to the significance
of Charles Soludo Vision 2020, education and democracy in Nigeria: vision 2020
by Sadiq A. Abdullahi published 01/23/2007, education provides the best
alternative for national stability, security, unity and prosperity. John Dewey in the same excerpt in the early
20th century believes that “democracy was important not only because
it stood for freedom and equality but because of its educational consequences”.
Scope of the Study
This study will cover all health and
health related issues to the development
of Nigeria, according to
Charles Soludo Vision 2020 plans, to make Nigeria economy among the 20 most
developed economy of the world, by year 2020.
But the developmental changes needed
in Nigeria,
which is the key to its economical growth, is envisaged by the research
objectives.
This developmental strategy which is a
paradigm of Charles Soludo’s Vision 2020 strategy is a research which covers
the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It contains the process of moving Nigeria
forward, and the challenges that faces the development of its economy.
It contains the importance of Health
Education as a communicative subject, necessary for the individual as a person,
and also for every individual as a member of the community, for the health
appraisals of Nigerians, so that effective development can be carried out,
taking into cognizance the welfare of individuals and the entire nation as a
single identity.
This research also contains the issue
of safety and security of lives and properties, where the incessant crime rate
can be effectively reduced. It also
bothers on issue as in finding solution to the leadership problem and how to
set in place an independent judiciary in Nigeria, for good leadership.
Using Health
Education approach, therefore, the all needed development of Nigeria, like
vision 2020 strategic plan, is envisaged by this research, so that, national
philosophy, bases of health policies, of making Nigeria according to the
national policy on education 2004, a free and democratic society, a just and
egalitarian society, a united, strong and self-reliant nation, a great and dynamic
economy, and a land full of bright opportunities for all citizens, accomplish
the developmental objectives according to 2020, of becoming one of the most 20
developed economy of the world, by the year 2020.
Delimitation
The project was centered mainly on the
effect of using Health Education tools in Nigeria to the attainment of vision
2020 developmental objectives.
The area of my study covers the
Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Health, Environmental Education and
Human Kinetics, and Computer Science.
And a sample of students in 200 level
of the University
of Benin would be the
main focus.
Limitations
A project of this magnitude cannot be
carried out without limitations.
And some of them include inability to
get ready made textbooks that contains issues of Vision 2020 developmental
strategy and plan. So materials were
mainly gotten from the internet. And the
problem of incompatibility, web log and jam was also encountered.
One of the main hindrances to the
efficacy of this project was the issue of time, and financial constraints
limited it a great deal.
Definition of
Terms
Planning: An arrangement of things to do in order to
achieve something that has been considered in detail, in advance.
Corruption: Dishonest or illegal behaviors,
especially of people in authority.
Leadership: The ability to be a leader or the
qualities a good leader should possess.
Stability: The quality or state of being steady and not
changing.
Organization: The quality of being arranged in a neat,
careful and logical way.
Impoverish: To make something worst in quality.