Oyo State Nigeria Research Articles

Secondary School Students' Attitude towards Arabic Components of Islamic Studies in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria

This study was carried out to investigate the attitude of students towards Arabic components of the senior secondary schools (SSS) Islamic Studies Curriculum in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria. Descriptive method was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 400 students from eight Senior Secondary Schools in the areas covered by the study. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to collect data. One null hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that students' attitude towards Arabic components of the senior secondary schools (SSS) Islamic Studies Curriculum in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria was generally negative. However, there was a significant difference in the attitudes of male and female students (X2=6.11). It was therefore concluded that gender may influence students' attitude towards Arabic aspects of the SSS Islamic Studies Curriculum. Based on these findings, it was recommended that both male and female students should be enlightened on the fact that Islamic Studies is for all and the knowledge of Arabic boosts one's competence in Islamic Studies. Female students should be enlightened and motivated to change their attitude towards learning Islamic Studies by provision of incentives through Qur'anic competition and scholarship awards.

Secondary School Students' Attitude Towards Arabic Components of Islamic Studies in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria

This study was carried out to investigate the attitude of students towards Arabic components of the senior secondary schools (SSS) Islamic Studies Curriculum in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria. Descriptive method was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 400 students from eight Senior Secondary Schools in the areas covered by the study. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to collect data. One null hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that students' attitude towards Arabic components of the senior secondary schools (SSS) Islamic Studies Curriculum in Kwara and Oyo States of Nigeria was generally negative. However, there was a significant difference in the attitudes of male and female students (X2=6.11). It was therefore concluded that gender may influence students' attitude towards Arabic aspects of the SSS Islamic Studies Curriculum. Based on these findings, it was recommended that both male and female students should be enlightened on the fact that Islamic Studies is for all and the knowledge of Arabic boosts one's competence in Islamic Studies. Female students should be enlightened and motivated to change their attitude towards learning Islamic Studies by provision of incentives through Qur'anic competition and scholarship awards.

Gender notions and Leadership Effectiveness in the Civil Service of Oyo State Nigeria

Given that in many parts of the world, stereotyped gender roles are associated with prejudiced gender differential roles and authority for leadership. However, with the increasing transition of women into productive economic due to cultural shifts and social re-examination of gender relations, there seemed to be some evidence of reduced female gender prejudices and equal perception of leadership role and effectiveness. This paper describes the realities of female gender experiences in leadership position of the Oyo state civil service. The study reveals that patriarchal dispositions were precluded as a significant constraint to roles and approval of leadership effectiveness. Grade-level appraisal outcome performance and vacancy for career advancement and/or leadership roles and effectiveness was largely gender neutral. Vacancy to fill, with consideration for indigenous and ethnic identity quotas soften appraisal performance and/or reduce female gender bias for leadership roles. Effective leadership demands are based on a contextual expectation for performance. The paper concludes that with the contradiction and changing of patriarchal structures, the experienced realities of the women of their roles and leadership experiences reflect the deterioration in such structures and equal career advancement without regard for gender.

CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR PAWPAW IN IBADAN METROPOLIS

Pawpaw is one of the tropical fruits that are produced and consumed in various forms all through the year in Nigeria. A field research survey was undertaken to study the consumer preference and analyze consumer behaviour regarding pawpaw in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria, during the period of June to November 2013. Two hundred and fifty consumers were selected in the metropolis at random for the interview using structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square. The result of the analysis showed that 52% of the respondents were female while 48% were male. Most of the respondents were between 25 and 44 years (68.4%) and married (74.8%). Study revealed 65.6% consumed pawpaw in both peak and lean seasons attributing their reasons to health benefits >taste >colour>price. Preferred attributes of pawpaw include: oblong shape (36.4%), medium size (41.2%), yellow flesh colour (53.6%) and slightly green fruit colour (41.2%). The chi-square values showed that there was no significant difference in the response on shape (p>0.05). However, responses about size, flesh colour, fruit colour and amount willing to pay differ significantly (p price>size>colour > shape determine purchase decision of pawpaw. The study recommends intensive research into development and multiplication of pawpaw varieties that have appealing characteristics to consumers for increased demand.

Spatial Pattern of Household Food Insecurity and Childhood Malnutrition in Akinyele Local Government Area, Nigeria

Spatial Pattern of Household Food Insecurity and Childhood Malnutrition in Akinyele Local Government Area, Nigeria Atoloye, Abiodun Tolulope; Ogunba, Beatrice Olubukola; Samuel, Folake Olukemi Abstract Food insecurity and malnutrition are persistent problems in Nigeria. Analysis of spatial pattern of these problems at community level is important to target the affected with appropriate intervention. This study determined the prevalence and spatial pattern of food insecurity and childhood malnutrition in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State Nigeria. Data were obtained from 409 mothers of under-five children across 40 communities in the study area, which included information on socio-economic characteristics, food insecurity, hygiene practices, height, weight and coordinate of points of survey. Community was the unit of analysis and Geographical Information System was utilized to present visual information about the communities and descriptive statistics to present the nonspatial data. More than half (52.6%) of households were classified as food insecure. Overall prevalence of childhood stunting, underweight, and wasting were 41.6%, 19.8% and 5.6% respectively. Spatial pattern of food insecurity and malnutrition varied across the study area and suggested that the rural communities have higher degree of food insecurity. In conclusion, there is high prevalence of food insecurity, stunting, wasting and underweight among under-five children and their distribution varied across the study area. The maps generated from this study could be used for proper resource allocation and targeting of nutrition intervention and development efforts. Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/ijhs.v3n1a15

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Telfairia occidentalis (fluted pumpkin) is a leafy vegetable crop popularly cultivated in the South-eastern part of Nigeria for its economic value and important role in nutrition and poverty alleviation. Nine genotypes of fluted pumpkin collected from different localities in Ogun, Lagos and Oyo States Nigeria were grown in the teaching and research farm of the School of Agriculture, Babcock University during the rainy season of 2011, in order to determine genetic variability and heritability of 15 characters comprising of seven vegetative, five fruit and three seed yield traits in fluted pumpkin. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The results reveal huge genetic diversity among the genotypes studied. Number of branches per plant, vine length and number of fruits per plant were the most genetically divergent traits measured. Vine length (21.72, 97.38 and 44.16), number of branches per plant (23.86, 96.59, 48.31), seed weight per plant (18.43, 79.31 and 33.81) and leaf width (11.36, 80.73 and 21.03) showed high genotypic coefficient of variability (GCV), heritability and genetic advance (GA). These characters are most likely under additive gene control and can be effective in the prediction of vegetative, fruit and seed yield in Telfairia. Correlation analysis revealed that selection directed towards leaf length, leaf width, petiole length, vine length, vine width, number of fruit per plant, fruit length and fruit width will be efficient in improving vegetative and seed yield in T. occidentalis. Key words: Fluted pumpkin, cucurbitaceace, divergent, vegetative, genetic advance.

Spatial Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes in Oyo State of Nigeria

Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) are a global concern because of the frequencies of deaths, injuries and material losses experienced by countries as a result of the menace. The significance of the effect of RTC to individuals, societies and nations at large call for investigation into the pattern of the menace across neighbourhoods. This paper examined the characteristics, spatial pattern and concentrations of RTC in Nigeria, Oyo state and across Local Government Areas (LGA). Data on RTC were obtained from Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). The longitudes and latitudes of RTC locations were collected based on landmarks provided by FRSC. RTC cases were found to pose a greater risk of deaths than most of the diseases that is the focus of individuals, government, nongovernmental organizations and international bodies in Nigeria. The analysis showed that there was less than 1% likelihood that the observed clustering pattern in RTC could be a result of random chance. The Unique RTC center was found to be Akinyele LGA. The standard deviational ellipse was found to be a more elegant measure of spatial concentration than the standard distance deviation. The black spots include Oyo West, Oyo East, Afijio, Akinyele, Lagelu, Egbeda, Ona Ara, Oluyole, Ido, Ibadan North, Ibadan North East, Ibadan North West, Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West LGA. The results should enable the orientation of safety and injury prevention policies targeted towards reducing the frequency of RTC and deaths of young adults in the state.

Evaluation of Parasite Density, Plasma Total Bile Acids, Alanine Transaminase, Lactate Dehydrogenase and CD4 in Plasmodium Infected Patients Treated with Morinda lucida (Oowo)

<i>Morinda Lucida</i> has been tested to have antimalarial and antidibetic effect among other health benefits. It is commonly used for the treatment of malaria infection in Oke-Ogun and its environs. Despite the health usefulness of this extract little has been reported about its biochemical alterations. This work was therefore designed to evaluate the parasite density, plasma total bile acids, Alanine transaminase, Lactate dehydrogenase and CD4 in Plasmodium infected patients treated with <i>Morinda Lucida</i><b> (Oowo)</b>. Sixty four(64) HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV seronagative Plasmodium infected patients visiting traditional hoimes in Oke-Ogun the Nothern part of Oyo state Nigeria for traditional malaria cure aged 5 to 73 years classified into Female (n=34) and Male (n=30) were investigated. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HCV tests were carried out by Enzyme Linked Immunozorbent Assay (ELIZA). HIV screening and confirmation were carried out by immuno-chromatographic and Immunobloting (Western blot) assays respectively. Fasting Plasma Total Bile Acids (TBA), Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were carried out biochemically by spectrophotometry while CD4 cell count was carried out by cytoflowmetry using Partec Cyflow machine and reagent. The tests were carried out in the control and test subjects before and after the treatment with the raw liquid extract of the leaf of <i>Morinda Lucida</i>. The result obtained showed a significantly higher mean values of falciparum parasite density and plasma ALT in the plasmodium infected test subjects than the values of the parameters obtained in plasmodium non-infected control subjects before and after treatment of the plasmodium infected subjects with the raw liquid extract of <i>Morinda lucida</i> with p<0.05. There was also a higher significant difference in the value of plasma LDH in the plasmodium infected test subjects before the administration of the extract than the result obtained in the plasmodium non-infected control subjects with p<0.05. A significantly higher value of plasma LDH was obtained in the test subjects before the treatment compared to the value of this parameter obtained in the test subjects after treatment (p<0.05). There was also a significantly higher mean value of TBA in the test subjects compared with the control after treatment (p<0.05). There was no significant alteration in the mean values of the CD4 cell count in the subjects before and after treatment and also in test compared with the control subjects. This recent work showed significant alterations in the mean values of the plasmodium parasite density, ALT, LDH, TBA in the test subjects studied due to plasmodium infection and the effectiveness of the raw liquid extract of the leaf of <i>Morinda Lucida </i>in the treatment of malaria<i>. </i>Estimation of plasmodium parasite density, plasma ALT, LDH, and TBA should be considered in the treatment of malaria using the raw liquid extract of the leaf of <i>Morinda Lucida</i>.

Effect of Liquid Extract of Pear Avocado Leaf (Persea americana) on Plasma Levels of Aminotransferases, Cholesterol and Total Bile Acids in Hypertensive Patients

Raw liquid extract of Avocado pear leaf is of medicinal importance in the treatment of hypertension. In Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state, this extract is being used as an alternative therapy in the treatment of hypertension in human subjects. This work was designed to evaluate the Effect of Liquid Extract of Pear Avocado Leaf used in the Traditional Treatment of Hypertension on the Plasma Levels of Aminotransferases, Total Bile Acids, Total and Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. Fifty (50) anicteric newly diagnosed hypertensive patients with an abnormal increase in plasma cholesterol and blood pressure aged 45 and above that have not been treated with any hypertensive medication but have decided to be treated traditionally using avocado pear leaf extract were recruited from the traditional homes in ATISBO, Saki-East and Saki-West Local government areas of Oke-Ogun - the Northern part of Oyo state-Nigeria. Five (5) milliliter of venous blood was obtained from each subjects after an overnight fasting before and after the administration of the liquid extract for the extraction of plasma. Plasma Alanine amino-transferase(ALT), Aspartate amino-transferase (AST), Total Bile Acids(TBA), Low Density Lipoprotein(LDL) and Total Cholesterol were analysed in the samples of the patients biochemically by spectrophotometry including autoanalysis. The result obtained showed a significantly higher mean value of plasma Total and Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in the subjects before the administration of the liquid extract of avocado pear leaf than the values obtained post-administration with p 0.01. The findings of this study revealed a significant alteration in the plasma level of ALT, AST, LDL and Total Cholesterol in the subjects after the administration of the liquid extrac of avocado pear leaft. The evaluation of these biochemical parameters in hypertensive patients undergoing traditional therapy using the extract is therefore recommended.

The Role of Knowledge Management on Knowledge Management Perfomance: A Case Study of Some Nigerian Banks

The increasing complexity of organisational environment and the intensity of competition among organisations demand the application of knowledge management in order to effectively achieve organizational objectives. The research set out to determine the main interaction effect of knowledge enablers and knowledge process capability on knowledge management performance. The study also sought to ascertain whether there is or not a significant relationship between knowledge management process capability and knowledge management performance.The study employed Survey method using questionnaire to gather primary data. The target populations of the study were employees of some selected banks in Oyo town, Oyo State of Nigeria. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested, using multiple regression, t-test, and analysis of variance and Pearson’s Correlation method.The result of the study showed that knowledge management has positive influence on knowledge management performance. The study equally found out that there was main interaction effect of knowledge Management enablers and knowledge management process capability on knowledge management performance. The study found significant positive relationship between knowledge management enablers and knowledge management performance.The conclusion is that the knowledge management variables can be predictors of knowledge management performance.It is recommended that banks as well as other organisations should imbibe the concept of organizational learning as well as ensuring that employees are well trained and developed to acquire pertinent knowledge to cope effectively with contemporary challenges.

Evaluation of Total Bile Acid and Aminotransferases in HIV/AIDS Patients with Coinfection of Hepatitis B and C Viruses

Patients confirmed to be seropositive for human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection by Western blot technique attending Baptist Medical Centre, Saki, Oyo state-Nigeria were studied; including 30 males; 30 females; 20HIV mono-infected, 20HIV-HBV co-infected, 20HIV-HCV co-infected subjects aged 16 to 65 years. Age and sex matched apparently healthy HIV, HCV and HBV seronegative, subjects (N=50) consisting of 25 (50%) males and 25 (50%) females were recruited as controls. Plasma ALT, AST and Total Bile Acids were determined in the subjects biochemically by spectrophotometry. Antibody to hepatitis C virus and surface antigen to hepatitis B virus was determined in the subjects immunochemically by ELISA. The result obtained showed a significantly higher mean value of plasma ALT, AST and Total Bile Acids in HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis B or C virus than the values obtained in the control subjects(p<0.01). There was a significantly higher mean value of AST in the HIV mono-infected than the result obtained from the control subjects with p<0.01. There was a significantly higher mean plasma value of ALT in HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis B or C virus compared with the HIV mono-infected patients with p<0.01. None of the patients was found to have triple infection. Finally there was no significant difference in the degree of severity of hepatitis B or C or liver disorder in the immunosuppressed HIV patients co-infected with HBV compared with the HIV patients co-infected with HCV considering the alterations in the plasma level of the biochemical parameters.

Outbreak of Lassa fever in a bakery: Investigation and epidemiological surveillance of contact persons - Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria; August, 2012

Outbreak of Lassa fever in a bakery: Investigation and epidemiological surveillance of contact persons - Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria; August, 2012

Prevalence of diarrhea in under-five children and a challenge to family planning in Shabu Area, Nasarawa, Nigeria

Background: Many assumptions are made about healthcare seekingbehaviour in resourcepoor settings. Because theseassumptions are not based on research, many children lack access to vital public health preventive services such as vaccination. In preparation for establishing a population-based surveillance for acute febrile illness in children, we conducted a survey to determine the pattern of healthcare seeking behavior for fever in a rural community in Nigeria. Methods &Materials: This survey was conducted on healthcare seeking behaviour and other health related behaviour in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo StateNigeria. All households in the area were visited and information sought from household heads or where not available a knowledgeable individual in the familywas approached. Amodifiedquestionnaire adapted from the National Demographic Health Surveywas used to collect data. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 15. Results: The total number of respondents was 17,812. comprising, 73.6%males and26.4% females. Ahigherproportion (33.7%)had no formal education, aged 18-59 years (72.6%) and 29.2% live below $2/day. The three topmost facility at which health care is normally sought for fever were chemist shop (26.3%), state hospital (25.3%) and private clinics (21.5%). The distance to these preferred facilities was less than 500 meters in 50.1% of cases while up to 71.7% of respondents spend less than a fifth on their income on health. Majority of household heads aged 18-59 years (75.2%) use private health facilities as compared to other age groups (p<0.001). Conclusion: In resource poor settings, patronage of patent medicine shops and private clinic for febrile illness is high. This observation must inform the design of any health care interventionor surveillance. System-widedefects in thehealth caredelivery system may be contributory to this behaviour pattern. Healthcare interventions or surveillance activities that are solely based at traditional Government established facilities will not provide comprehensive results.

Impact of Community Driven Development Project: A Case of Fadama II Project in Oyo State, Nigeria

This paper evaluates impact of Community Driven Development programme on infrastructure under National Fadama II Project in Oyo State Nigeria. Data were collected from two hundred and sixty-four farmers using multistage sampling procedures. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and infrastructure index. The result shows that average infrastructural index in the area was 0.42. Forty-four villages were classified as infrastructural developed villages (IDV) while the remaining were infrastructural under-developed villages (IUV). The study therefore calls for the involvement of both private and public organization in construction and rehabilitation of rural infrastructure, processing services centers and researches on labour saving devices for agriculture in the study area.Key words: Community Driven, Infrastructural index, Private organization, Multi-stage sampling, FadamaII project, Oyo state

Bororo Fulani Pastoralists and Yoruba Farmers’ Conflicts in the Upper Ogun River, Oyo State Nigeria, 1986–2004

This article, based on in-depth oral interviews, focuses on the conflicts between Bororo Fulani pastoralists and Yoruba farmers in Saki and Iseyin towns of the Upper Ogun River ( Oke-Ogun), Oyo State Nigeria to show the power disparity and competition over land resources. The conflicts that occurred between Bororo Fulani pastoralists and Yoruba farmers are classified as: economic (crop destruction and cattle killing); social (murder, rape, armed banditry, molestation on both sides of the conflict); and communal (large-scale destruction of villages, pastoral settlements and markets). Other conflicts involved access to grazing and water resources and access to markets. These conflicts were products of resource scarcity and broader challenges of power relations between indigenes and settlers/migrants in Nigeria. Ethnicity became more conspicuous among local people as these conflicts intensified. This article discusses the intervention of Yoruba traditional rulers ( Oba) and Fulani headman ( Ardo) in the formation of peace committees in Iseyin and Saki towns.

Cultural Beliefs, Social Support and Societal Ascribed Roles as Determinants of Patients’ Perception of Illness Symptom

Given the roles of Patients' perception of illness symptom in recovery and response to treatment, this paper examines the influence of cultural beliefs, social support and roles ascribed to the patient by the society on their perception of illness symptom with the view to enhance it and obtain the associated advantages. The study was targeted at all the in-patients and out-patients of the forty-six state-owned hospitals of Oyo state in Nigeria, out of which nine hospitals were randomly selected. Fifty (50) in-patients and out-patients were selected by convenience sampling from each of the selected hospitals to participate in the study, making a total of 450 respondents. Only the responses from 370 respondents were usable as some did not complete the questionnaire properly or refused to give necessary and relevant information. The instrument for the study is a questionnaire titled questionnaire on patients perception of illness symptoms. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test chi-square analysis, multiple regression analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results show that a considerable percentage of the patients were positive in their perception of their illnesses. These perceptions do not differ between male and female patients but are different on the basis of age. Societal ascribed roles seem to influence perception of illness than both cultural beliefs and social support either combined or individually.

Hematological Parameters of Broilers Fed with Feed Contaminated with Aflatoxin

Aims: The study was design to show the effect of aflatoxicosis in hematological parameters of broiler fed with different doses of aflatoxin contaminated diets Place and Duration of Study: Sample: A day old broilers were purchased from a poultry farm in Oyo State Nigeria and the heamatological analysis were conducted in Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria in the Department of Microbiology and Animal production and Health in Department between January‐August 2012. Methodology: A day old broilers were fed with normal commercial starter feed for 6 weeks. Thereafter were divided into 11 groups and fed with the different feed samples. (A= Basal diet free from mycotoxin contamination, B= diet containing mycotoxin standard AFB1(0.5µg/Afkg), C=diet containing standard AFB1(1µg/Afkg), D=diet containing standard AFB2(0.5µg/Afkg), E=diet containing standard AFB2(1µg/Afkg), F=diet containing standard AG1(0.5µg/Afkg), G= diet containing standard AG1(1µg/Afkg), H=diet containing standard AG2(0.5µg/Afkg), I= diet containing standard AG2(1µg/Afkg), J=diet containing toxicgenic Aspergillus flavus (1µg/AFkg),K= diet containing toxicgenic Aspergillus (1µg/AFkg) parasiticus) for 4 weeks. The initial body weight of the birds were recorded at 7 days interval up to the end of the experimentation. Results: The result obtained from this research showed that, the average weight gain (g) increased in birds fed with normal diet from day 0 up to day 21 (39. 31±0.13 a , 60.72±0.99 a

Electricity, Computers, Innovation, Environment and Capacity Building: A Statistical Review

The objective was to examine the frameworks needed to foster innovations and to mobilize innovation towards co - creating computers in the context of developing countries' challenge of unreliable energy supply, in order to enhance performance of information and communication technology (ICT) as teaching aids for educational attainment. The basic underlying assumption is that computers are the simplest interactive instructional devices and that energy is a fundamental requirement for its functionality. A sample survey was conducted to ascertain the existing energy and ICT situation and needs amongst students. 213 questionnaires were administered to students of the University of Ibadan, and the Polytechnic, Ibadan in Oyo state of Nigeria. Investigation on technologies that can make the computer more relevant to users and adaptable to the environment revealed 51.4% suggesting longer battery life, 21.8% - double battery pack, 8.5% - both longer battery life and double battery pack and 7% - a reduction in the energy consumption of component parts of the computer. Apparently, there is a need to maximize the full potentials of the computer to enhance educational development and to expose students across the globe to equal platforms and opportunities for learning.

The Significance of Information Technology to Educational Development: An Evidence Based Approach

To engage students, improve learning and become a cutting edge educator, it is necessary to combine traditional classroom instruction with online or mobile learning activities through the technological world which moves so fast and changes so rapidly. The focus of this study was to build an evidence-based framework that explains the challenge of the developing countries' students in respect of maximizing the full potentials of the computer for educational activities. Questionnaires were administered to 213 students of the University of Ibadan, and the Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo state of Nigeria. 96.2% of the studied population supports the need for computer as an interactive tool for learning. However, only 46.2% departments of the respondents had computers as interactive tools for learning, while, 21.4 % of the total respondents used the computer regularly in class. Due to financial constraint 74.2% could not afford to own a personal computer and 62.9 % paid between #50 and #100 plus per hour to use a computer for 1 to 9 hours per week. Our findings should enable the orientation of educational development strategies targeted towards students in the developing countries.

Seroprevalence of HIV Antibodies in Ogbomoso, Oyo State,Nigeria.

The incidence of new infections of HIV has declined globally due to increased prevention and control measures. In Oyo State Nigeria, there have been increased surveillance activities to complement control measures in recent years. This is the findings of the latest HIV sentinel epidemiological surveillance revealing the seroprevalence of HIV in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. About 515 subjects were tested for HIV antibodies in 2012. Screening tests were carried out using DetermineTM HIV 1 & 2 (Abbott) and Chembio HIV 1& 2 Stat-PakTM rapid test kits following manufacturer’s instructions. A seroprevalence rate of 0% was determined with a significantly higher participation in females 61.75% than males 38.25%. The participation rate of different age group from the highest to the lowest is as follows 20-24 years old was found to have the 40.97%, age group of 25-29 years have 25.05%, age group of 15-19 have 19.61%, age group >30 have 8.74%and lastly, the age group 2-14 years old had the lowest participation rate of 5.63%. The results from this show a zero seroprevalence rate in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. According to the results from this study it was observed that prevention and control measures have been stepped up, particularly at both the local level with more attention toward sexually active age group.