South West Local Government Area Research Articles

Impact of single parenting on the development of the girl-child in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria

Impact of single parenting on the development of the girl-child in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria

Storytelling Method of Instruction, School Location and Students’ Academic Achievement: Any Synergy?

Stakeholders in the education industry in Ekiti State have criticized the unsatisfactory performance of CRS students’ results in external examinations in rural schools. This study examined storytelling methods of teaching, school locations, and students’ academic achievement in Christian Religious Studies (CRS) in Senior Secondary Schools, Ekiti State, South West Nigeria. Research questions and hypotheses were developed for the study. The design adopted for the study was a quasi-experimental research of two groups, that is, one experimental group and one control group. The Senior Secondary School Two (SSS2) students of the Ekiti State public secondary schools formed the population. The schools (rural and urban) for the study were purposively selected from Ekiti South-West Local Government Area of Ekiti State. A total of 159 students participated as the sample for the study. One instrument, ‘Achievement in CRS’ (ATCRS) instrument was used for data collection. The research hypothesis was analyzed using analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Findings from the study revealed no significant difference in the academic achievement of urban and rural students with CRS utilizing storytelling and conventional lecture methods. The study concludes that storytelling is a location friendly teaching method. The recommendations are based on the finding that teachers of CRS in Ekiti State public secondary schools should adopt the storytelling method during the instructional process to enhance students’ academic achievement in both rural and urban schools.

Multidimensional Poverty Among Women in the Ibadan South West Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT: Poverty remains a serious problem in Nigeria; women are among those mostly affected and are often deprived in many ways. This paper uses the multidimensional approach to examine poverty levels among women in Ibadan South West Local Government Area, Oyo State. Primary data was obtained from a sample of 393 women across the population density areas on socio-economic characteristics and poverty indicators (health, education and standard of living). The Alkire-Foster multidimensional approach was used to estimate the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) for the sampled women. The weights assigned to these poverty dimensions were generated using the multiple correspondence analysis. The MPI for each woman were categorized as abject poor (deprived in at least two dimensions), moderate poor (deprived in one dimension) and non-poor (not deprived in any dimension). The mean age of the women was 30.8±6.7 years. One-third of the respondents were mostly artisans (30.0%) and traders (26.5%), and 52.2% had completed secondary education. About 23.0% of women were deprived in education, 61.0% in health and 70.4% in standard of living. Based on location, the study indicated that the women in the medium and high density areas are mostly deprived in the different dimensions of poverty. When the poverty cut off K= 1, poverty incidence is 94% and 51.7% of the women were multidimensional poor as against 28% poverty incidence and 19.6% poor women when k=3 using the Alkire-Foster Multidimensional methodology. This implies that when women are deprived in at least one dimension; 51.7% are multidimensional poor. More than half of the respondents (51.0%) were categorized as moderately poor, 26.0% were abject poor while 23.2% were non-poor. This study revealed high poverty levels among women in Ibadan South West Local Government Area. Deprivation in standard of living and health in the three areas could be improved upon through the concerted effort of the government with appropriate ministries by initiating more productive and empowerment programs to improve their purchasing power and disseminating educative information that will improve their nutritional status through health talks to reduce the level of multidimensional poverty in urban locations respectively.

Moments

Moments narrates the changes that have taken place over a span of four years, nine months, and four days in the life of a woman known as Mummy Ayesha who lives in Challenge, a neighborhood in Ibadan SouthWest Local Government Area. The experiences of Mummy Ayesha are drawn from Genurb (Urbanization, Gender & the Global South) Ibadan City Research Team data. Moments showcases the danger of a single story about poverty, illustrates the temporal and spatial dimensions of socio-economic inequalities, and offers insight on the city’s role in providing opportunities as well as bearing witness to one’s despair. Most especially, Mummy Ayesha’s story illuminates the intricate relationship between future orientations, relationality, care and well-being.

Unlocking the Economic Potentials of Leafy Vegetable: A Case Study of Farmers in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

This study analysed the economic potentials of leafy vegetable among farmers in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Primary data were used for this study with a well- structured questionnaire and personal interview for the collection of the data with a sample size of 150 farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and multiple regression analysis. The analysis of the data showed that about two-third of the farmers were male,74.7% married and the majority (58.7%) of the respondents were in their economic active age (41-50 years). Majority (94%) of the farmers were educated with the average farming experience of 14 years. The results also revealed that the major types of vegetables available in the study area were; Africa spinach, Pumpkin, water leaf, jute leaf and bitter leaf. The result on return on investment was 2.31, implying that for every N1 invested on vegetable production, there is a return of N2.31kobo which is an indication that the business is worthwhile. The study also revealed the gender, age of farmers, marital status, level of education and household size were the factors that significantly and positively influence leafy vegetable output in the area. The most serious problems encountered by the vegetable farmers were; inadequate capital, unstable price of vegetables, the incidence of pest, pilfering and theft and inadequate information. Thus, it is recommended that agricultural credit should be provided for vegetable farmers to boost vegetable production.

Assessing patient safety culture among healthcare professionals in Ibadan South-west region of Oyo State, Nigeria

Objectives Patient safety culture is essential to improve care, prevent adverse events, and deliver quality healthcare service. The levels of patient safety culture and adverse events in Nigerian healthcare institutions are still widely underreported. The main objective of this study was to assess patient safety culture among healthcare professionals in primary and secondary healthcare facilities in Ibadan South-west local government area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Methods In this cross-sectional study, investigators collected data with the English version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture version 2.0 questionnaire. They analyzed data using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software with descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Analysis, and one-way analysis of variance. Results A total of 271 healthcare professionals participated in the study. Study findings showed the overall perception of patient safety culture to be 72.1%. Among patient safety dimensions, Teamwork (88.5%) and Reporting Patient Safety Events (47.4%) were the highest and lowest percentage of positive responses, respectively. Conclusions Patient safety culture is an emerging concept in Nigeria. The assessed dimensions showed the need to improve the safety culture among healthcare professionals. Therefore, stakeholders, policymakers, and managers should employ policies, strategies, and programs to enhance safety culture across all healthcare institutions.

Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards the Study of Christian Religious Studies in Tertiary Institutions in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State

This research investigates the attitudes of Secondary School Students towards the studying of Christian Religious Studies in tertiary institutions in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State. Religion is very important and therefore, it is included in the National Policy of Education right from primary to tertiary level of education (NPE, 2014). In spite of the importance of the subject, students’ attitude towards the subject is not encouraging. This raises future concern on studying the subject. This situation necessitates the need to empirically investigate students’ attitudes towards the subject, especially studying it further in tertiary institutions. This is the gap which this research intends to fill. The research made use of descriptive and survey methods for the inquiry. The survey technique adopted includes the questionnaire which was designed by the researcher for data collection. Mean was used to analyze the data obtained. Criterion mean of 2.50 was raised by adding the assigned values of responses and dividing it with the total number of the responses options which is the summation of 4+3+2+1=10/4=2.50. Therefore, any score below 2.50 was rejected while 2.50 and above was accepted. Findings from the research revealed that students have negative attitudes towards studying Christian Religious Studies in higher institutions due to lack of interest on the part of the students, poor teaching methodology used by teachers and parental influence on the choice of their career. Therefore, the researcher recommends that Christian Religious Studies as a subject should be made compulsory in Secondary schools, the students should be motivated and encouraged by the government and teachers to develop interest in the subject at the Secondary level so that more students can study it as a discipline in higher institutions.

Work Environment and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Primary Schools in Ondo State Nigeria

The apparent indiscipline and low quality education in primary schools calls for a serious concern. It is observed that teachers are not performing their duties as expected and this could be as a result of perceived poor work environment hindering effective performance of teachers’ duties. Therefore, this study examined work environment and teachers’ job performance in public primary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design of the survey type was employed. The sample consisted of 120 teachers and 20 head teachers randomly selected from 20 public primary schools in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Two researcher-made questionnaires entitled “Work Environment Questionnaire (WEQ)” and “Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ)” were used to elicit response from the respondents. The test re-test method was used to test the reliability of WEQ and TJPQ which yielded coefficients of 0.89 and 0.77 respectively. Four research questions were raised and answered using frequency counts, percentage, and mean, while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings revealed that school location was moderately conducive for teachers’ work; the level of interpersonal relationship among teachers was high and the provision of physical facilities was moderate. The findings also revealed that there was significant relationship between school location and teachers’ job performance (r = 0.310, p = 0.001); and there was significant relationship between provision of physical facilities and teachers’ job performance (r = 0.578, p = 0.000). The study therefore concluded that work environment enhanced job performance of the teachers. Based on the findings and conclusion, it was recommended that physical facilities such as conducive office space, potable water and constant electricity should be provided to aid teachers’ job performance

Determinants of Rural Women’s Participation in Community Development Activities in Akoko South-West Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

In order to scale-up the economic, social, cultural and political development in the rural areas of Nigeria, Federal, State and Local governments have embarked on several poverty alleviation programmes and other social welfare schemes. However, in many countries, women are prevented from working for socio-cultural reasons. Women face inequalities and challenges that hinder their access to jobs, training, education, properties, land, financial and non-financial opportunities. This study therefore focused on rural women’s participation in community development activities in Akoko South-West Local Government Area, Ondo state, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedures were adopted to select 120 respondents for the study. Five objectives and one hypothesis were formulated for the study. Well-structured questionnaire/interview schedule was used to elicit information from the respondents. Findings from the study revealed that there is low participation of rural women in community development activities which may result from the constraints the women faced in their participation such as poor community cooperation and dialogue, lack of sustainability of projects, inadequate access to credit and low-income base, poor infrastructures especially good road networks, poor monitoring and evaluation. The results of the hypothesis revealed that family size, years of experience, marital status and income at p< 0.005 had effect on the rural women’s participation respectively. It was therefore recommended that efforts should be made to promote community cooperation and dialogue among rural women through the organisation of regular meetings and forums for women to discuss their concerns, needs and ideas.

Farmers’ Perception of Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

The research assessed farmers of arable crops in Akoko southwest local government area of Ondo State, Nigeria on their adaptation strategies to perceived climatic unpredictability. Using a multistage sampling, cross-sectional data were collected from 150 farmers in rural areas of all the local governments using a standardized questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics including chi-square, Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC), and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) were utilized to analyses the study's data. The study revealed a significant relationship between household size (χ2=179.3, p<0.05), farm size (χ2=136.4, p<0.05) and adaptation strategies. Also, there was a significant influence of gender (t=3.001), access to credit (t=2.459), and other sources of income (t=2.384) on adaptation strategies to be adopted by farmers at p<0.05. The findings indicate that the farmers are severely constrained by a lack of suitable irrigation infrastructure and insufficient government support, which has decreased production and may result in lower profits and more poverty. According to the results, farmers' perceptions of climatic unpredictability have a significant impact on their adaptation techniques. A better understanding of climatic variability would help farmers develop better adaptation strategies, which will enhance their livelihoods and lower poverty levels in rural regions. The government should launch awareness and sensitization programmers at all levels to create a community where farmers are well-versed in the causes and impacts of climatic variability.

Table egg marketing amid COVID -19 pandemic in Ibadan southwest local government area of Oyo State

The study was conducted to evaluate table egg marketing amid COVID -19 pandemic in Ibadan South-West local government area of Oyo state. Multi-stage random sampling method was used in selecting egg marketers. Using a well-structured questionnaire, data were obtained and subjected to descriptive statistics, gross margin and regression analysis. The result obtained shows that the mean age of the egg marketers was 33 years. Majorities were female and Christians. Most were Yoruba people, married, with tertiary education. Large number of the respondents adopted COVID -19 measures such as hand cleaning regularly, cough or sneeze in the bent elbow, use of nose mask, avoid contact with eyes, nose and mouth. The estimated gross margin value was N16, 300.00 while the regression result showed that price of egg purchase (p<0.01) and transport cost (p<0.05) during COVID -19 pandemic had significant effect on egg marketing. It was also observed that COVID -19 measure index (CMI) and transportation negatively affected egg marketing. It is therefore recommended that the government should provide appropriate palliative to reduce the effect of COVID -19 pandemic on egg marketers.

Assessment of Anthropogenic Influences on the Benthic Invertebrate Community of Oghan River in Edo State, Nigeria

The influence of anthropogenic activities on a freshwater ecosystem was investigated by sampling for physicochemical parameters, heavy metals and benthic invertebrates of Oghan River in Ora Community, Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Samples were collected monthly for a ten months period across three stations between 09:00 and 12:00 hrs on each sampling day for laboratory analysis following standard procedure. No significant variation (P > 0.05) was observed between the parameters, although heavy metals in sediments were above the WHO recommended limit for freshwater ecosystems. For benthic organisms, about 386 individuals belonging to 23 taxa, 11 families and 6 orders were recorded. Among the orders, the most dominant were Diptera (44.94%), Odonata (28.31%), Ephemeroptera (13.77%) while the least was Diplogasterida (0.26%). The families were dominated by Chironomidae (32.47%), Baetidae (13.77%) and Libellulidae (12.73%). Species diversity (2.677) and richness (4.002) were highest in station 1 and lowest in stations 2 (2.357) and 3 (2.745) while species evenness was highest in station 3 (0.791) and lowest in station 1 (0.6924). The elevated levels of heavy metals and the decrease in sensitive benthic taxa observed in the river is an indication that anthropogenic activities could be impacting the water quality and benthic invertebrate community of the river.

Relative Effectiveness of Guided Inquiry and Collaborative Learning Instructional Strategies on Students’ Performance and Retention Ability of Physics Students’ in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

Poor teaching methods have been single handily adduced for students’ poor performance in physics at secondary school level. In lieu of this, this study investigates the relative and comparative effectiveness of the guided inquiry, collaborative learning conventional teaching methods on students’ academic achievement and retention in physics. This study hypothesized that there is no significant difference in the academic performance and retention ability in physics by the students’ taught with these methods. Pre-test, post-test control group quasi experimental design consisting of two experimental and one control groups was the research design used. The studied population consisted of all students who are offering physics in senior secondary class two in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo State. Three secondary schools among the seventeen senior secondary schools in the study area were randomly selected and their 113 students were purposively selected schools were randomly selected and randomly assigned to two treatment and one control groups. The physics achievement test, an instructional package on physics were administered on the sampled students. The data collected were analyzed using ANCOVA. It was revealed that students taught using the collaborative learning method academically performed better to those taught using guided enquiry and conventional teaching methods. Similarly, collaborative method (CM) group retained best the contents taught followed by the guided inquiry group and lastly the conventional teacher expository method group. This study concludes that CM method is the best method of improving learning outcomes (performance and retention ability) in physics in the study area. This study therefore recommends that physics teacher in secondary schools in the study area should be synthetized via workshops, symposia, lectures, etc. on the procedures, techniques, and applications of collaborative teaching method in physics classrooms. Similarly, active participation of students in physics classroom should be encouraged by teachers.

Influence of demographic variables on attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breast feeding In Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

The research centered on the influence of demographic variables on attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breastfeeding in Akoko South West Local Government area of Ondo State Nigeria. The investigation embraced a cross sectional survey design, the instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire, it was validated by three experts in Health Education and it has a reliability coefficient of 0.775 after test –retest method. A sample of 180 nursing mothers was selected from health institutions located in six communities in the local government area using convenient sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC). Findings revealed that the nursing mothers had positive attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding; level of education and religion had no significant relationships with attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breastfeeding, but age and family type had. With these findings, it was recommended that sound health education on exclusive breastfeeding should be given to the nursing mothers and it should be properly introduced to all levels of education.

Flora and fauna of mosquito breeding sites in Akoko South West Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

This research was carried out between January and July 2021 in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Three sites in each of the eight towns of the Local Government Area were visited and sampled to determine and evaluate the relationship between mosquito species and biotic factors in the mosquito breeding environment. At each site mosquito larvae were collected and flora and fauna at each site were identified. The flora identified included grasses, green Algae, Pride of Barbados and others, while the fauna identified included Damsel flies, Dragon flies, Tadpoles, Midges, Lizard. The Damsel flies, Dragon flies and Tadpoles dominate the fauna distribution chart while Green Algae has the highest percentage of the flora distribution chart followed by grasses and pride of Barbados with the least percentage. The correlation coefficient indicated a positive relationship between larva density and flora while larva density and fauna showed some negative relationship. Adequate understanding of vector ecology is needed to control mosquito particularly in deploying environmental modification around host settlements. This understanding will better serve over deployment of chemicals into such sites that may affect non-targeted organisms.

Climate change vulnerability mapping across ecological zones in Delta State, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

The nature of various ecologies partly determines how vulnerable regions and localities are to climate change. In developing countries, the low level of technological innovations required to adapt effectively and high reliance on nature for livelihood make certain areas more vulnerable than others. The study investigates the vulnerabilities of the three major ecological zones (Lowland rainforest, Freshwater Swamp, and Mangrove Swamp) in Delta State of the Niger Delta Region to climate change. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to analyze exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indicators. Temperature and rainfall data used as the indicators for exposure were downloaded from NASA’s website and UCI CHRS’s data portal respectively and spanned from the year 1981 to 2019 for temperature and 2000 to 2019 for rainfall. PCA for sensitivity and adaptive capacity was carried out using thirty (30) sensitivity indicators and thirteen (13) adaptive capacity indicators, which were derived from the administration of 4,000 copies of questionnaire to rural residents of 10 selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Delta State. These were used to generate vulnerability scores (Z-scores), which served as measures of vulnerability, for the components – exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The results showed that Warri North Local Government Area and Warri Southwest Local Government Area (both located in the Mangrove Swamp ecology) were the most vulnerable in terms of temperature, with Z-Scores of 3.096 and 2.681 respectively. In terms of rainfall, the results indicated that most LGAs located in the Freshwater Swamp were the most exposed to increased rainfall. In terms of sensitivity, Burutu and Patani LGAs located in the Mangrove Swamp and Ndokwa East LGA located in the Freshwater Swamp were the most sensitive to climate change. Burutu and Patani LGAs (which are both in the Mangrove Swamp) had the highest vulnerability based on low adaptive capacity. Overall, Patani and Burutu LGAs (both in the Mangrove Swamp ecological zone) were the most vulnerable to climate change. The study recommends that climate change interventions be delivered across communities in the Niger-Delta Region based on variations of the indicators of vulnerability.

Effects of Cultural Factors on Entrepreneurial Performance in Ondo State, Nigeria

The business environment is becoming dynamic and competitive and since affected by cultural factors. Therefore, entrepreneurs, irrespective of their objectives, must take into consideration, these cultural factors opportunities and constraints. The study examines effects of cultural factors on entrepreneurial performance in Ondo state. The study made use of two objectives which seek to investigate influence of cultural factor on entrepreneur performance in small scale business and to find out relationship between cultural factors, entrepreneur performance on small scale business. Two hypotheses were formulated from the objectives to guide the study. The study made use of descriptive design of survey type. The population of the study was small scale owners in Akoko south-west local government area of Ondo state. The study made use of Yamane formula to get 100 small scale business owners from the population. Results in the study revealed that cultural factor have significant influence on entrepreneur performance [F (1, 98) = 194.244; p< 0.05: cultural factor had a positive significant relationship with entrepreneur performance [r (97) = .480; p< 0.01; cultural factor had a significant relationship with small scale business [r (97) = .227;p<0.01. It was concluded that cultural factors are important factors in determining the entrepreneurial performance of small scale business. It was recommended that entrepreneur should not be biased while dealing with customers from different cultures; entrepreneur should always be motivated towards ensuring the growth of small scale business regardless of the cultural differences within the business.

Geographical Locations of Secondary Schools and Effects on Students’ Distance Travelled from Home to School in Five Urban Local Government Areas of Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria

This study presents the spatial location distribution of private and public secondary schools and assesses the effects of distance travelled from home to school in five urban local government areas of Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. Field survey methods were adopted by obtaining the geographic coordinates of schools using a handheld Global Positioning System (GPS Garmin 78s) and a structured questionnaire consisting of fifteen (15) questions and interviews to assess the effect of distance travelled from home to school from selected private and public secondary schools and from selected students in the study areas. Data were processed using ArcGIS 10.4 (Arcmap 10.4) to show the spatial locations of schools, and IBM SPSS (statistics 20) to assess the effects of distance travelled from home to school on students. The result of geographic locations of schools showed a cluster spatial distribution pattern in the North-eastern part of Ibadan southwest, south-western part of Ibadan Northeast and North-western part of Ibadan Northwest and few schools are located in the south-western part of Ibadan Southeast and Ibadan Southwest local government areas. However, the result also showed that students’ distance travelled had significant effects on students' mental ability, academic participation and academic performance, communication between teachers and students’, students’ insecurity to and from, and stoppage along the travel route. The result of the correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and negative association between questions and answers from the respondents.

A qualitative inquiry into pregnant women’s perceptions of respectful maternity care during childbirth in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria

Women’s perceptions of respectful maternity care (RMC) are critical to its definition and measurement globally. We evaluated these in relation to globally defined RMC norms. We conducted a descriptive study involving eight focus group discussions with 50 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at one primary and one secondary health facility each in the North-west and South-west local government areas of Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria. One focus group each with primigravidae and multiparas were held per facility between 21 and 25 October 2019. Shakibazadeh et al’s 12 domains of RMC served as the thematic framework for data analysis. The women’s perceptions of RMC resonated well with seven of its domains, emphasising provider-client inter-personal relationships, preserving their dignity, effective communication, and non-abandonment of care, but with mixed perceptions for two domains. However, their perceptions deviated for four domains, namely maintaining privacy and confidentiality; ensuring continuous access to family support such as birth companions; obtaining informed consent; and respecting women’s choices about mobility during labour, food and fluid intake, and birth position. The physical environment was not mentioned as contributing to an experience of RMC. Whilst the perceptions of the Nigerian women studied about RMC were similar to those accepted internationally, there were significant deviations which may be related to cultural differences and societal disparities. Different interpretations of RMC may influence women’s demand for such care in different settings and challenge strategies for promoting a universal standard of care.

EVALUATION OF PROFITABILITY OF MAIZE PRODUCTION IN AKOKO SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

The study was carried out to examine the profitability of maize production in Akoko South-West Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. The data for the study were collected primarily using a well-structured questionnaire and interview schedules. The production data covered a period of 3years (2018-2020). A multistage sampling procedure was used to randomly select 120 respondents. Descriptive statistics, budgetary analysis and a Linear multiple regression model were used to analyse the data. The results showed that the average age of the respondent was 44 years, with (65.0%) of them being male. Majority of the maize farmers (85.3%) were married and had an average family size of 5 members. The result also proved that only 5.8% of the farmers had no formal education while 94.2% of them had one form of education or the other. Furthermore, the average farm size of the majority of the respondent was 1.5ha and only 15% had access to one form of credit or the other. The result of the budgetary analysis revealed that the total costs of N75,970, N50,523 and N46,784 were invested in maize farming in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively and net farm income of N50,760, N115,117 and N134,488 were realized for the period. This implies that the maize farming business is a profitable agribusiness enterprise. The net present value was N200,042.91 at the interest rate of (20%) and with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.1 indicating that for every N1 invested in maize farming, a profit ofN1.1 kobo was made. The study concluded that household size, educational status, access to credit and cost of labour were the factors that influenced the profitability of maize farmers in the study area. Thus, it is recommended that farmers should be encouraged to form a cooperative society in order to generate funds to expand their farm enterprise. Also, maize farmers should be encouraged to practice mixed cropping in order to enhance the level of maize farm income.
 Keywords: Profitability, Production, Cost-Benefit Ratio, Net Present Value and Capital.