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TOPIC:
A TERM PAPER
PREPARED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE: PUB 324
(SOCIAL POLICIES ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA)
BY:
EKUMA, TOCHUKWU ONYEAGOZIRI
REG. NO: 2012/182138
AUGUST, 2015.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents - - - -- - - - - i
1.0 Introduction - - - -- - - - - 1
Conclusion - - - - - - - - - 17
References - - - - - - - - - 18
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3.0 INTRODUCTION
pin down the best definition of social policy has led Baldock
Health services
Education services
2. Colonial era
3. Post-colonial era
The family and the community formed the basis of social service
the extended family. It was the duty of the family which attracted
them.
the faith. Hence widows, aged, infirmed and those whose fortunes
have been shattered were readily available for alms. Apart from
need.
children respectively.
needs were taken care of. These could best be described as social
government.
(Ibezim, 1999).
centred on the state. Social policy and indeed all sectoral policies
revenue of the country from the oil boom of the early 70s
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as the oil glut soon came is the late 70s and early 80s and
security.
leaders.
them:
military administrations
traditional health care system was virtually free as those who had
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the knowledge dispensed it for the good of all. Cost was never a
the first hospital was the Sacred Heart Hospital built by the
Subsequent plans, the Third (1975 – 1980) and the Fourth (1981
care
introduced in 1999. These and may more were the efforts of the
Housing is one of the basic needs of man aside food and clothing.
demands.
which were set up with the aim the aim of providing housing
adequate housing.
poverty”.
alleviation.
Conclusion
From our study, many attempts have been made in social service
poor level.
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REFERENCES
Etuk G.R, Ering S.O and Ajake U.E (2012). Nigeria’s Universal