Effects of Hawking on the Social Lives of Teenagers in Bida
1Bello, Babatunde S., 2Zubairu, I. T., 3Nwokenkwo, O. B., & 4Abdullahi, F. H.
1 & 3Department of Marketing, Federal Polytechnic, Bida
2 & 4Department
of Business Administration & Management, Federal Polytechnic, Bida
ABSTRACT
The study investigates the effect of hawking on social lives of teenagers in Bida, Niger State. It intends to find out how hawking impacts on the lives of teenagers with respect to the reasons and the implications of the practice. The study which is descriptive in nature adopted both convenience and judgment sampling methods to arrive at a sample of 399 respondents drawn from the population of 266, 008 of Bida (per 2006 Census). Findings revealed that hawking practice has eaten deep into the mentality of these teenagers as their livelihood sustenance and of their parents largely depend on the proceeds from the business. It was recommended that Bida Forum and wealthy individuals in the town should partner with government at the local and state levels to institute poverty alleviation programmes to assist less-privilege families. Scholarship Board should also be strengthened to identify and assist gifted children at all level of schools to keep their dreams of becoming great in life through qualitative education alive.
Keywords: Effect of hawking, social lives, Teenagers
