Volume 19, Issue 1, November 2015, Pages 1–7
ADIUKWU FAYOKEMI FUNMILOLA1 and Adiukwu Fidelis Onyekachi2
1 Ekiti State Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender Empowerment & Social Development, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
2 Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
Original language: English
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The paper studies the rising trend of prostitution in urban Africa and the upsurge in the use of hard drugs by the youths in neighborhoods. Effects of drug abuse, trafficking and prostitution on a city's local economy; with a consequential impact on its health, security, socio-cultural and economic sustainability is theme of paper. Prostitution and drug abuse is a key factor in organized crimes. Hence, the psychosocial consequence of drug addiction, crime and poverty on the urban workforce is a subject of discuss. Sexual exploitation of women and drug abuse in the US, UK and Australia is a comparative deduction to substantiate the dangers inherent. Paper recounts Colombia's organized crime experience and discourse that in order to help young people; a multiple strategy be utilized to check and withdraw youths from these vices. The paper affirms strongly that a veritable way of dealing with prostitution and drug related offences is to alleviate poverty. In conclusion, paper suggests that Urban Africa for industrial growth needs to evolve and sustain public education and programs, aimed at skills acquisitions, and create employment opportunities for youths that offer options for 'escape' thereby promoting healthy behavior and lifestyle.
Author Keywords: Africa, Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Poverty, Prostitution.
ADIUKWU FAYOKEMI FUNMILOLA1 and Adiukwu Fidelis Onyekachi2
1 Ekiti State Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender Empowerment & Social Development, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
2 Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The paper studies the rising trend of prostitution in urban Africa and the upsurge in the use of hard drugs by the youths in neighborhoods. Effects of drug abuse, trafficking and prostitution on a city's local economy; with a consequential impact on its health, security, socio-cultural and economic sustainability is theme of paper. Prostitution and drug abuse is a key factor in organized crimes. Hence, the psychosocial consequence of drug addiction, crime and poverty on the urban workforce is a subject of discuss. Sexual exploitation of women and drug abuse in the US, UK and Australia is a comparative deduction to substantiate the dangers inherent. Paper recounts Colombia's organized crime experience and discourse that in order to help young people; a multiple strategy be utilized to check and withdraw youths from these vices. The paper affirms strongly that a veritable way of dealing with prostitution and drug related offences is to alleviate poverty. In conclusion, paper suggests that Urban Africa for industrial growth needs to evolve and sustain public education and programs, aimed at skills acquisitions, and create employment opportunities for youths that offer options for 'escape' thereby promoting healthy behavior and lifestyle.
Author Keywords: Africa, Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Poverty, Prostitution.
How to Cite this Article
ADIUKWU FAYOKEMI FUNMILOLA and Adiukwu Fidelis Onyekachi, “EFFECTS OF PROSTITUTION AND DRUG ABUSE ON URBAN AFRICA'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–7, November 2015.
