IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

RESEARCH JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND QUALITY CONTROL (RJFSQC )

E-ISSN 2504-6145
P-ISSN 2695-2459
VOL. 10 NO. 5 2024
DOI: 10.56201/rjfsqc.v10.no5.2024.pg71.80

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Correlation Between Food Crisis and The Electoral Process: Obio/Akpor as Case Study

Oye, Margaret Igeniwari

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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between food crisis and the electoral process in Obio/Akpor, Rivers State as case study, it focused on 1) examining public perceptions on food crisis in Obio/Akpor, and determined the relationship between food crisis and elections. One null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the correlational design. The population for the study included all eligible voters of the area who reside in Obio/Akpor. The purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 100 eligible voters (50 males and 50 females) for the study. The instrument for data collection for this study was a questionnaire titled ‘Food Crisis and Elections’ which was designed on a 4-point rating scale of Strongly Agree (SA - 4), Agree A- 3), Disagree (D - 2) and Strongly Disagree (SD - 1) respectively. The data generated from the research questions were analyzed using mean standard deviation values to answer the research questions on a 4-point scale. The hypothesis tested using Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation analyses at a significant level of p-value less than 0.05 (p<0.05). From the findings, the perceptions of the public on food crisis were as follows: there is hunger in the land (M: 2.65); many families cannot access three square meals a day (m=3.02); food prices are beyond the reach of many families (MU2.94); many persons fight over food (M: :3.21). The study findings also revealed that many hungry persons may not vote (M o.52); voters will want to vote against current crop of politicians (Ml 2.67); violence may erupt during elections due to hunger (M 2.61) and hunger will increase the cases of vote buying (M=2.82). Among the recommendations of the study is that the government is advised to declare a state of emergency in the food sector to address the insufficient supply of foodstuffs.

keywords:

Food crisis, elections, hunger, relationship

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