Contemporary Social Problems in Nigeria and its Impact on National Development: Implication for Guidance and Counselling Services

Abstract

This paper highlights the contemporary social problems, their direct and indirect impacts on the society and their possible solutions. Nevertheless, there is the common knowledge that we are living in an era of church denominationalism (church proliferation) yet crime rate and moral decadence increase daily in a geometrical progression thereby constituting a variance to the expected morality level. This is brought about mainly by modern science and technology amidst other predisposing sub variables such as peer group influence, examination malpractice, poverty, problem of heritance/succession etc as they affect our daily living and general well being. These social problems and their impact on the society are being examined in details and possible suggestions for curbing the menace for a sustained society are being proffered.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n2p167