THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WELFARE ON BROKEN HOMES IN USELU COMMUNITY IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out in order to find out the role of social welfare services on broken homes in Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. The idea of this investigation is to expose the form of social welfare services in the Local Government, the utilization of the available services and the awareness of the people on the available social welfare service in the Local Government. A total of one hundred (60) staffs made up of 30 Junior and 30 senior staffs in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State were used for the study. Questionnaires was the instrument used to collect data, the research instrument used for collecting the data were subjected to both reliability and validity test before it was administered to the staffs.

From the analysis it was discovered that:

1.     The utilization of the service is on the average, lack of awareness and ignorance on the part of some people limit the maximum use of the social welfare service.

2.     Facilities of the social welfare service were not adequate

3.     Lack of love and impatient on the part of couples are major source of broken home