Ali, Christian Chinedu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8504-6304
Asogwa, Vincent Chidindu
Okadi, Ashagwu Ojang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-5124
Eze, Godwin Emeka
Ikehi, Michael Ejime
Nwakile, Toochukwu Collins
Ogbonna, Emeka Kelechi
Ugorji, Njideka Chinwe
Article History
Received: 25 October 2023
Accepted: 15 May 2025
First Online: 12 June 2025
Declarations
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: The ethical procedures for this study followed the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (SSRI, 2010). Adopting SSRI (2010) ethics declaration emphasised on honesty of purpose and data collected to contribute genuinely to knowledge, mandates rigorous and replicable methodology, transparency in reporting actual findings and fairness in treatment of colleagues and research participants. In pursuance of the later, the authors declared no conflict of interest and the study sought the consent of the respondents to participate in the study and explained to them the option of dropping out of the study at will. No personal data identifying a participant was collected or published. A proposal draft of the study was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Department of Agricultural Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Ethical Approval for the study (ref: UNN/VTE/AE/REC/2022/03/22/02) was obtained and permission was granted to include humans as respondents for the study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.