Agu, Agu Godswill
Margaça, Clara
Blessing, Owuala Ugochukwu
Obinna, Esi-Ubani Chidiadi
Chinedu, Agu Paul
Dike, Onwubiko Ngozi
Okpara, Gazie Sunday
Article History
Received: 19 May 2025
Accepted: 4 November 2025
First Online: 16 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Abia State University [ref. ABSU-FEMS-MKT-2024-008], and the study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Participation was voluntary, and confidentiality of data was ensured.
: Ethical review and approval were waived for this study by the Ethics Committee of Abia State University. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that research participants provided informed consent for publication of the study results.
: All participants provided written informed consent prior to participating in the study.
: Not applicable.