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Received: 5 February 2023

Accepted: 20 November 2023

First Online: 2 January 2024

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The study sought and got ethical approval from the Research Ethical Board of the author’s institution. However, there was no ethical number, as the author’s institution does not currently issue numbers in its Ethical Approvals.

: The authors sought and obtained Informed consent before and throughout the data collection process. The authors informed the sampled respondents of the objective of the research before the administration of the research instrument to them. The authors further ensured the anonymity of the respondents, as there was no indication of personal identifiers on the questionnaire. In addition, the study treated the data elicited from the respondents with utmost confidentiality. The author also endeavoured to ensure the welfare of the respondents during the collection of data and this culminated in a seamless exercise. The administration of the questionnaires began only after the respondents gave their affirmative consent, as participation was solely voluntary.

: The authors collectively give our consent to Humanities and Social Sciences Communications to publish this manuscript upon successful revision.