Josiah, Ucheawaji Godfrey http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6583-938X
Akpuh, Charles Chinanu
Article History
Received: 21 May 2021
Accepted: 28 March 2022
First Online: 27 April 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationship(s) that may have inappropriately influenced their writing this paper. Therefore, they declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was not sought for, in this research due to the ‘exemption’ clause by <i>National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria</i> (NHREC), which suffices for this kind of research. Although this is not a clinical research, privacy and confidentiality of respondents was however, maintained in line with the principle of confidentiality. The <i>National Health Research Ethics Committee</i> (NHREC) of Nigeria (2007) stipulates in <i>Section B</i> of NHREC document, that research involving the use of survey procedures, interview procedures or observation of public behaviour with the anonymity of the human participants maintained, is exempted from ethical approval.
: This research was carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines. Participants were made to understand the academic purpose of the research, and they willingly and voluntarily granted the needed information regarding the study. All participants (i.e., Companies’ Community Liaison Officers) granted needed information without being coerced or compelled. These Companies’ CLOs were all independent individuals.