Vol 14 Issue 2 April 2026-June 2026

Abstract: Sufficient knowledge enhances precautionary actions and helps to reduce the spread of a disease. Knowledge regarding COVID-19 refers to the understanding of its nature, causes, risk factors, transmission modes, and preventive strategies. The assessment of knowledge of members of the public in Makurdi Local Government Area is an attempt to explore their awareness about COVID-19 and how they adopted precautionary measures. Makurdi Local Government has an estimated population of about 433,700 persons with eleven (11) council wards and a sample size of 400 respondents was adopted using Taro Yamane (1967) sample size determination formula. The study was predicted on the assumption that Knowledge of the populace about COVID-19 is a significant predictor of adherence to prevention measures in Makurdi Local Government Area. The respondents are found to adopting precautionary measures base on their belief system and perception of an ailment. Thus they turn to adopt precautionary measures based on their knowledge about the disease. The findings revealed that participants have high knowledge of COVID-19 on symptoms, preventive measures and mode of transmission. About 95.75% of the respondents have good knowledge of the symptoms of COVID-19, while 99.9% of the respondents have good knowledge of the preventive measures and 100% of the respondents have good knowledge of the mode of transmission of the disease.

Keywords: Knowledge regarding COVID-19, nature, causes, risk factors, transmission modes, belief system.

Title: Assessment of Knowledge of COVID-19 among Members of the Public in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State

Author: Mpem Terungwa, Rosemary Kashimana Tile

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

Vol. 14, Issue 2, April 2026 - June 2026

Page No: 6-16

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Published Date: 04-April-2026

Abstract: The paper will examine the relationship between biopolitical surveillance and practices of the modern state. It will focus on the role of the census as an instrument of biopolitical surveillance, explaining how the systematic collection of demographic data renders the population visible and countable. The article will examine the census practices in the United Kingdom and the United States of America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article will show how the census, as a technology of power, played an important role in the process of nation-building in the United Kingdom, and on the other hand, promoted racial discourses in the United States of America. It will conclude that the census, often perceived as a neutral administrative tool, played a significant role in the expansion of biopolitical surveillance and the consolidation of state power in contemporary liberal democracies.

Keywords: Biopolitics, surveillance, discourse, discipline, census, rationalities, state, race.

Title: Watching the Population: Biopolitics, Surveillance, and the Modern State

Author: Dr Bhushan Arekar

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

Vol. 14, Issue 2, April 2026 - June 2026

Page No: 1-5

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Published Date: 01-April-2026