Consequences Of Premarital Sexual Activities Among Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE]

Statement of the Problem
    In Nigeria, a number of studies Adegboye, J.O. (2008), Anafi, J.K. (1993) Bakare, E.G. (2006) to mention but a few have shown that sexual activities among students or young ones particularly the unmarried is not something to be taken with levity but handled with urgent attention.
    Many Nigerian teenage girls about 60% according to Kapan (1999) are victims of premarital sexual activity, unmarried pregnancy and babies. They get scared and try all sorts of possible means of getting rid of unwanted and unclaimed pregnancy the result is usually very fatal. It was found by Bakare (2006) that most of our teenagers and youth lack the proper parental upbringing right at home which is supposed to serve as first contact of moral reformation in our society. Above 60% of Nigerian parents do not take good and proper care of their children which exposes the adolescent to moral degeneration. They fail to give what is required of them as parents to their children at home. Some female children are subjected to premarital sex in the hands of human traffickers who perpetrate their obnoxious business with the knowledge of the parents.
    The young females are lured into premarital sexual activities through prostitution because they are not under the supervision of their parents. About 30% of these female teenagers are raped which often lead to unwanted pregnancy or other consequences such as AIDS, STD among others. Bakare (2006). Its medical and psychological implication in the life of the adolescent girl such as early pregnancy, Rector Vaginal Fistula (RVF), Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) is often associated with labour. These problems led to the investigation into the factors influencing premarital sexual activities of secondary school students in Ilorin West Local Government Area.
    To the best of the researcher’s knowledge, none of the other researchers have considered this topic: consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Research Questions
    The following questions are asked to guide the conduct of the study.
1.    What are the consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students in Ilorin West Local Government?
2.    Will there by any significant difference in the consequence of premarital sexual activities as expressed by respondents on the basis of gender?
3.    Will there by any significant difference in the consequence of premarital sexual activities as expressed by respondents on the basis of age.
4.    Will there by any significant difference in the consequence of premarital sexual activities as expressed by respondents on the basis of school type.
5.    Will there by any significant difference in the consequence of premarital sexual activities as expressed by respondents on the basis of religion.
Research Hypotheses
    The following research hypotheses are formulated to guide the study.
1.    There is no significant difference in the consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students on the basis of gender.
2.    There is no significant difference in the consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students on the basis of age.
3.    There is no significant difference in the consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students on the basis of school type.
4.    There is no significant difference in the consequences of premarital sexual activities among secondary school students on the basis of religion.