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Title: ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PRACTICES IN FEDERAL
CAPITAL TERRITORY- ABUJA
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Authors: Prof. Daniel D. Dabi, Dr. Leonard Bombom, Mr. Stephen Maren, Mrs Esther Englama and Mr. Adams Baba Ibrahim, Nigeria |
Abstract: Most households are polluted with waste garbage, due to the poor sanitation habits. Several studies
have examined the phenomenon, and reported that the use of different environmental sanitation
practices and community based sanitation are key to achieving sustainable environmental
sanitation. However, these areas are yet unexplored in the study area. The objectives of this study
is therefore, to; examine the existing environmental sanitation practices in FCT-Abuja and
determine the level of awareness on the impacts of poor environmental sanitation hygiene.
Questionnaire were subjected to analyses using mean score Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U test.
The findings reveal that the respondents in household sectors 40% were male and 60% were female
which shows majority of the respondents were female and their knowledge of interaction with the
subject of study is not shallow as most of them do the home care cleaning. Mann-Whitney U test
was used to test hypothesis one, which states that there is no significance difference between male
and female participation in environmental sanitation practices in the study area. The results show
the mean rank participation for male and female in environmental sanitation practices in the FCT
to be 10.64 and 12.36 respectively. The Mann-Whitney coeffient is 51.000 the assmptotic
significance is 0.524. The result indicated that female participation in environmental sanitation
practices is greater than the male. Fx (12.36) > M x (10.64). Since the calculated P-Value 0.524 is
greater than 0.05 at 95% confidence level we accept the null hypothesis and conclude that there is
no significance difference between the mean ranks participation of male and female in
environmental sanitation practices in FCT-Abuja. The study also determined the level of
awareness of respondents on the impact of poor environmental sanitation hygiene. Chi-square
calculated value of 0.13 with 390 as the degree of freedom at 0.05 level of significance. The
alternative hypothesis which state that there is no significance difference in the level of awareness
of respondents on the impact of poor environmental sanitation is accepted. Which mean there is
no significant difference in the level of awareness of respondents on the impact of poor
environmental sanitation hygiene in the FCT. Therefore, the paper recommend that policies that
would promote sound environmental education should be put in place in order to educate the
populace and enlighten them on the importance of environmental sanitation in the FCT and the
need to legislate some of the environmental laws on sanitation in the FCT. |
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