International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue X, October 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Effect of Environmental Sanitation on Environmental Performance of Selected Communities in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Ologbese Felix Ebun, Adebambo Hameed Olusegun, Odurinde Samuel Olusegun
Department of Project Management Technology, School of Logistics and Innovation Technology, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Abstract: This study assessed the effect of environmental sanitation on the environmental performance of Akure, Ondo State. Survey research design was adopted in which 395 questionnaires were administered to respondents from selected 15 communities in the study area using simple random sampling technique. The data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences and Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling). The findings of the study showed that with a grand mean value of 0.30, there is a moderate level of public attitudes towards environmental sanitation in Akure. The result of the regression analysis on the effect of environmental sanitation on environmental performance revealed that gaseous emission control personal hygiene, and noise regulation have significant effect on air quality dimension of environmental performance. Also, the study found that noise regulation proper waste disposal and potable water supply have significant effect on noise quality. While personal waste disposal, portable water supply, noise regulation and gaseous emission control have significant effect on the water quality performance of the environment. The study recommends, that continuous sensitization and enlightenment programme be carried out by the appropriate government institutions to educate the populace on the need to imbibe good environmental sanitation practices with a view to improving the environmental performance of the study area.

Keywords: Environmental Sanitation, Environmental Performance, Public Attitude

I. INTRODUCTION

All over the world, poor environmental quality is increasingly recognized as a major threat to social and economic development and even to human survival (Acheampong, 2010). The impacts of environmental deterioration are severe on developing countries thus hindering and undermining their development (Bello, 2007). Environmental sanitation is the practice of collection, reuse and disposal of human excreta and domestic wastes with the overall objective to protect the human health (Vivienne, 2014),. In an attempt to keep the environment clean, it is the human lives that are paramount.