Browsing by Author "Adeleke, E.A"

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    A GIS Approach to the study of Oil Spillage on Agriculture in Jesse Community, Delta State, Nigeria
    (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2018-03-19) Tunde, A.M.; Adeleke, E.A; Malik, N.A.; Olayiwola A.M.
    Oil spillage has been an intractable problem in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This paper uses GIS to assess the effect of oil spillage on Agriculture of Jesse Community in the Niger Delta Region on Nigeria. Objectives stated include: capture the various agricultural landuse in the study area over a period of 20 years; identify causes/sources of oil spillage and area affected by the spillage over the years; determine the impact of the spillage on agricultural land; and evaluate landuse change of the study area. Primary and secondary sources of information were employed to obtain needed data. Landcover were classified with the use of ARCGIS10.1 software into oil spill area, cultivation, built up areas and vegetation. Findings revealed that the principal cause of spills was attributed to human errors and equipment failure. Result from the supervised classification revealed that oil spillage is increasingly affecting agriculture landuse in the study area. The study further revealed that oil spill has a negative and statistically significant impact on agriculture landuse in a manner consistent with economic expectation. Using flow accumulation model, the vulnerable areas were ranked in order of very low, low, moderate and very high. Recommendation includes qualitative employee training and preventive maintenance culture as remedy to continuous oil spillage.
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    PATTERN AND CAUSES OF FIRE INCIDENTS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
    (Published by Department of Geoagraphy and Environmental Mangement, University of Portharcourt, Nigeria, 2016) Malik, N.A; Adeleke, E.A; Yahaya, O.Y.; Adeniyi, E.E.; Akinbode, G.O.
    Lagos state has recently experienced an amplified rate of fire occurrences and this has resulted in the loss of lives and properties, disruption of economic activities and increases the health burdens of the state. The objectives set out in the study were to: (i) identify the pattern of fire service stations in Lagos; (ii) examine the major causes of fire outbreaks; and (iii) assess the trend of fire incidents in the study area. Primary and secondary data were employed in the study. The secondary data were gotten from Lagos State Fire Service, National Population Commission while primary data was derived through the administration of structured questionnaire to respondents. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed. A sample size of 400 respondents was selected in different locations including fire stations, markets, hospitals and settlements. Descriptive statistics including percentages, charts and tables were used to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and the causes of fire outbreaks while Arc-GIS tool was used to depict the pattern of fire stations in the state. Trend analysis was employed to show the rate of fire occurrences in the study area.The results of the findings revealed that the leading causes of fire incidents are gas leakages (39%) and electrical failure (44%) and candle (14%). Also, a total of 2342, 1774, 1499 and 1627 fire incidents call were recorded in 2012, 2013, 2104 and 2015 respectively. The study recommends that enlightenment programmes should be embarked upon and that fire prevention and fighting must be mutually pursued by governments and the citizens.
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    Urban Farming and Climate Variability in Oyo Town, Nigeria.
    (Published by Nigerian Meteorological Society (NmetS)., 2024) Adeleke, E.A; Lawal, F.O
    Climate in urban areas is synonymous to high temperature and affects agricultural productivity in a relative terms. This study examined how variability in urban climate affects agricultural production in urban area of Oyo town. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. The primary data were collected through questionnaire administration while secondary data (climate variables) were collected from Nigeria Meteorological Agency. The data were analyzed using both inferential (correlation, and regression analysis) and descriptive (mean, standard deviation, tables, and charts) statistics. The study showed that, the mean lowest temperature in the area was 22.5 oC, the mean rainfall was 126.44 mm, the mean wind speed was 5.09 m/s, the mean relative humidity was 79.7%, and the mean maximum temperature was 31.7 oC. The results also showed that groundnut yield decreased by 13.4 per hectare on average, the cowpea yield decreased by 12.95 per hectare on average, while tomato yield increased by 22.46 per hectare on average. In addition, there was an inverse relationship between (-0.029) wind, (-0.063) rainfall, and (-0.078) rainfall with groundnut, cowpea, and tomato. The climatic variables accounted for increase of 13.4% of the yield of tomatoes, 12% of cowpeas, and 1% of groundnuts. The study concluded that local climate significantly affects the productivity of the selected crops. The study however recommended that urban farmers need to save water during rainy season for irrigation agriculture in the dry season. Hence, Nigerian Meteorological Agency and other agencies should provide farmers with adequate weather information for sustainable urban farming.