Browsing by Author "Bako, A.I"

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    HOUSING CONDITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF OTTO RESIDENTS IN METROPOLITAN LAGOS, NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, 2018) Moruf, Alabi; Bako, A.I; Yusuf, K.O
    Housing is more than shelter as it embraces all social services and utilities that lead to worthy living. It is seen beyond the physical structure that human use for shelter, but also include equipment and devices needed or desired for the physical, mental, health and social wellbeing of the household or individual. In fact, it has been established that the link between safe housing and wellbeing is very strong and as such, poor housing condition is more likely to contain hazards that could create an unsafe environment for the whole family resulting in psychological stress. This study therefore focuses on housing condition and psychological wellbeing of Otto residents in metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria. Both qualitative and quantitative data were used for this study and they were sourced from primary and secondary sources. Household head questionnaire was used to collect baseline information on the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, housing characteristics and the effects of housing condition on psychological wellbeing. Checklist for housing condition and Ryffs psychological wellbeing scale were used to develop questions on the relationship between psychological wellbeing and housing condition. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Linear regression model (using dummy variables) was used to ascertain the effect of poor quality housing on psychological well-being of residents. Findings reveal that Residents living in submerged buildings felt tensed thinking of their housing conditions; depressed when they heard about the cases of robbery; ashamed of inviting friends to their dilapidated houses and dirty environment; and at the slightest opportunity, will like moving to another houses in better areas. The regression results of (r2 = 0.950) and the F-ratio (9200.376) which are significant at 0.01 confidence level, reveal that poor quality housing is in fact a significant explanatory variable as far as psychological well-being of the residents is concerned. The study thus recommends monitoring the housing conditions of the informal settlements’ residents with a view to improving housing condition in the study area .The State Government should take a bold step to regularise security of tenure as secured tenure protects people against arbitrary forced eviction, harassment and other treats that may have negative effects on their psychological wellbeing of residents. Also, creation of jobs and provision of basic infrastructure among others should be given adequate consideration in rural areas so as to forestall rural-urban migration.
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    Spatial variation of factors influencing neighbourhood change in the peri-urban areas of Minna, Niger State
    (School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, NIgeria, 2018-04-10) Idowu, O.O; Shaibu, S.I; Bako, A.I; Raheem, W.A; Martins, V.I
    As residents location choices are dependent on a wide range of housing and location attributes the research for residential location has been a reoccurring challenge to urban dwellers. This study examined the spatial variation of factors that influence neighbourhood change in fourteen peri- urban neighbourhoods of Minna The data for this study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were generated from the peri- urbab residents through questionnaire administration. The systematic random sampling technique was employed in the selection of 825 respondents. For the secondary data the neighbourhood demarcation map was used to determine variation of factors influencing residents change of neighbourhoods in the peri-urban areas The study revealed that important factors that influence resident decision to change the place where they live and these vary across the entire neighbourhoods. These factors are availability of community facilities (,roads and electricity and water supply) (0.68); security of the neighbourhood (0.67); proximity to place of work (0.65); proximity of the city centre (0.63); shift in rental tenure to home ownership (0.62) low housing rent (0.65) reduction in the value and/or price of land (0.59) and availability of private and or personal means of transportation (0.58). The study concluded that the proximity to places of work and availability of community facilities are two major influences residence mobility in Minna peri-urban neighbourhood The study recommended rehabilitation of dilapidated infrastructures and formation of new ones to ensure sustainable peri-urban development.
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    SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL CONDITIONS IN ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: A CASE STUDY OF OKELELE-ADANGBA COMMUNITIES.
    (Published by the Association of Nigerian Geographers., 2019-05-08) Bako, A.I; Raheem, W. M.; Aduloju, O. T.
    Poverty and unemployment are concentrating in the cities due to the urbanization trend. Slums, illegal dwellings and indecent shelters are proliferating as city planners and city managers are overwhelmed by the urbanization trend.Housing in developing nations and poor parts of developed countries continues to be of insufficient quality and quantity to meet increasing demand. It is against this backdrop that the research was perceived with the aim of assessing the residential conditions of Okelele – Adangba community by assessing the infrastructural facilities, housing conditions, sanitary facilities, socio-economic characteristics, environmental conditions and prevalent diseases as well as associated disasters. The methodology employed was systematic random sampling of interval of 5 buildings, amounting into one hundred and nineteen (119) buildings being sampled. The findings invariably show that the study area, indubitably exhibit evidence of slum that has undeniable impact on the socio-economic activities. However, the regression analysis performed shows that the calculated F value of (22.259) is by far, greater than the F table value of (2.31) at significant level of 0.05 and degrees of freedom (5,94). which shows the dependency of housing satisfaction on some principle factors. The research concluded the findings with few recommendations like slum upgrading and economic rejuvenation, provision of infrastructure master plan, as well as joint environmental management plan as the way forward.
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    The Practice and Challenges of Biomedical Waste Management: A Study of Selected Medical Facilities in Ile-Ife, Osun State
    (Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2018) Ola, A. B; Bako, A.I; Abdulraheem, M.O; Raheem, W.M; Raheem, W.A; Adewale, Y.Y
    In pursuing their aims of providing treatment and safeguarding the health of the people against illnesses, health-care services inevitably create waste that is hazardous to health and whose management has remained a great challenge due to its highly toxic contents. This paper examines the practice of biomedical waste management in some medical facilities in Ile-Ife with a view to determining the risks associated with the practice. Four medical facilities with some level of sophistication in waste management were purposively selected for study. The type of waste generated was determined by sorting of waste while hand held scale was used to determine the volume of waste generated. Questionnaire was used to obtain information from the waste management and medical staff of the selected medical facilities. Descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Multinomial logistic regression) were used in analysing the data. The study established that the daily per capita waste generation in the medical facilities was 0.51kg. Scrap (Syringes and absorbent paper) (96.7%), infectious (Excreta and dressing swabs) (72.9%) and pathological wastes (Human tissue and body fluid) (57.0%)were the most generated waste while open dumping and pit burial of waste were widely practiced among the medical facilities. Exposure to harmful chemical and radioactive waste (68.8%)and injuries from sharps (52.3%)pose serious health risks not only to the waste managers but health care workers. The paper holds that solutions to the challenges of biomedical waste management practices lie in strict adherence to the global best practices as recommended by the World Health Organisation.