Browsing by Author "Makinde, Eunice Aanuoluwapo"

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    Location of police facilities and the spatial distribution of reported crime in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2022) Laro, Kazeem Omotayo; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Duntoye, David T.; Makinde, Eunice Aanuoluwapo
    This study examined crime situation in Ilorin metropolis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The specific objectives of the study were to: examine the spatial pattern of police facilities and reported criminal activities in the study area as well as determine the relationships between the spatial pattern of police facilities and pattern of reported criminal activities in Ilorin metropolis. Data were sourced from crime records of 10 consecutive years (2006 to 2016) used in the classification of the types of crime with respect to the spots of occurrences. An interview was also conducted with a police officer and 1m resolution QGIS open street images was geo-referenced and features such as roads, rivers and boundaries were extracted, Township-facilities, and police stations x, y coordinates were obtained using handheld GPS. QGIS version 2.18.3(2016) was used for the analyses. Results of the study revealed that there was variation in the distribution of crime between and within the sectors. A nearest neighborhood analysis showed that police stations were randomly distributed in the study area. Buffer zones were generated and the result showed that the central area was best served, the outskirt was moderately served, the eastern part of the metropolis was adequately served while the west and southern part were underserved. The study also identified that pattern of crime was irregular but mostly unique to each area because of the settlement function provided by that area and that police station were located to seamlessly combat crime in the hotspot of the city.
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    Risk assessment of sanitation practices and socio-cultural risk factors for incidence of cholera outbreak in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2022) Laro, Kazeem Omotayo; Abdrashid, Mubarak Oluwanisola; Makinde, Eunice Aanuoluwapo; Saka, Nurudeen
    Healthy living devoid of illness is determined by the extent at which adequate sanitation was held in high esteem. The Kwara State Ministry of Health identified six major waterborne diseases that threaten the health of the inhabitants of the state. Out of these six diseases cholera plays a major role. This study examined household sanitation practices with a view to identifying the spatial pattern of risk based on socio-cultural risk factors for incidence of cholera in the study area. Structured questionnaire and personal observations were used to garner field data. A total of 400 copies of questionnaire were used as sample. Data were analyzed using tables and T-test. Results revealed that there is paucity of sanitation facilities in the study area. Results also revealed that out of the eight socio-cultural risk factors examined; only consumption of raw fishes without cooking was not mentioned. Based on this, the spatial pattern of socio-cultural risk factors for cholera incidence was mapped. The study concluded that sanitation practices were poor in Ilorin metropolis, and there exist socio-cultural risk factors for incidence of cholera outbreak in the study area. Therefore, this study recommended that; government, environmental and health stake-holders should harmonize efforts in enforcing sanitation, organize cholera vaccination programs and curtail the indiscriminate defecation and urination into the water bodies so as to regulate the spread of cholera in Ilorin.