Oil Spillage as one of the Contributory Factors for Health Problems Among Residents of Awoye Community, Ondo State
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2019
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Journal of Physical Education and Research
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Oil spills have posed a major threat to the environment of the oil producing areas, which if not effectively checked can lead to the total destruction of ecosystems. The study investigated oil spillage as a contributory factor for health problems among residents of Awoye Community, Ondo State. The objectives of the study investigate whether oil spillage contribute to the incidence of () Asthma, (il) Gastrointestinal disease, (iii) Skin disease among residents of Awoye community Ondo State, Nigeria, A descriptive research design of survey type was employed for the study. The population of the study comprised residents of Awoye community in llaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Multistage sampling techniques of stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 365 respondents that participated in the study. A researchers' designed structured questionnaire validated by three experts in the related field was used for the study. A reliability co-efficient (r) of 0.85 was obtained through test re-test method. Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of chi-square to test the result of stated hypotheses at 0, 05 level of significance. The findings revealed that: Oil spillage was a contributory factor for the incidence of Asthma among residents of Awoye community, Ondo State (calculated chi-square value of 20.32 > critical value of 16.92 at df - 9); Oil spillage was a contributory factor for the incidence of Gastrointestinal disease among residence of Awoye community Ondo State (calculated chi-square value of 18.45 > critical value of 16.92 at df =9): and Oil spillage was a contributory factor for the incidence of Skin disease among residents of Awoye community, Ondo State. (calculated chi-square value of 20,02 > critical value of 16.92 at df = 9). Based on findings of the study, it was concluded that oil spillage was a contributory factor for the incidence of asthma, gastrointestinal disease and skin disease among residents of Awoye community.
Ondo State. The researchers' recommend amongs others that the Ondo State government should relocate the community closer to oil pipe line to another save area so as to protect them against asthma disease which may occur due to oil spillage.
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Ologele, I., Jidda, K.A., Abdulraheem, A. M., James, J.F., Hassan, A.I & Adeniji, A.C., (2019): Oil Spillage as one of the Contributory Factors for Health Problems Among Residents of Awoye Community, Ondo State Journal of Physical Education and Research. 1:24469-24478.