Environmental Studies Journal
Volume 1, No. 1, 2022
Pages 62-76
DOI: 10.36108/esj/2202.10.0150
Keenness of Households to Solid Waste Management Payment in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria
YUSUF, Hajara Oyiza1, * OLU, Joshua2, DANTANKO, Fatima1, OJO, Elizabeth O., ABAKPA, Grace O.3, HILILI, Johnson Mathew1
1National Biotechnology Development Agency, Environmental Biotechnology and Bio conservation Department, Along Musa Yar’adua Expressway, Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja
2Faculty of Environmental Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi
3Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo
*Corresponding Author- Email: olu@lujosh.com Orcid No: http://orcid,org/0000-0002-5865-3640
Abstract
This study examines the keenness of households to solid waste management payment in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria with a focus on some factors such as location quality, standard of living, gender and education. The data for this study was collected using a standardized and self-administered questionnaire which was divided into five sections namely socio-demographic, quality of location, quality of residents, Operations of the waste managers and households’ keenness to pay. From the results, location quality (B = 0.191, p<0.05), waste management operation (B = 0.150, p<0.05) and standard of living (B = 0.589, p<0.05) contributed significantly to the model. The results of the regression analysis also indicated that the model explained 52.8% of the variance and was a significant predictor of household keenness on payment for solid waste management (F (3, 253) = 94.358, p <0 .05). The relationship between household keenness to paying for waste management and gender was not significant; male (M=27.66, SD=6.57) and female (M=27.43, SD=6.96), t (255) = 0.270, p= 0.787. The level of education shares a statistical significance with the keenness of household to waste management payment [F (4, 252) =3.026, p=0.018]. In conclusion, the keenness of households in this study to solid waste management payment has shown that education level, quality of location, standard of living of the households and the waste management firm operation are factors to reckon with if the public private partnership that is involved in waste management is to survive.
Keywords: Household, Ibeju-Lekki, Keenness, Pay, Waste management
