Environmental Sanitation Practices among Households in Nyanya District, Abuja, Nigeria
By Uchendu Jude I, Abu, G. O, Abah, A.The study examined the
environmental sanitation practices among households in Nyanya District, Abuja,
Nigeria. Having adopted the cross-sectional survey research design, the study
was conducted among households living within the Nyanya District and surrounding
communities, and a questionnaire was used to gather relevant information among
353 respondents while descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage and
frequency count were adopted for data analysis. The finding from the study
revealed that The outcome showed that most respondents strongly agreed that
environmental sanitation practices promote health (51.0%), improve the quality
of the environment (53.8%), improve the quality of life in the community
(46.2%), ensure the provision of appropriate sanitation facilities (37.7%),
encourage appropriate waste disposal methods (52.4%), ensure clearance of drainage system for flow
of water (48.2%) and help to create resilient communities (53.8%). Therefore,
it was concluded that environmental sanitation practices remain essential to
improving community well-being through effective community and individual
participation. Hence, there is a need to enhance community awareness and
education on environmental sanitation practices and develop and enforce
policies and regulations on environmental sanitation.