Abstract
Ilorin metropolis consists of three Local Government Areas-Ilorin West, East, and South. The metropolis (Ilorin) is often polluted with heaps of refuse that are occasionally caused traffic hold-up in some strategic areas of the urban centre. A lot of health incidence resulting from water, air and pest borne diseases are not uncommon within and areas where prevalence of effluents prevailed. Management of waste in Ilorin and Kwara State in general has been the sole responsibility of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) and other health management sectors in the recent past. The performance of these sectors had been rebuked as a result of their poor performance by the general public. This work presents a research effort aimed at identifying the factors that are responsible for the poor performance of KWEPA and other health sectors in the state and some other reasons that have led to the present Government contacting waste management to the hand of a company - “Ola Kleen” (alias clean and green) The outcome results show that both the Government financial supports to KWEPA and other Health Agencies in the past in terms of funding, manpower and equipment had been grossly inadequate, and misused. Improvement measures are suggested in the new tasks ahead of Kwara State Waste Management Company (KWMC) under the new dispensation of Ola Kleen.
Highlights
Metropolitan cities are hubs of socio-economic growth and development
As the disposal of vehicle supports increased, the volume of waste cleared increased (r = 0.13).Whereas, as equipment decreased, the volume of waste remained not cleared increased. (r = -0.10), and as the disposal of vehicle supports increased less equipment are needed or available (r = -0.83) there is a need for upholding this resolution if government must improve on keeping the environment in the metropolis cleaned from the position it was from some years back
It is estimated that over one hundred and thirty thousand tones of refuse are generated annually in Ilorin metropolis (Adedibu, 1986; Ahmed, 2003).Whereas, sixty percent of this number is generated by women from homes(see Table 1).Since the industrial and commercial base of the metropolis is negligible, much of this waste
Summary
Metropolitan cities are hubs of socio-economic growth and development. These growths have both positive and negative implications in the environment. The city has no precinct layouts of both new and old area demarcation and no proper provisions for open spaces and greenbelts. The results of these have led to pollution of all types which are collectively referred as “brown agenda”. This set of problems disproportionately has impacts on human, urban health and productivity (Bartone et al, 1994)
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