WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 17, 2021
Menace of Waste Dumping along Median Strips and Drainage in Ogun State: A Development Communication Approach
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Abstract: Waste dumping along the median strips and drainages is fast becoming a norm among
residents of Ogun State. This study sought to investigate the reasons why residents dump refuse along
the median strips ; to what extent are they aware of the statutory provisions against the menace as well
as find how their knowledge of the health and environmental consequences of Waste Dumping along
the median Strip and Drainages. Theory of planned behaviour connected to the research area was
reviewed thereby clarifying the main topic and aiding the data collection. The research methodology of
survey and in-depth interview were used in the study. An interview was conducted with the Permanent
Secretary Cabinet Matter in the Ogun State Government. A structured designed questionnaire was
administered to a randomly selected sample of 300 respondents. 150 respondents each in Idiroko
Expresss Road Ota, Ogun State and the Adatan/Lafenwa Road, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The result of
the study revealed that Government, believes that the practice of the people is unjustifiable, describing
it as an act of total indiscipline. Although residents of Ogun State are aware of the wrongness of
dumping waste along the median strips and drainages, results from the findings of the survey revealed
that 54% of the respondents attributed illicit waste dumping act to the long distance of waste containers,
56.3% related their actions to non-availability of waste dump site. The study further shows that 80.2%
of the sampled population expressed knowledge of the existence of laws against dumping of waste
along median strips and drainages. The study therefore concluded that on the need for an urgent shift
from Mongolic to Dialogic communication in curbing the deepening behavioural pattern of dumping
waste along the median strips and drainages by residents of Ogun State.
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Pages: 28-37
DOI: 10.37394/232015.2021.17.3