Dr. E.O Igudia

This study investigated impediments to solid waste management in Benin Metropolis. Impediments are those factors that hinder solid waste management, it was aimed at ascertaining the relationship between segregation, storage, collection, transportation, and disposal stage of solid waste as it affects solid waste management. Seven (7) research questions guided the study, alongside one hypothesis and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was used in the study. The study population comprised one hundred and sixteen (116) registered solid waste management companies operating within
the three Local Government Areas that constitute Benin Metropolis. Sample sizes of seventy (70) registered solid waste management companies, representing sixty percent (60%) of the population, were selected using the multi-stage sampling technique (stratified, proportional and simple random sampling techniques). Data were collected using two research instruments: a structure questionnaire and a checklist. The structured questionnaire and the checklist were validated by the researcher’s chief and co supervisor ant three others. The questionnaire reliability was determined through the test-retest method and analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation, yielding a reliability coefficient of 0.73. However, the checklist was not subjected to reliability test. Descriptive statistics (frequency counts, percentages, means, and standard deviations) were employed to analyze the research questions, while inferential statistics (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis

This study was designed to investigate the health needs and health problems of prenatal women in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Four (4) research questions were raised to guide the study. The descriptive cross- sectional survey design was adopted, and the multistage sampling technique was used to select 60 respondents for this study. The instrument used for data collection was the researcher-designed questionnaire and was validated by the researcher’s project
supervisor. The reliability of the instrument was established using the test re-test method of estimating reliability. After computation, the reliability yielded a Coefficient of 0.724. The questionnaire was distributed directly to the respondents by
the researcher. After the collection and collation of the instrument, the data obtained were subjected to analysis using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, and percentage.

The aim of the study was to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice of
contraceptives among undergraduates in university of Benin, Benin city, to make
it possible, the study investigate
Descriptive survey research design was adopted to accomplish the
objectives of the study. The population of the study consists of all fourty four
thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine (44,699) undergraduates in university of
Benin and the sample size of 300 undergraduate was used in the study. The
instrument for data collection was the questionnaire developed by the researcher
and was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two other experts from the
Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. The reliability
coefficient was 0.81 was obtained using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation
Co-efficient (PPMCC). The data collected were analyzed statistically using the
statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) software. The study discovered that majority of the respondents had high level of
knowledge of what contraception is and had practice the use of
contraception. The result also revealed that they are high proportion of
sexual practice among the respondent and that there is a significant
relationship between the attitudes of undergraduate towards contraceptive
influence contraceptive use among undergraduate of university of Benin. The study recommend that university authority should provide adolescent health
clinics which will provide students with counseling on sex related matters and also
provide easily accessible contraceptive services where the need arises. And that
enlightenment of students on the dangers and consequences of unprotected sex. The commonest source of information for the students, which is the social media, should be exploited and utilized in disseminating this information. However, total
abstinence should be encouraged among all students.