Health communication and awareness of aluminium-waste disposal effects among Ogun State Housing Corporation Residents

 

Toluwalope Oresanya¹, Charity Ben-Enukora², Oladokun Omojola³, Olusola Oyero^4* and Lanre Amodu⁵

¹Mr, Covenant University, NIGERIA, tolu.oresanya@stu.cu.edu.ng

²Ms, Covenant University, NIGERIA, ben.nukora@stu.cu.edu.ng

³Ass. Professor, Dr., Covenant University, NIGERIA, ola.omojola@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

⁴Ass. Professor, Dr., Covenant University, NIGERIA, olusola.oyero@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

⁵Dr., Covenant University, NIGERIA, lanre.amodu@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

*Correspondence Author

 

 

Abstract

This paper surveyed residents of the Ogun State Housing Corporation who have resorted to collecting aluminium waste as a cheap alternative to assuage the deplorable state of road networks in the estate. 200 copies of the questionnaire were randomly distributed to residents of the Housing Estate. The resolve of the survey was to determine the level of awareness (about the health and environmental implications) of aluminium waste, as well as decipher their level of involvement in the collection, use and contact with these waste materials. In cases of awareness about these health implications; the medium through which they gained such awareness was further queried. It was recommended upon findings that harnessing the participation of all stakeholders (the Residents association, the Industrial wing and the Ogun State government) would bring stability to the growing demand for these materials within the Estate. Similarly, coordinating educative and informative campaigns through the existing meeting platforms in the Estate would expedite enhanced consciousness and eventual cessation of the possibilities of contact and inhalation of aluminium waste in the Housing Estate.

 

Keywords: Aluminium waste, Awareness, Communication, Public health.