A STUDY ON THE CONSTRAINS, DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENSEPA IN MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE/REFUSE
ABSTRACT
This research project is a very crucial study for the effective management of solid waste in Enugu urban. This study was motivated as a result of the adverse effect of undisposed and improperly managed solid waste on the environment and health of the people.
To solve this problem, both primary and secondary data were collected. The research instrument used in collecting the data were questionnaires, oral interview and persona observation. The respondents comprises of 15 ENSEPA officers and 333 of the various household in the urban city. In organizing and presenting data collected, tables and percentages were used. Various hypothesis were tested using the Z test.
Data analysis and interpretation give the following findings:
1. Effective management of solid waste needed a lot of money which is beyond the capabilities of ENSEPA.
2. Also the urban environment regulation control as it affect solid waste management have been more theoretical than substantial.
Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that:
a. The state government should consider strengthening its law and legislation on environmental abuse with a view to making them well defined and easily enforced.
b. Since financial is beyond the capacities of the agency, there is therefore need for a joint effect of the state and federal government in terms of finance in tackling this unfriendly issue of solid waste.
c. It was also recommended that ENSEPA should be privatized to ensure effective and efficient management of solid waste in the urban area of Enugu state.
The conclusion of the study is that there is need for the federal, state and local government to play defined roles in the management of urban solid waste to ensure an evolution of efficient and effective solid waste management system in Nigerian urban cities.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Enugu urban of 1990 was very different from what it is today. About some decades ago, people dutifully swept the ground outside their environment every morning such that a visitor could not help noticing that everywhere was neat, including the surroundings shops premises and businesses, even the gutters were clean and dry. There seems to be a consciousness for neatness among residents of the city which resulted to a clean and healthy city.
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