INVESTIGATING THE CAUSATIVE FACTORS INHIBITING HOSTEL SANITATION PRACTICES AMONG FEDERAL SCIENCE TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IKARE-AKOKO.

This study investigated the causative factors inhibiting hostel sanitation practices among federal science and technical college students that were resident in the hall of residence. Five research questions were raised and five hypotheses were formulated which are inadequate water supply, Poor waste management, Student’s attitude, inadequate facilities and inadequate drainage system to guild the study. A descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The population of this study comprised of all females that were resident in the pioneer hall of residence from which the sample of 210 respondents were randomly selected. The research instrument used in collecting data was self-constructed questionnaire and with the help of a trained research assistant, the researcher visited the pioneer hall of residence for data collection. The retrieved instruments were screened and coded into frequency tables while simple percentage and chi-square (x2) statistics were applied for data analyses. The result revolved inadequate water supply, poor waste management, students’ attitude, inadequate facilities and inadequate drainage system significantly constituted factors inhibiting hostel sanitation practices among federal science and technical college students living hall of resident. Base on the findings, it was recommended, among others that stakeholder’s i.e Government and Health educators should organize Sensitization programme to create awareness on the effect of poor sanitation on health of individuals.