Evaluation of Road Utilisation as Space For Holding Social Ceremonies in Indigenous Residential Area of Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined Residents’ evaluation of turning transport infrastructure (road) to spaces for holding social ceremonies in the indigenous residential zone of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Upon stratifying the city into the three identifiable zones, the core, otherwise known as the indigenous residential zone was isolated for study. Of the twenty (20) political wards in the two local government areas of the town, fifteen (15) wards that were located in the indigenous zone constituted the study area. Respondents were selected along one out of every three (33.3%) of the Trunk — C (local) roads being the one mostly used for the purpose in the study area. The respondents were the residents, commercial motorists, commercial motorcyclists, and celebrants. Six hundred and forty-two (642) copies of questionnaire were administered and harvested on the spot. The Mean Analysis generated from the respondents’ rating of twelve perceived hazards listed in the questionnaire were then used to determine respondents’ most highly rated perceived consequences of the practice. These were noisy environment, Blockage of drainage by waste, and Endangering the life of the sick on the way to hospital; the most highly rated reasons why the practice came into being; and level of acceptability of the practice which was found to be very unacceptable in the study area. Policy makers should therefore focus their attention on strict enforcement of the law prohibiting the practice in order to ensure more cordial relationship among the citizenry, seeing citizens’ unacceptability of the practice in the study area.

Socio-cultural Utilization of Open Spaces in the Traditional Residential Neighborhood of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

“…Furthermore, Okaka, Omondi, and Peter (2014) noticed that the principal land-use problems associated with the use of open spaces were noise pollution, indiscriminate dumping of refuse, and odor from uncollected wastes. Likewise, Okanlawon and Odunjo (2016) identified noisy environment, littering, blockage of drainages, and offensive odor from uncollected wastes and defecation as the major consequences of the use of open space for ceremonies in Nigeria. The fact that the use of open spaces generates land-use problems calls for a serious concern in African countries, particularly Nigeria.…”

“…In urban settings, the uses of open spaces can generate land-use problems in residential neighborhood (Okaka, 2014; Okanlawon and Odunjo, 2016). To this end, the effects of the uses of open spaces for socio-cultural purposes in the study area were investigated.…”

Socio-Economic Correlates of Courtyard Utilisation in The Indigenous Residential Areas of Nigeria

“…Multistage purposive and systematic random sampling techniques were used for the study. The Local Government Areas (LGAs) that are the domains of the core residential (high density) areas were purposively selected namely one (1) in Zaria; five (5) in Ibadan and three (3) in Owerri (Table 1). The LGAs were further delineated into three (3) dominant and homogeneous residential densities of high, medium, and low as adopted in the past studies [34,35,36,37,33,20].…”

“…Socio-economic factors such as age, gender, marital status, employment, level of education, income and length of stay among others, to a large extent do have strong influence on man's knowledge, attitude and perception of issues generally [2]. The importance of socioeconomics is emphasized in studies such as the effect of socio-economic characteristics on housing finance [3]; the socioeconomic dimension of sexuality and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in Nigeria [4]; perception of hazards and risks in road utilisation as space for holding social ceremonies in the indigenous residential areas of Ogbomoso, Nigeria [5]. This is premised on their need to meet purposes such as religious, cultural, personal, commerce, aesthetics, and agricultural among others.…”

“…The literature is replete with empirical studies on the core of Nigerian cities [5,22,23]. Despite comments of professionals, academics and policy makers in respect of this section of cities that is recognised as blighted [24,25,20], the residential density is still important for the survival of the majority of urban populace.…”