Ayodeji Peter Ifegbesan

• Ph.D
• Professor at Olabisi Onabanjo University

Prior studies on social and political activism have neglected people's demographic and pyschosocial factors, particularly in Nigeria. Thus, an inquiry is garmane. This study used the world value data wave 7 collected between 2015-2020 for Nigeria, to assess the factors that determined participation in socio-political activism. The data were subject...

Decision-making, particularly on career choice, could be tasking. This is because lots of competing variables are at play during the process. Confusion within the individual and influences outside the individual(s) affect career outcomes. Ethical consideration is also an important construct in professional and other human relationships. This paper...

Prior studies on social and political activism have neglected people's demographic and pyschosocial factors, particularly in Nigeria. Thus, an inquiry is garmane. This study used the world value data wave 7 collected between 2015-2020 for Nigeria, to assess the factors that determined participation in socio-political activism. The data were subject...

Background: Vegetation burning, a common agricultural practice, has both positive and negative effects on soil fertility. Soil quality, which is critical for ecosystems, shapes biodiversity and productivity, while increased temperatures from vegetation burning can alter conditions for seed germination by reducing nutrient availability. Objectives:...

Inculcation of qualitative values in the children is the duties of both the home and the school. The process is expected to start from home by the parents before the school takes over. The school is to complement the home in teaching important societal qualities to produce a holistic child. To this end, this study examined important valuable qualit...

Spatial information presented in environmental impact assessments and their documentation in environmental impact assessment reports is vital for the spatial understanding of proposed infrastructural developments, their environmental impacts, environmental baseline, and the ecological sensitivity of project sites. Such information is crucial for th...

Climate change constitutes one of the greatest threats to human health globally and there have been increasing interests in understanding the dynamics of climate change consciousness particularly in less industrialised countries of Africa. Research on cross-country, sub-regional and continent differences in climate change consciousness are rare esp...

Schools are fundamental to the promotion of sound behaviour practices. However, Nigerian secondary offer limited environmental health awareness for attitude practices in student learning. This study described Nigerian secondary school students’ school environmental health awareness, attitude and practices. A 34-item instrument was administered to 1...

The informal electronic waste recycling sector is a major contributor to livelihoods for a large population of unemployed people in developing countries. However, informal e-waste collectors operate under precarious environments which expose them to health risks which may have lasting impacts on their wellbeing. This survey has analysed e-waste col...

In this study, we aimed to investigate use patterns and determinants of household fuel in Burundi. There is limited information in the open literature on the uses and determinants of household fuel in Burundi. In the study, we employed data on Burundi’s most recent Demographic and Health Surveys, with the data subjected to descriptive and inferenti...

Beginning teachers should be adequately prepared for their roles as propagators of sustainable development core messages. Using a mixed method approach, this study assessed current knowledge, perceptions and readiness of beginning teachers for sustainability education. Two hundred (200) randomly selected final-year undergraduates from the Faculty o...

Environmentally literate teachers are indispensable to sustainably addressing the challenge of poor sanitation and waste mismanagementin less-industrialized countries. In Nigeria, efforts at stemming the trends of urban waste management problems through stringent environmentalregulations of the military in the 1980s have since yielded ways to progr...

Environmental impact assessment reports meant for proposed development actions can be evaluated to reveal their quality and fitness for the purpose of environmental decision-making. Therefore, this study evaluated the quality and identified strengths and weaknesses in environmental impact assessment reports of telecommunications infrastructure prop...

The role of pro-environmental behaviour in environmental care and mitigation of environmental problems is widely recognised. However, most studies on pro-environmental behaviour have focused on populations living in Western and high-income countries and only a few studies are available in developing countries. In this paper, we explored and compare...

This paper explores the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) and environmental awareness, knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions and activism in South Africa. To achieve this goal, the 2010–2012 data from the International Social Survey Program “Environmental III” was analysed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics, in...

This study was to identify factors that predict students' sexual attitude. Participants were senior secondary school students (n=144) in Abeokuta metropolis, Ogun State, Nigeria. Using the percentage, t-test, analysis or variance and multiple regression analytical techniques, we found that no significant difference exists between male and female st...

This study seeks to determine whether socio-demographic and geographical variables matter in understanding pro-environmental behavior in Nigeria. The Wave 6 World Value Survey data on Nigeria were analyzed with t-test, analysis of variance and stepwise regression. Results indicated that significant differences and relationships exist in pro-environ...

Improving access to modern energy sources is critical to enhancing the quality of life of many people in developing countries. In southern Africa, the majority of rural and poor urban households are dependent on solid fuels to meet their cooking needs. To date, there is scarce information in the literature on household cooking fuel patterns across...

Despite new environmental laws and regulations in South Africa during the last two decades, especially around municipal solid waste management, there is little emphasis towards waste minimization through recycling. Whereas most waste management research in South Africa has focused on urban municipalities, not much is known regarding the effectivene...

Purpose Waste management is a critical element of the campus sustainability movement in which Nigerian universities are yet to actively participate. The purpose of this study was to investigate prevalent waste management practices and the disposition of undergraduate students in a Nigerian University. Design/methodology/approach Data collection in...

Whereas waste management research has focused on mostly urban municipalities in South Africa, not much is known about the current performance of waste management services from the perspective of community residents in rural municipalities. This study reports on the status and effectiveness of waste management practices from the perspective of commu...

The aim of this study was to investigate the types of cooking fuels and factors that influence their choice by households in Nigeria. Cross national data used were extracted from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) on households' cooking energy and was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated that...

This paper examines gendered patterns in forest resource utilisation and conservation among rural inhabitants in Ogun State, Nigeria. Qualitative data-participant observation, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews for the paper were drawn from a larger mixed methods, comparative study of natural resource utilisation among rural inhabitant...

This paper presents the findings of the waste management awareness, knowledge and practices held by a group of secondary school teachers in Ogun State, South-West, Nigeria. Using the theory of planned behaviour as framework, a 34-item researcher designed survey instrument-waste management awareness, knowledge and practice questionnaire (WMKABQ) was...

This mini-survey assessed the environmental literacy level of preservice teachers in a Nigerian university through 199 social studies teacher-trainees. It found a high level of awareness/knowledge on local environmental problems but low level on global environmental issues. Although a positive disposition toward environmental issues was demonstrate...

This study examined the level of awareness, knowledge and practices of secondary schools students with regard to waste management. Few studies have captured waste management problems in Nigerian educational institutions, particularly the views of students. Using a structured, self-administered questionnaire, 650 students were surveyed from six seco...

Studies have revealed that sub-Sahara African forest resources are decreasing at an alarming rate. Widely acknowledged too is a growing body of empirical evidence which suggests that understanding people's views are important to forest conservation. But few are the current studies that capture cross-national perspectives. This study explores the kn...