International Journal of Political Science and Development
 

International Journal of Political Science and Development

Vol. 5(5), pp. 183–190, August, 2017. 

DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2017.100

ISSN: 2360-784X

Research Paper

Household Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management in Osun State, Nigeria

^1*Adepoju, A. A., ²Salimonu, K. K, ³Onabamiji O. A and ⁴Agbedeyi, B. D

1&4Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Oyo

2Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo Nigeria.

³Osun State Agricultural Development Programme (OSSADEP),

Osogbo Zonal Office P. M. B  4312, Osogbo, Osun state Nigeria.

*correspondence: busolaadepoju@gmail.com

Accepted 21 August 2017

Environmental quality value can be estimated from what people are willing to pay (WTP) to improve or to restore their environment, using valuation techniques which measure peoples ‘preferences. The study examined the general features of the existing solid waste management, household willingness potential for improved waste disposal, identified the socio economic variables and other factors influencing WTP for improved waste disposal services. Primary data collected from 120 households in Osogbo metropolis, was analysed using descriptive statistics and logit regression model. The result reveals that 65 percent of the respondents are male while 67 percent are married with an  average household  size of  4  members. Majority of the respondents are in their active age with mean age of 42 years. Most of the respondents have formal education, the average years of education is 5 years. Fifty-three percent of the respondents are engaged in the civil service as their primary occupation. About 37 percent of the households dispose their solid waste through burning, while 60 percent claim to dispose off their waste on a weekly basis. Irrespective of non-reliability of waste vendors, 52.5 percent of the respondents paid between N400- N600 monthly to dispose waste. Majority of the households (87 percent) are willing to pay for improved waste services while most of the respondents will be willing to pay less than 5 percent of their monthly income on waste management services. The logit result reveals that sex, household expenditure and years of education are statistically significant at 10, 5 and 1 percents respectively while other factors are insignificant statistically. It was recommended that programmes that will facilitate investors (private sector) in waste disposing be initiated while payment for this service should be made affordable to encourage those households that are willing to pay.

Key words: willingness to pay, solid waste, improved service, Osogbo metropolis

Cite This Article As: Adepoju, A.A., Salimonu, K.K, Onabamiji O.A., Agbedeyi, B.D (2017). Household Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management in Osun State, Nigeria. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 5(5) 183-189