tailieunhanh - Environmental management and recreational facilities usage: A study of Kainji Lake National Park

The study showed that visitors came there three times in a week indicating 44% of the respondents while on maintenance of the park environment and the facilities indicated 94% and 88% of the respondents respectively. | Environmental management and recreational facilities usage A study of Kainji Lake National Park Vol. 7 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 7 276-282 May 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Environmental management and recreational facilities usage A study of Kainji Lake National Park Kolawole Omotayo Adedeji Chikezie. Deji Joshua1 Onihunwa John Ojo1 Elizabeth Abidemi Akintade2 1 Federal College of Wildlife Management New Bussa Niger State Federal University of Technology Akure2 owoannes1010@ Abstract. Assessment of Environmental and Recreation Facility Maintenance was carried out in Kainji Lake National Park. Questionnaire method of data collection was employed to collect the data needed. Purposive and simple random techniques were adopted to sample respondents in the study area. One hundred questionnaires were designed and administered. The data collected were analyzed through simple percentage and presented in table and charts. However the results showed that recreation facilities are 99 present while swimming pool is 65 functional. The study showed that visitors came there three times in a week indicating 44 of the respondents while on maintenance of the park environment and the facilities indicated 94 and 88 of the respondents respectively. The study further recommended the followings facilities basketball pitch. Hockey game volley ball and well-constructed swimming pool. Keywords. Environment Maintenance Recreation Facilities Usage and Park Background of the study While there may be a temptation to think of recreation as trivial even frivolous most of us know better. As paradoxical as it might seem recreation is a serious matter. The importance of recreation manifests itself in a number of ways. Perhaps the most obvious to readers of the George Wright forum is the philosophical and legal foundation of National Park as laid