Browsing by Author "Samaila, Ishaya Kunden"

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    ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY OF HAND-DUG WELLS FOR DOMESTIC USE IN YANDEIKYA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi, 2015-10-20) Samaila, Ishaya Kunden; Abubakar, Mahmud; Ujih, O.U.; Awaisu, A.H.; Vincent, T.I.
    Quality assessment of hand dug well water was carried out in Vandeikya, Benue State. The quality assessment was done to determine the suitability of water in the area for domestic use. The grap method of sampling water was employed to obtain ten (10) well water samples from five wards in Vandeikya. The water samples were collected in 500ml plastic containers and laboratory analyses was carried. Result of analysis showed that water in most wells have their properties within the allowable limit considered safe for drinking water recommended by World Health Organization. Though most wells have the concentration of substances within acceptable values for drinking water, turbidity and iron of some wells have exceeded the permissible limit recommended for drinking water. This indicates that the presence of these properties in well water in the area will constitute a pollution problem thus making some of the wells, objectionable for domestic use. To improve the quality in well water there is the need for regular monitoring of water from all sources to ensure that substances in water are within the safe limit consider for domestic use. Boreholes should be provided to improve both quantity and quality water in the area. Treatment of water should be pursued as a way of reducing the intensity of pollutants in water especially along River Aya, the main surface supply source and government should be more responsive in the provision of potable water to the population of the area.
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    Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Appropriate Treatment for Uncomplicated (simple) Malaria among Primary School Children in Nasarawa State.
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi, 2016-12-12) Abubakar, Mahmud; Samaila, Ishaya Kunden
    This study was designed to investigate malaria prevalence and rates of parasiteamia among primary school children in Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria. The assessed the prevalence of the disease and emphasized the importance parasitological diagnosis in malaria case management among the primary school children in Nasarawa State. A list of all registered primary schools in the state was obtained from the State's Ministry of Education. At the LGA level, the schools were stratified into public (i.e. government-owned) and privately owned schools. At the second stage of the sampling, only schools with 'standard' school clinic were systematically randomly chosen for this study in each of the sampled LGA.Malaria parasite and degree of anaemia were assessed in 588 selected primary school children, using standard parasitological and haematological methods of diagnosis. Data analysis was done using Microsoft Excell 2010 and SPSS version 17.0. Data are presented as proportion and frequencies, Z-score were used to compare differenes betwenn public and private schools.Clinical examination was done to determine spleen size. About 12.8% (p = 0.00) of the pupils were positive for malaria parasites, 48.6% were anaemic and 11.3% had spleen enlargement (p = 0.02). Also 4.9% of the study pupils had all three of the symptom. This study ascertained a significant association between malaria infections, anaemia, and splenomegally and identified the study area as a high risk area for malaria.Use of Artemisinin-based Combination Theraphy (ACT) within 24 hours of fever onset is found to be very effctine in early recognition and improved management of uncomplicatd (simple) malaria in a resource limited setting like Nasarawa State. There is need to enhance malaria control efforts through the provision of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RUT) kits in schools to reduce the level of morbidity among children in the study area so as to make them more effective at school.
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    PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE USE OF RIVERS FOR TOURISM AND RECREATION IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State State University Keffi, 2021-12-12) Ujih, O.U.; Dahiru, Mohammed Musa; Yelwa, S.A.; Shiru, Mohammed Sanusi; Abubakar, Mahmud; Samaila, Ishaya Kunden
    In view of the sudden increase in tourism and recreation activities in Nigeria in recent years, there is low sensitisation and awareness creation on the urgent needs to promote sustainable use of rivers as natural tourism havens. To tackle this phenomenon, the qualitative paper examined the issue of sustainable use of rivers for tourism and recreation purposes.It attempts a categorization of tourism resources and a review of the concepts of tourism, recreation,ecotourism and tourist destinations within the framework of sustainable use of rivers in Nigeria. Furthermore, it highlights the various ways by which rivers can used for recreation and provide attractions to tourists. It also identified some misuses of rivers such as dumping, sand dredging from river beds, domestic and industrial pollution as factors militating against sustainable use of rivers for tourism and recreation. The paper proposes environmental education of both tourists and residents on the need for sustainable use of rivers.