Browsing by Author "Ujih, O.U."

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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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    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.