ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OF RETAIL PETROL OUTLETS IN LOKOJA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorDAUDA, Awwal
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-17T09:58:49Z
dc.date.available2018-09-17T09:58:49Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractRetail Petrol Outlets (RPOs), an integral part of the modern society has experienced a growth in numbers with the increase in consumption of petroleum products in Nigeria. Despite their importance, the location and operation of RPOs come with various implications on the local environment. Thus, their location and operation are often guided by a set of environmental laws and regulations. This study was aimed at assessing the environmental compliance of RPOs to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) guidelines in Lokoja Metropolis. To obtain data for the study, a checklist based on the DPR guidelines was used to collect data on the operational characteristics and the environmental compliance of the RPOs in the study area. In addition, two sets of questionnaires were administered to managers and workers at the selected RPOs to collect data on the factors militating against the environmental compliance of RPOs in the study area. A reliability analysis of the questionnaires was performed and a Cronbach‟s Alpha Value of 0.833 was obtained. A cross tabulation analysis was also performed to test the relationship between the factors militating against environmental compliance of the RPOs in the study area. The results reveal that 71.7% of the RPOs were under the ownership of independent marketers, and were unevenly distributed across various routes in the study area. An assessment of the environmental compliance reveals that 98.3% of the surveyed RPOs have concreted forecourt. However compliance was low in other categories as only 18.3% of the RPOs had monitoring procedures to detect leakages from underground storage tanks (USTs). An analysis of the data collected on the factors militating against environmental compliance revealed that knowledge feasibility, capital adequacy and technical feasibility among the RPOs was generally low as 37.4% of the respondents agreed to a little extent that RPO employees are regularly educated on compliance to environmental regulations. Also, 33.6% of the respondents agreed to a little extent that the management of RPOs avails resources to implement required regulations. It was also revealed that the viii monitoring and enforcement practices of the relevant regulatory body were generally weak as 30.9% of the respondents completely disagreed that the regulatory body monitors implementation of regulations. The Chi-Square test results obtained from the cross tabulation analysis revealed a relationship between capital adequacy and technical feasibility, monitoring and enforcement practices and knowledge feasibility, with the Cramer‟s V values indicating a strong relationship between the identified factors. Amongst other recommendation provided in this study, it is strongly recommended that education and sensitization of the employees at the RPOs to relevant environmental laws and regulations be made a priority by DPR.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10436
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE,en_US
dc.subjectRETAIL PETROL OUTLETS,en_US
dc.subjectLOKOJA METROPOLIS,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OF RETAIL PETROL OUTLETS IN LOKOJA METROPOLIS, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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