Households’ Water-Use Demand and Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria

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Coster, A.S* and Otufale, G.A

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This study examined the households’ water choice decision and willingness to pay for improvement in waterservices. Data were collected from 216 randomly selected households in Ijebu- Ode local government area, OgunState. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Ordinary Least Square regression and logit regressionmodels. Result showed that majority of the households’ water supply was from private piped/borehole. 58.3% ofthe households were dissatisfied with the current water supply situation and the households preferred waterchoices are public piped (64.4%), private piped/borehole (30.1%) and well water (5.6%).. These preferences ofhousehold’s water choices were determined by quality, convenience, availability and cost with 35.6%, 33.3%,18.5% and 12.5% respectively. It was revealed further that household per capita expenditure on water was N60(US$0.38) per day an equivalent of N1,800 (US$11.5) per month. The mean willingness to pay for theimprovement in water service was N2,247(US$14.4) per month which is even higher than the amount therespondent are spending per month on private piped and the current connection charge per month on publicpiped. The result of ordinary least square regression showed that connection charges, household size, distance towater source, availability and quality of water source, unit price paid per liter, and marital status were thesignificant determinants of households’ water demand. Logit regression analysis result showed that age, gender,education, connection charges and household size are the correlates of willingness to pay for improved waterservices in the study area. It is recommended that the government should facilitate the availability of good andquality public water utilities in this area as the consumers are willing to pay for such beneficial services.

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Coster, A.S* and Otufale, G.A. (2020). Households’ Water-Use Demand and Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 7(2), 33-42. Retrieved from https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejast/article/view/975
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Coster, A.S* and Otufale, G.A, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State,Nigeria

Department of Agricultural Education, Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State,
Nigeria
*Corresponding author: lekecoster@yahoo.co.uk