Inventory Personal Health Amenities for Safe Students Habitation of University of Jos, Plateau State Nigeria

This paper researched “an inventory of personal health amenities for safe students habitation of University of Jos”. The total population of the study comprises all the undergraduate students in the University. University of Jos is made up of 10 (ten) facilities with a total population of 12,855 students. Out of this population, 9773 were male and 4082 are female. The sample consists of 500 male and female students of the University. Cluster sampling method was used in selecting the sample from the ten facilities. The sample was distributed among five facilities with each faculty having 100 sampled representations. Questionnaire was used to collect the data which was analyzed. The results of the study shows that majority of the students responded positively that university buildings are well maintained, accept the hostels and classroom blocks. There are inadequate provision of safety devices, the windows and doors are not well protected against harmful insects with wire mesh, the sporting facilities are inadequate and the playground are not free from hazards. In addition, the electricity supply is not constant and there are inadequate standby electricity generators to ensure steady supply of light during interruption. Similarly, waste disposal systems are not given prior attention which leads to disposal of waste materials in every hook and corners of the hostels and classroom areas of the university. With regard to toilet facilities, it is concluded that the number of toilet facilities does not meet the needs of the growing population of the students in the campus. More so, the water supply on campus lack good quality and inadequate storage system to meet the health needs of individual’s student. The inadequacy of these health amenities may affect the physical, social, cultural, biological and emotional environment of the school that influences, habits, attitudes, comfort, safety and working efficiency of students and personnel.

Keywords: Amenities, Health, Habitation, Inventory