AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN BIDA AND ITS ENVIRONS, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56892/bima.v2i02.91Keywords:
Assessed, household, misplaced, expenditure, alternatives, encouraged.Abstract
The study examined the relationship between household size and energy consumption in Bida
and its environs. Based on the population of the study area, the total sample size was 398
with 80 households each from three wards and 79 household each from two wards. The
structured questionnaires were administered to the 398 households, however only 388
questionnaires were retrieved back, the rest were misplaced or the respondents were absents
as at the time of retrieval. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistic and chi-square
was use to test the relationships. The result shows that fuel wood and charcoal are the main
types of energy for cooking, while for room lighting electricity dominates kerosene,
household size correlate positively with energy consumption. It is therefore, recommended
that since the use of fuel wood and charcoal dominates and this may lead to serious
deforestation, alternatives such as gas, solar and wind energy should be made available at
affordable prices and peoples should be encouraged to use them.
