Participation of Enclave Dwellers in Non-Governmental Organization Activities in Omo-Forest, Ogun State

Abstract

This study assessed the level of participation of enclave dwellers in Non-Governmental  Organizations’ conservation practices in Omo-forest , Ogun state. Multi stage sampling method was  used to select respondents for this study. The study site was stratified into three blocks considering the  nearness of enclaves to each others. Fifty percent of enclaves in each stratum were purposefully selected  based on the activities of the NGOs. Twenty respondents were randomly selected in each of these eight
enclaves. which includes: Abeku1, Abeku2, Tamitami, Eseke,Sojukodoro, J4 area, Osoko and Etemi. The  total of 150 respondents was sampled. Data was collected using interview schedule while descriptive and  inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results indicate that average age of the respondents  was 33±8.69 years. Majorities (75.3%) of the respondents were male, married (86.0%) had no formal  education (48.7%) and were engaged in farming (63.1%). Findings from the study further show that  88.0% and 85.3% of the respondents benefited from conservation education and environmental  education respectively. Less than half (46.7%) of the respondents indicated high level of participation in  the activities of the NGOs. Significant relationship existed between educational qualification (? 2 = 4.643,  p? 0.05), benefit derived from NGOs activities (r = 0.238, p? 0.05), constraints faced by respondents (r  = - 0.276, p? 0.05) and participation in NGOs conservation activities.. Though, participation of enclaves  dwellers is relatively fair however, the constraint facing respondents in participating in NGOs activities
is technicality, therefore NGOs should intensify efforts in educating them on conservation practices.