This study is an observational assessment of open defecation practices carried out from “Mile 2” in Amuwo Odofin local government area to Okokomaiko in Ojo local government area along Badagry express way in Lagos west senatorial district of Lagos State, Nigeria. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to 250 respondents to obtain the data used in this study. Male respondents were 57.2% while 42.8% were female. The respondents’ educational background shows that 46% finished from secondary school while 16.4% did not attend school. The educational status of the respondents and the usage of modern toilets rather than open defecation was found to be significant atχ2 (5, N = 250) = 11.221, p=0.047. A significant difference was observed between the respondents attitudes towards open defecation and their gender, for Male (M=7.27, SD=2.220) and Female (M=7.85, SD=1.500);t(248) = -2.138, p = 0.034. The relationship between accessibility to a hygienic toilet and ending of open defecation among respondents was also significant at χ2 (1, N = 250) = 20.489, p<0.05.The practice of open defecation was found not to be safe and was due to the lack of access to hygienic toilet facilities in the study area. Poverty level and lack of high statutory education are some of the major factors that contribute to the open defecation practices.

This study examines the keenness of households to solid waste management payment in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria with a focus on some factors such as location quality, standard of living, gender and education. The data for this study was collected using a standardized and self-administered questionnaire which was divided into five sections namely socio-demographic, quality of location, quality of residents, Operations of the waste managers and households’ keenness to pay. From the results, location quality (B = 0.191, p<0.05), waste management operation (B = 0.150, p<0.05) and standard of living (B = 0.589, p<0.05) contributed significantly to the model. The results of the regression analysis also indicated that the model explained 52.8% of the variance and was a significant predictor of household keenness on payment for solid waste management (F (3, 253) = 94.358, p <0 .05). The relationship between household keenness to paying for waste management and gender was not significant; male (M=27.66, SD=6.57) and female (M=27.43, SD=6.96), t (255) = 0.270, p= 0.787. The level of education shares a statistical significance with the keenness of household to waste management payment [F (4, 252) =3.026, p=0.018]. In conclusion, the keenness of households in this study to solid waste management payment has shown that education level, quality of location, standard of living of the households and the waste management firm operation are factors to reckon with if the public private partnership that is involved in waste management is to survive.