Effect of Value Counselling on Attitude Change Toward Waste Disposal: Implication for Flood Disaster Management in Kontagora, Niger State Effect of Value Counselling on Attitude Change Toward Waste Disposal: Implication for Flood Disaster Management in Kontagora, Niger State

Abstract

Flood disaster in Nigeria has become a regular reoccurring situation which has disturbing impacts on human livelihoods and infrastructural development. It has caused widespread destructions to human lives and properties. Causes of this disaster have been traced to include poor practice of waste disposal. This implies attitude problem of people.  The study examined the effect of values counselling in improving attitude change with implication for flood management. The research design adopted for the study was pre-test post-test quasi experimental design with control group. The population of the study comprised of 44 Kontagora community residents that were found dumping refuse on the waterways during the 2022 rainy season.  Through initial counselling interview, the purposively selected sample of 44 was assigned to groups for the study.With the use of questionnaire titled Waste Disposal Behaviour Scale, pre-test and post-test data were collected and analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The result obtained indicated that, there is significant effect of value counselling on attitude of participants toward waste disposal in Kontagora and there is no significant difference in the attitude towards waste disposal among participants exposed to value counselling on the basis of education level. It was recommended among others that value counselling should be given to community people especially at the eve of every raining season. Values 
re-orientation programmes should be organized regularly on waste management practices with reference to proper hygiene, poor practices of waste disposal, devastating effect of flood disaster and wide spread of diseases.