Dr Etim Nkanu Efut, Jacob Bassey Arikpo & Oham Sunday Bassey
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between indigenous awareness strategies and farmers’ attitude towards sustainable management of natural resources in Ikot Ekpene. A correlational design was adopted for the study, which was guided by two null hypotheses. Four communities in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State were selected for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 260 registered farmers from 398,000 people; being the projected population estimate of the area of the study in 2021. A questionnaire was the instrument used to elicit information from the farmers. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results obtained revealed that village square meetings and usage of town criers, have significant relationship with farmers’ attitude towards sustainable management of natural resources. Based on the findings, it was recommended that village square meetings and usage of town criers should be encouraged as veritable sources of information for awareness purposes in Ikot Ekpene.