Recreational Behaviour Of Kuchi/Ebbo Residents In Lapai Local Government Area Of Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract: Recreation as an activity voluntarily undertaken for pleasure, fun, relaxation, exercise, self expression or release from boredom and tension, e.g. visiting areas such as parks, lakes, rivers, forest or engaging in different exercises such as trekking, hunting, camping and also indoor recreational facilities such as cinema, club house, gymnasium, casino and cultural centres. This paper deals with recreational behaviour of Kuchi and Ebbo in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State Nigeria. Three levels of analysis were employed: Univariate, Bivariate and Multivariate analysis. The simple statistics of descriptive distribution and tabulation were employed to examine the description of the composition of the respondent with respect to their characteristics which provided an insight into the structure of the population using data summarizing procedures such as frequency distributions. The study will
improve knowledge of awareness of recreational planning and make planners more pro-active to its potentials within each environmental setting. It will also help government in developing sound recreational policy.