Abstract: This study assessed the household sanitation practices in urban Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study evaluated the sanitation practices adopted in the area and also examined the level of people’s awareness and compliance to sanitation strategies in the area. Systematic sampling technique was adopted to select 400 respondents for administration of questionnaire. Data was analysed descriptively using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The study showed that setting a day for general cleaning (68.5%), and open pit waste dumping (66.3%), were the most adopted sanitation practices in the area. More than half (54.2%) of the people in the area were aware of sanitation strategies such as monthly sanitation, inspection of houses, premises and dumpsite intervention amongst others. The study also revealed that challenges such as poor enforcement of sanitation bye-laws (81.5%) and public negligence (73.3%) mostly influenced the present sanitation condition in the area. The study therefore recommends the enforcement of environmental sanitation regulations and bye-laws by the Local Government Authority (LGA) and provision of sanitation facilities/infrastructure by the Kaduna state government.
Key words: Environment, Sanitation, Urban, Waste