AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN NIGERIA
AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN NIGERIA
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2020-04
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BUKAR, Aisha Usman
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Abstract
The development of environmental management and sustainable development is borne
out of the recognition that the environment is important and therefore human activities
need to be guided strictly by enabling legal regimes so as to ensure environmental
continuity for future generation. This general concern prompted the interest of the
researcher in this area. The statement of the problem of this dissertation is borne out of
the fact that management and protection of the environment can arguably be said to be
one of the biggest contemporary issues and yet its effective protection remains unsettled.
In addition, Nigeria is currently facing diverse environmental challenges ranging from
depletion of natural forest, oil pollution, and desertification, high rate of soil degradation,
gully and coastal erosion to the very recent large scale flooding. The aim of this work is
to appraise the legal framework for the enforcement of environmental law in Nigeria.
Thus, the objective of this dissertation is to examine the nature and scope of
environmental management and sustainable development in Nigeria with a view to
improving the implementation mechanism in Nigeria. The work relied on doctrinal
method of research and places reliance on Statutes, Conventions, Case laws, books,
articles in journals as well as internet materials. The dissertation found (among others)
that, there was lack of adequate enforcement mechanisms in spite of the existing laws (at
both local and national levels) on waste control and management. Finally, this
dissertation was concluded by recommending (among others) that, the government at all
levels should take proactive measures to strengthen institutional enforcement
mechanisms in Nigeria
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS -LLM
Keywords
LEGAL FRAMEWORK,, ENFORCEMENT,, ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS,, NIGERIA