Evaluation of the Citizens Rights to a Sustainable Environment in Nigeria
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2020
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UNIMAID Journal of Private and Property Law
Abstract
Environmental sustenance is a veritable tool for human survival
and development of any country in the world. Several
environmental policies had been put in place from the pre-colonial
era to date with varying degree of results achieved at every point
in time. The primary objectives of this paper are to point out the
role information had played and is still playing to maximise the
benefit of the Environment on lives of the citizenry and to surmount
the environmental challenges in Nigeria. This paper will approach
the right to environmental emancipation by reference to doctrinal
methodology. The paper finds that legislations are not enough, but
there is the need to bring environmental information to the
doorsteps of the masses_ Monitoring and enforcement can only be
effective when there is an adequate flow of information, and by so
doing the people will become conscious about the Environment
and the citizens right to a sustainable environment. This paper
recommends regular information dissemination concerning the
Environment as it affects the citizens. This paper further suggests
that the government take proactive measures to enforce
environmental assessment standards which manufacturing
companies must comply with, in addition to the afforestation
campaign for creating a healthy environment for Nigerian citizens.
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Pre-colonial environment, Pollution, Environmental information, Rights and Environmental policies