Publisher:
A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), UMUNZE, ANAMBRA STATE
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(2):
1118-0315:
doi: January 2017
Published in
2017
Against the background of these developments, there arose a tidal wave of public opinion worldwide urging a consented global initiative to combat the growing threat to the earth's environmental balance. This culminated in the 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, at which world leaders from about 150 countries converged to fashion out ways of dealing with problems posed by these developments and also agree on measures to stem further deterioration of the earth's environment. These efforts at combating the deleterious effects on the earth's environment of man's activities are under girdled by an attitudinal change. In a bid to curb and manage environmental degradation Nigeria formulated environmental protection policies, spanning 1915 to 1992. This article is a critique of these policies. Not only that many of the policies are outdated, many are fragmented. Many of them were not formulated with contributions from informed masses, nor based on nationally generated baseline data. Rather, they are mostly guidelines and standards adapted from the adopted and approved materials of the appropriate system of the United Nations, thereby compromising socio-economic and climatic differences. Participation of the people in policy formulation and implementation is lacking in Nigeria. Implementation and monitoring are wishy‐washy and din‐don affairs crippled by widening and deepening corruption. It is recommended that anti-graft agencies be overhauled. Environmental sustainability education needs to be mainstreamed in the curricula of schools and universities while awareness creation on environmental pollution needs to be given the seriousness it deserves.
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