Environmental sustainability in Nigeria: An overview

Abstract

Man's overdependence on the environment in the pursuit of economic growth has continued to degrade it. This degradation calls for proper resources management through regulations so that a balance is maintained. However, in Nigeria despite decades of efforts at achieving environmental sustainability the problem of degradation and pollution is on the increase. Relying chiefly on existing literature, the paper examined drivers of environmental degradation in Nigeria and appraised the existing national environmental policies and programmes for the attainment of environmental sustainability. This paper concluded that rethinking existing economic, social, political and technological decisions and approaches that induce harmful practices and evaluating the current policies in the light of current reality will steer Nigeria towards environmental sustainability.