Consequences of environmental degradation in Nigeria

Consequences of environmental degradation in Nigeria

The degradation of the environment connotes the worse of the physical environment as a result of human activities by the displacement of natural landmarks and environmental pollution, which in turn foul the air, land and water; thereby the life of organisms including human lives are endangered. Many literatures have shown the consequences of environmental problems; in particular as it affect the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as a result of the activities of oil exploitation and oil exploitation. Odogbor (2005), stated the effects of industrial wastages and oil spillages culturally, religiously, economically and politically on the life of the people. Later, he pointed out the negative implications these effects have had on the people on all the categories of lives in the affected communities in country. Furthermore to strengthen the fact that the government of Nigeria had made tremendous progress towards enacting environmental policies so as to protect the environment in general, the table 2 below entail such laws that are related to environmental issues as enacted particularly in the nineties (1990s).