Abstract
Air pollution is one of the environmental challenges confronting Nigeria. Air is polluted
when chemicals, particulate matter or biological material are emitted into the biosphere
in a manner that affects the ecosystem. Being an environmental problem acknowledged
by the Nigerian environmental policy, measures are undertaken to regulate it with a view
to ameliorating the problem. Nigeria is however a federal state, with each sphere of the
component unit constitutionally allowed to regulate environmental matters. This work
therefore focuses on the regulatory efforts of the central federal government with the
regulatory actions of components states falling outside its scope. This work principally
examines the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) (CFRN), the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Act 2007
(NESREA) and its subsidiary legislations that have the capacity to regulate various
sources of air pollution. The work highlights the challenges of low regulatory
enforcement of the regulations and recommends a specialized agency like the Indian
model to regulate air pollution in view of its negative impact.
when chemicals, particulate matter or biological material are emitted into the biosphere
in a manner that affects the ecosystem. Being an environmental problem acknowledged
by the Nigerian environmental policy, measures are undertaken to regulate it with a view
to ameliorating the problem. Nigeria is however a federal state, with each sphere of the
component unit constitutionally allowed to regulate environmental matters. This work
therefore focuses on the regulatory efforts of the central federal government with the
regulatory actions of components states falling outside its scope. This work principally
examines the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) (CFRN), the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Act 2007
(NESREA) and its subsidiary legislations that have the capacity to regulate various
sources of air pollution. The work highlights the challenges of low regulatory
enforcement of the regulations and recommends a specialized agency like the Indian
model to regulate air pollution in view of its negative impact.
Keywords:
Air pollution
Nigeria
Regulatory framework
Laws and regulations
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