Environmental Regulatory Bodies and Facilities' Compliance to Environmental Regulations in Minna, Nigeria

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Regional Geography, grade: 1,3, Ahmadu Bello University, course: Environmental Management, language: English, abstract: Environmental issues are global and contemporary of the 21th century. The aim of this study is to evaluate environmental regulatory bodies and facilities' compliance to environmental regulations in Minna, Nigeria. The objectives among others are: identify the facilities that required compliance; examine the level of compliance of the facilities; determine the level of enforcement by regulatory agencies (NESREA and NISEPA); and identify factors militating against compliance within the facilities in the study area. Systematic random sampling was used in selecting facilities, while purposive random sampling was adopted in selecting respondents from each facility. Simple random sampling was employed in selecting respondents from the regulatory agencies. The instrument for data collection from the respondents is a semi-structured two sets of questionnaire, each for facility and regulators respectively.