Abstract: Nigeria is endowed with abundant natural resources, chiefly oil and gas on which the Country generates its source of revenue. It is one of the top exporters of crude oil around the World including the United States of America. Nigeria ,a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),is an exporter of coveted high-(bonny light) and medium-grade crude oil (Pinto 1987). Administratively, it has gone through different systems of governance. It was under the British colonial rule until the 1960 when it got its independence and had a Democratic Government. Nigeria has also gone through 24 promulgation of Environmental policies from the Pre-colonial era till date. It started from an era when the protection of the environment was not a relevant issue, such that matters of water and air pollution were treated under the Criminal Code Act 1916 as offense of Nuisance......
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