EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ON ECOLOGICAL CONTROL: AN EMPERICAL ANALYSIS ON OIL PRODUCTION COMMUNITIES IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

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Ecological challenges remain a tropical issue of a global concern, Nigeria, inclusive, with different peculiarities among the regions in Nigeria. This paper therefore focused on effects of Environmental law on ecological control: An empirical analysis on oil producing communities in Ondo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the research. The study population comprised, people at the oil producing communities at the two Local Government Areas of the state, where there is a large deposit of natural mineral resources thus, making the communities in the LGAS prone and susceptible to environmental challenges. The sample size for the study was Three hundred and eighty (380) respondents, selected through a simple random sampling technique. Nine communities were selected from each of the two Local Government Areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. From each of the communities, ten (10) respondents were selected. Three research questions were formulated. Data for the study was collected through, self-developed questionnaires by the researchers entitled, “Questionnaire on Effects of Environmental Law on Ecological Control: An Empirical Analysis on Oil Producing Communities in Ondo State, Nigeria”, structured on four points likert rating Scale (Strongly Agreed – SA, Agreed – A, Disagreed – D, and Strongly Disagreed – SD). The research instrument was validated by two experts in Test and Measurement at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria, while the reliability of the research instrument was determined through, test retest method of two weeks interval. 0.70 coefficient reliability was obtained. The research questions were analyzed, using descriptive statistics (frequency counts, simple percentages and mean). Based on the results, conclusion were made that people could put natural resources into a judicious use, environment could be protected and people’s behaviours could be changed towards the environment through, Environmental law. Recommendations were made, therefore ,based on the results that public should be made to aware of the existing environmental laws through the media, logistics that would made the Environmental Authorities and Agencies, saddled with the responsibilities of protecting the environment carry out their tasks, effectively etc.

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