IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IJGEM )

E-ISSN 2504-8821
P-ISSN 2695-1878
VOL. 9 NO. 1 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijgem.v9.no1.2023.pg1.16

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X-raying the Bounds of Polluter Pays Principle as an Environmental Protection Tool in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry

Ojo Aderonke Abimbola, PhD*, Tosin Ezekiel Ayo*, Itunu Oluwatosin Ayo*

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Abstract

This paper takes a cursory look at the concept of „Polluter Pays Principle?, PPP as an environmental protection instrument in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It found that environmental pollution is a major challenge confronting the Nigerian oil and gas industry and reiterated that the concept remains an invaluable tool for restoring the environment- in that compensation was essential to the restoration of the environment whenever there is any form of environmental pollution which are direct consequences of oil exploration and production activities. This study argues that the lingering challenges of oil pollution in the Nigerian environmental space in the oil-producing communities would have been adequately catered for if the laws were not obsolete and anachronistic. This study takes a multi- disciplinary approach that covers law, environmental management and toxicology. A number of recommendations were therefore suggested to make the principle more effective and minimise the deleterious effects of environmental pollution

keywords:

Environment, Pollution, Polluter, Protection. Legislation, Tool, Oil, Industry.

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References:

Bagudu R, ‘and others’, ‘Oil and Gas Exploration: Reconciling Contending Issues in
Simpson. S and Fagbohun. O (eds), Environmental Law and Policy, (Law Centre,
Faculty of Law, Lagos State University Publishing 2000)

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