Legal framework for environmental right in Nigeria: Reviewing the past and projecting the future

Abstract

Leal framework for Environmental right remains the process of putting in place laws, rules and regulations to engender the concrete  protection and preservation of the environment sustainably. For sometimes now, several authors, commentators and environmentalists  have been brainstorming on the best approach to ensure that adequate legal framework is put in place for the purpose of protecting individuals from environmental damages. The paper was commenced by review of existing law on environmental right in Nigeria for the  purpose of finding the challenge therein aimed proffering solutions.