SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

A CHALLENGE TO THE NIGERIAN STATE

Abstract

This review paper looked at the obstacles militating against sustainable healthy environment in Nigeria. It frowned at conflicting roles, of agencies, lack of enforcement of environmental laws poor funding and lack of planning as central issues that gave rise to poor environmental health situation in Nigeria. It is advocated that awareness creation, political commitment, enforcement of environmental health laws and the re-introduction of sanitary inspectors will brighten the prospects of healthy sustainable environment in the country.