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Imosemi, Adekunbi
- Desertification: A Persistent Threat To The Sustainability Of The Nigerian Environment, Which Way Out?
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 2, No 10 (2013), Pagination:Abstract
Desertification, like climate change and loss of biodiversity is a global problem. The global community has long recognized desertification has a major environmental, social and economic problem.
This paper examines the issue of desertification in Nigeria, a developing nation with over 150 million in population. The negative impact of Desertification on the Nigerian environment, which has been linked with food security, poverty alleviation and lack of development, is also fully discussed in this paper.
Soil degradation resulting from gradual desertification of farmlands still remain a great threat particularly within the North-west state Thousands of Nomadic Nigerian who reside in those states are being forced to migrate to the southern part of the country due to hazardous effect of desertification that gradually destroy fields of grazing lands. While those left behind are often engaged in communal clashes with farmers resulting in loss of lives and properties. It is recommended that a legally binding policy framework to guide the sustainable use of soil so as to combat desertification is to be enacted by the National Assembly. Nigerians need to be enlightened on this growing menace, desertification, so as to take practical measures such as prevention of soil erosion, water resource management and sustainable pasture. Forest and livestock management should be taken to prevent desertification and restore degraded land.
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Desertification, land degradation, drought and Nigeria- Death Penalty In Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be: The Controversy Continues
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 2, No 9 (2013), Pagination:Abstract
The death penalty has become an engine of controversy in Nigeria like some other countries of the world, with some groups calling for the abolition of the death penalty as a means of punishment for some capital offences like murder, armed robbery, treason et cetera, while other groups are in favour of the use of the death penalty for the same purpose. While the opponents of the death penalty argue that the death penalty is a violation of Human rights, the proponents of it argue that the deterrent effect of the imposition of the death penalty cannot be over-emphasized. This article would look at the history of death penalty in Nigeria, arguments for and against its application and concludes by re-affirming the need for the continued retention of the death penalty in the Nigerian Statute books. It recommends that good governance is a key to the reduction of crimes in the society.