Environmental challenge of vehicular pollution in Nigeria: An overview
OGUCHE Christopher Joseph and BONIFACE Abih Yahaya
Air pollution is a serious environmental issues all over the globe and it health implication cannot be overemphasized, vehicular pollution in Nigeria is an environmental issues that need urgent attention. The paper review studies on project with increase in pollution with economic growth in Nigeria. The representation of concentration-pathways scenarios projects growth in emission of NOx and carbon with growth in the environment, it made use of secondary data from empirical studies on environmental pollution and carbon emission rate in Nigeria and the world at large. The paper discussed vehicular pollution in Nigeria, status of vehicle inspection in Nigeria, towards clean air in Nigerian cities and need for clean fuels and vehicles. In conclusion, there should be adequate framing of pollution source-wise action plan to help cities meet the clean air standards and implementation of vehicle tax.
OGUCHE Christopher Joseph, BONIFACE Abih Yahaya. Environmental challenge of vehicular pollution in Nigeria: An overview. Int J Res Hum Resour Manage 2021;3(1):40-43. DOI: 10.33545/26633213.2021.v3.i1a.59