Poverty and Environmental Safety in Nigeria: A Sustainable Development Perspective

Authors

  • Abdulrasaq Ajad Ishola Department of Public Administration University of Ilorin, Ilorin.
  • Abdulrazaq Kayode Abdulkareem Department of Public Administration University of Ilorin, Ilorin.
  • Mohammed Lawan Bello University of Ilorin
  • Opeyemi Aluko Ajayi Crowther University Oyo

Keywords:

Administration, Development, Poverty, Relative Deprivation and Safety

Abstract

The level of safety in a country is a yardstick for it potential growth and sustainable development. If the environment is not safe, there will be no viable economic activity going on and thus the level of poverty and inequality in such environment will be high. Amidst of the unsafe environment, there is usually some group of people benefiting from such political economy scenario. Such group will therefore wish to continue to benefit from such environment at the expense of the larger society thereby creating deeper poverty gaps. The question this paper seeks answer is; to what extent is Nigeria’s environment safe for sustainable development to take place as a recipe for developing countries? The relative deprivation theory is used to establish the fact that deprivation of the people in an environment leads to inequality and poverty. This deprivation hinders rapid socioeconomic and political activities to take place by creating an unsafe political economy environment which as well affects sustainable development. Data from Afrobarometer database on Nigeria were examined, analysed and interpreted. The paper concludes that making the environment more secure for economic activities reduces poverty and inequality. The study recommends that an equitable distribution of income should be enforced first to the immediate environment whose land was usurp and then to the other federating units.

Author Biographies

Abdulrasaq Ajad Ishola, Department of Public Administration University of Ilorin, Ilorin.

A Scholar and  lecturer in Public Administration Department. He has published on Public Administrative issues.

Abdulrazaq Kayode Abdulkareem, Department of Public Administration University of Ilorin, Ilorin.

A Scholar and lecturer in Public Administration. He has published papers on various public administrative issues.

Mohammed Lawan Bello, University of Ilorin

Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences

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2021-02-25

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Ishola, A. A., Abdulkareem, . A. K., Bello, M. L. ., & Aluko, O. (2021). Poverty and Environmental Safety in Nigeria: A Sustainable Development Perspective: Array. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Administratio, 12(2). Retrieved from https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/AUDA/article/view/716

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