A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cap. C23, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to Recognize the Right to a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment as an Enforceable Fundamental Right; to Integrate Environmental Protection into the Right to Life and Dignity of the Human Person; to Provide for Judicial Enforcement, Remedies, and Procedural Safeguards for the Protection of Environmental Rights; and for Related Matters

Abstract

This Bill seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as altered) to elevate the right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment to the status of a justiciable fundamental right under Chapter IV of the Constitution. It further proposes integrating environmental protection within the scope of the right to life and dignity of the human person, respectively. In addition, it provides for the enforcement, procedural mechanisms for the protection of environmental rights and Judicial remedies.