Environmental Policy Compliance Status of Oyo East Saw-Mill Location, Nigeria

Abstract

Environmental policy is a course of action deliberately taken to manage human activities with a view to mitigate harmful occurrences. This research identified the level of policy compliance in Oyo east sawmill location of Oyo state, Nigeria as well as identified the various facilities to gauge the prospect of compliance in the location. Survey method was used with thirty respondents or 45% of sampling intensity. Simple percentages and logistic regression model was used to analyze the result. The basic equipments for policy compliance measurement were fire: extinguisher, incinerator, silencer and environmental impact assessment report. The compliance levels based on equipment assessment were: fire extinguisher, 30%; incinerator, 33.3%; silencer, 63.3% and EIA, 90%. Taking significant value at p<0.05; Finance (0.01) and managerial training (0.00) affected the prospect of compliance in the sawmill location. Awareness creation on environmental matters is imperative to boost compliance in the study area.

Keywords: Sawmill, Environmental policy, Compliance, Tangible equipments, Pollution.