Tayo Akeem Yusuf is a trained chemist and chemical engineer. He had a stint in the then Environmental Assessment Division of Federal Ministry of Works & Housing (Now Federal Ministry of Environment) as a scientific officer, from December 1989 to March 1996. As an environmental scientist and grassroots environmentalist, he has since 1996 been promoting and catalysing primary environmental care (PEC) at local levels. He has contributed immensely to educating and motivating local communities to get involved in the effort to protect the natural environment.He was instrumental in the non-violent native agitation leading to successful rejection of the ill-planned hazardous waste management project proposed by Shell for construction and operation in Etche, Rivers state, Nigeria.
Nuclear energy is becoming a less viable energy source due to excessive production costs, safety concerns, and problems associated with final disposal of dangerous radioactive waste…
Environmental governance does not only deal with the kinds of top-down mechanisms frequently used by government to ensure regulatory compliance. It includes actions taken by civil society groups, scientific community, businesses and the public, that can be used to improve environmental conditions…
There is currently considerable confusion over the health and safety issues relating to non-ionizing radiation emitted by GSM telephony base stations and handsets…
Nigeria’s quest to put a halt to the reckless and indiscriminate dumping of wastes can only succeed if the government chooses to change its attitude of dangerous dumping of municipal wastes in unlined pits and water bodies…
A good forest policy should strike a balance between profitability and sustainably. In the light of this, forestry operation should be done in such a way as to avoid permanent adverse effects on soil and water…
Nigeria is one of the major sources of oil & gas related atmospheric pollution, which contribute significantly to global warming and also pose a threat to local ecology and public health. There is need for the Nigerian government to build practical strategies for sustainable living and empowerment of local citizens…
The continued impoverishment of the oil-bearing communities of the Nigeria’s Niger Delta is an indication of a failed Social Impact Assessment system in Nigeria…
The oil & gas industry is the major user of radioactive sources in Nigeria. By the same token, it is also the largest producer of radioactive wastes…
Practically all stages and operations of oil & gas exploration and production are accompanied by undesirable discharges of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. They include many hundreds of individual hazardous compounds…
Practically all stages and operations of oil & gas exploration and production are accompanied by undesirable discharges of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. They include many hundreds of individual hazardous compounds…