An Assessment of The Impacts of Environmental Degradation and Its Socio-Economic Implications in Kaduna Metropolis

Abstract

This paper examines environmental degradation and its consequential implications leading to myriad of socio-economic repercussions including; communal strife, conflicts, religious clashes and other social and economic vices leading to insecurity of lives and property within the metropolitan area. The study employed qualitative methods of data collection which includes interviews with relevant respondents to generate data from key informants. The data generated from the field through qualitative means were used to answer the established research questions. Findings from the study reveals that environmental degradation can damage the physical base of states to a sufficient extent, as to threaten their social institutions and society at large and this constitute an important government approach in the pursuit of peace and national development. It concludes that securing the integrity of our environment is fundamental to the pursuit of security and development especially in the context of the recent security challenges bedeviling the Nigerian state.