Assessing Non-Compliance of Development Controls in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Environmental management practices are urgent and serious issues that deserve greater attention in our world today. The study employs geo-spatial techniques to assess the level of non-compliance to development controls in Ekiti State. The data used for the study are of both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was obtained using questionnaire, ground survey method and the use of hand-held GPS equipment for rapid details concerned in the study area. The secondary data made use of administrative map of Ekiti State, internet facilities and Urban and Rural Planning laws of Nigeria as applicable to Ekiti State The result showed that only 40% of the features captured were in compliance with the development controls guiding the environment while 23% of the features have acceptable locational and spatial pattern as their offsets were at variance with the environmental laws of the land (Nigeria).It was found that majority of the hazards recorded such as flooding, gully erosion, collapsation of weirs, damage of electric poles, impairment of roads, fire out-break and contamination of ground water leads to health problems to the residents in the study area. The study recommends that government should apply stringent punishment to the erring individuals, companies and or organization that are liable by pulling down the affected features so as to serve as deterrent to others and to ensure that the relevant agencies that possess that capacity and ability to make policies back it up with laws to effect compliance for the sake of sustainability in the study area.