ABSTRACT
Nigeria has been involved in the ratification and signing of international environmental conventions since 1963. Environmental regulation with respect to industrial waste management and pollution control did not attract adequate attention until the establishment of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA). FEPA is a national agency with seven zonal offices and field officers in each state. FEPA inspects the industrial plant and examines the current environmental audit (EA) report in the case of an already existing firm, or the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report in the case of a newly established firm. For Nigerian manufacturing industry, knowledge network may be considered in terms of the number and the firm's perception of the quality of links it has with any other institution whether private or public, from which the firm could gain technology related knowledge and information. The Nigerian FEPA became the Federal Ministry of Environment at the end of 1999.
