MORAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA

Global warming in the Federal Capital Territory FCT Abuja has posed some social and moral concerns and this has made the researcher to embark on the study in order to proffer solution to the challenge. Hence, the research examined the moral and social consequences of global warming on the lives of citizens of FCT Abuja. The study adopted descriptive survey methodology. The population of the study consists of 100 male and female respondents who were randomly selected from the five Area Councils of Abuja since the issue of global warming affects everyone. A 10 scale structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was first validated by an expert and reliability of the instrument was ascertained by testing. One hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents and 83 copies were completely filled and returned with 17 not returned. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage method where number of respondents is all over number of questionnaire multiplied by 100, all over 1. The research found that global warming has serious impacts on the social and moral lives of the people of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. It further revealed that poverty and lack of public awareness about the usage of home appliances is a major consequence of global warming. The study went further to recommended that government and NGOs have the responsibility of educating her citizens on the consequences of tree cutting and bush burning in the FCT. It also recommend that government at all levels should work hard to eliminate the problem of lack of electricity so as to discourage the use of generating set which will in turn reduce the fast depleting ozone layer. i x