This paper aims at analyzing public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment. It x-rayed the various objectives of public participation in EIA, the prospects and challenges of public participation with a view to making worthwhile recommendation necessary for better public participation in the EIA process.The paper argue that greater attention to public participation during the EIA process leads to better environmental assessment, and thus to the formulation of projects that deliver more social benefits, fewer environmental costs and greater economic and financial benefits.It however opined that such participation should be early in other to tap the knowledge of the general public thereby generating additional benefits to the investor in terms of cutting costs, reducing risks and preserving good reputation within the affected community.

Nigerian hospitals continue to experience evolving roles of physiotherapists in the critical care arena, and there are hurdles to scale to develop high quality of critical care services. The Physiotherapist as a member of the critical care multidisciplinary team manages patients in the critical care unit of hospitals by using multisystem assessment to formulate individualized treatment plan. Such treatments often contributes to decreased Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and hospital stay, and improved physical function of patients. There is therefore, need for Nigerian physiotherapists to consolidate on gains already achieved, by identifying any gaps in their ICU service, closing these gaps, and further improving quality of service. This study examined the challenges faced by physiotherapists in delivering critical care service in Nigerian hospitals. Methods: Structured questionnaires were piloted, modified and administered to the physiotherapists during the annual conference of the Nigerian Society of Physiotherapists, 2016. The questionnaire contained questions regarding staffing, availability of equipment, referral and the like, in Likert scale form. Each challenge item was scored. Scores above the mean score were considered as a challenge to physiotherapy services in the ICU Results: Of the 150 physiotherapists who received the questionnaires, 90 completed the questionnaire (response rate of 60%). Respondents identified poor knowledge of critical care (3 .16±0.98), poor staffing (3.6±1.21), rotation of physiotherapists (3.19±1.08), lack of equipment (3.57±1.19), lack of team work (3.11±1.25), and poor referral (3.41±1.20) as challenges to physiotherapy service in the ICU Conclusion: This study identified many challenges to efficient physiotherapy ICU service in Nigeria. We suggest that hospitals should explore measures and strategies to overcome these challenges, so as to further improve patients' outcome in ICU care.