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About the Ministry
The concern to protect the environment gave rise to the creation of the Federal
Ministry of Environment in 1999 to ensure eective coordination of all
environmental matters, which were hitherto fragmented and resident in dierent
line Ministries. With the rationalization of the Federal Ministries at the end of
2006, Environment and Housing & Urban Development Ministries were merged
which gave rise to the Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing & Urban
Development. This was to ensure the eective integration and coordination of all
environmental matters, housing and land use for urban development. However, in
order to align the Ministries to vision 20:2020, Millennium Development Goals and
the Transformation Agenda geared towards making Nigeria one of the twenty
developed economies of the world by year 2020, the Ministry was in September
2008, excised from the Housing and Urban Development and given a full edged
Ministerial status, known as Federal Ministry of Environment.
Since its establishment, the Ministry has impacted on raising the issue of
environmental consciousness in the minds of Nigerians as well as the interface
with the Global environmental best practices. It has focused on involving
innovative strategies that emphasize the use of environmental re - engineering as
a veritable tool for job creation, poverty eradication, ensuring food security,
encouraging sustainable economic development and general improvement in the
livelihood of Nigerian populace.
At the international level, it has pursued the use of the environment in
dening the countrys foreign policy thrust as a means of ensuring
good governance globally and regionally.
Nigeria through the Ministry has continued to provide purposeful
leadership at various international fora as a representative of the
West African Sub-region, the African Continent, Non-aligned Nations
as well as developing nations.
The main function of the Ministry revolves around the following key environmental
issues, especially, in the area of policy awareness, enforcement and intervention:
Desertication and Deforestation;
Pollution and Waste Management;
Climate change and clean Energy;
Flood, Erosion and Coastal Management (Shoreline Protection)
Environmental Standards & Regulations
The Ministrys main thrusts are:
Reclamation and Rehabilitation of degraded land
Biodiversity Conservation and Eco- tourism
Eective Waste Management
Mitigating the eects of Climate Change
Eective Environmental
Governance
Ministrys Mandate, Vision, Mission and Service Charter
Mandate
Securing a quality environment conducive for good health and well being
of fauna and ora.
Promoting sustainable use of natural resources.
Restoring and maintaining the ecosystem, ecological process and
preserve biodiversity.
Raising public awareness and promoting understanding of linkages of the
environment.
Cooperating with relevant Ministries/ Departments/ Agencies, the private
sector, NGOs, and International organizations on environmental matters.
Vision
To be a Nation that develops in harmony with her environment.
Mission
To ensure environmental protection, natural resources conservation and
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World Environment Day
2014
Coming up on the 5th of June.
sustainable development.
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