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1. Minister
Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam
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Federal Ministry of Environment

2. Table of Content
 Specific Project implemented in the Ministry
 Managing The Environment For Sustainable Development
 Oil Spill Monitor
 Establishment Of Integrated Waste Management Facilities
 Clean Cookstoves & Liquified Petroleum Gas Cylinders Distributed

3. Specific Project implemented in the Ministry are:
• Aggressive Environmental Awareness Programme
• Erosion and Flood Control Projects
• Retrofitting of Secondary Schools
• Conservation of the Forest Resources
• Ensuring Mitigation and Adaptation to the Impact of Climate
Change
• Construction of Waste Management Facilities
• Construction of Material Recovery Plants
• Rehabilitation of Oasis
• Remediation of Polluted and degraded sites.
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4. Managing The Environment For Sustainable
Development
• Supervised Clean-up activities in One Thousand, Six Hundred
and Ninety (1690) Oil Spill sites nationwide
• Remediated Four Hundred and Thirty (430) lead poisoned homes
(compounds) in Zamfara State and Four (4) Hectares of lead
poisoned industrial sites in Bagega Village Zamfara State.
• Built Geographic Information System (GIS) Support Database of
Tank Farms & Underground Storage Facilities in 9 States
• Produced Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping (Phase
2) covering 100km inland from the coastline
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5. • The Ministry procured equipment for the GIS (Geographic
Information System)/Remote sensing laboratories at the
Headquarters in Abuja and five zonal offices located in Kaduna,
Lagos, Port-Harcourt, Uyo and Warri which I commissioned in
September 2014.
• The Ministry collaborated with other Stakeholders to create the
oil spill monitor – a robust GIS-Based web platform that has
raised the level of awareness and transparency in oil spill
management.
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Managing The Environment For Sustainable
Development

6. Oil Spill Monitor
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7. Key Achievements
• Distribution of 30 Low Pressure
Injection Foaming Machines:
• The Ministry distributed a first set
of 30 Low Pressure Foaming
Machines to small Scale Ice
Machine Makers, under its Ozone
Depleting substances Phase out
Programme.
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8. • Ozone friendly low
pressure foam
machines
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Key Achievements

9. Establishment Of Integrated Waste Management Facilities
• Implementation of E-waste control programme at global, regional
and country levels
• Developed the National Environmental Regulations for the
Electrical/Electronic Sector;
• Facilitated the development of the Abuja Platform on EWaste- a
global initiative to address E-Waste problems;
• Developed guideline for importers of used electrical/electronic
equipment;
• Developed Guidelines for Extended Producer Responsibility
(EPR) Programme that addresses many waste streams
including E-Waste.

10. • Commissioned the Air Curtain
Burner in partnership with the
National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA), to address
the environmental implications
associated with open burning
particularly by Regulatory
Agencies (e.g CBN, NAFDAC
etc) to reduce the emission of
hazardous air pollutants into the
atmosphere.
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Establishment Of Integrated Waste Management Facilities

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Establishment Of Integrated Waste Management Facilities

12. Establishment Of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
And Management Stations
• Stations where
information on air quality
is collated, analyzed and
disseminated;
• The equipment has the
capacity to generate
scientific data for proper
planning and creating
public awareness.
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13. • Trained Fifty (50) Health Officers on the construction of
domestic bio-digester nationwide;
• To date, 7,983 Environmental Health Officers have been
registered and certified nationwide;
• An additional total of 4,324 Environmental Health
Professionals have been registered to sit for the Certification
examinations in November 2014.
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Establishment Of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
And Management Stations

14. The Federal Ministry of Environment has developed:
• A National Policy on Climate Change;
• A National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action;
• A strategic plan for addressing climate change in Nigeria.
• Developed capacity of Agriculture Extension Service Officers
on interpretation and dissemination of climate change
information to end users especially rural farmers;
• Established a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory system to
provide database for estimating greenhouse gases from various
sectors of the economy;
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15. • Established data base system to
provide information
accessibility to various
stakeholders for climate and
climate change scenarios
modelling to assist planning in
various climate-related
activities;
• Developed a pilot greenhouse
gas mitigation solar project in
Federal Government College,
Kwali
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The Federal Ministry of Environment has developed:

16. Clean Cookstoves & Liquified Petroleum Gas
Cylinders Distributed
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17. Highlights
• Trained and equipped staff of National Parks Service for Para-
militarization as approved by Mr. President.
• Trained 546 students on Sound Environmental Management
• One Hundred and Fifty Seven(157) Erosion and Flood Control
Projects executed nationwide at various stages of completion
• Fifteen (15) Erosion and Flood Control Projects attained an
average of 60-100% completion in the South East Geo Political
Zone
• The Dredging and Sandfilling Works at Federal University of
Technology, Otuoke, Bayelsa State-100% completion
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18. • Phase I of the Channelization of Asa River in Kwara State is
completed
• Sagbama Erosion Control and Rehabilitation works, Bayelsa State
• Three Hundred and Seven(307) Web-based Flood Early Warning
Systems (FEWS) established to forecast flood incidences for major
cities in Nigeria with 5 days lead time
• Seventeen (17) Community-based FEWS established to provide
adequate community based monitoring & forecasting
• Four (4) stand alone Automated FEWS facilities installed along
Ogun-Osun River Basin, Eruwa River, Benin-Owena River Basin
and Ose River; monitored in the central hub/GIS laboratory in
Abuja
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Highlights

19. • Established 179.26 Hectares Permanent Sample Plots (PSP)
nationwide.
• Produced tree and ornamental seedlings for training and establishment
of plantations
• Established National Forest Information System (www.nfis.org.ng)
• Establishment of 22ha of Gum Arabic plantation in Yarda and Dandi
in Jigawa and Kebbi States
• Development of Green Village in Jiddel and Waga, Adamawa State
• Establishment of a 2Km shelterbelt in Zango/Baure, Katsina State.
• 2,871,415 seedlings for forestry and orchards have been procured and
planted.
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