The Federal Ministry of Environment is a Ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria formed in 1999 with the mandate to address

environmental issues Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...

and also ensure effective coordination of all environment matters in the country. As part of its vision and mission, the ministry sets out to ensure the control of environmental issues and the protection of

natural resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. O ...

conservation. The ministry supervises

desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...

and

deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated d ...

activities, management of

flood A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...

and

pollution Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the ...

and also

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...

and

clean energy Clean may refer to: * Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment * Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt Arts and media Music Al ...

. Barr.

Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi (born 21 April 1968) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He is Nigeria's Minister of Environment. He was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for Nasarawa State and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). ...

is the current Minister of Environment. Barr. Mohammed Abdullahi took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Environment in April, 2022 after he was redeployed as serving Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation by President

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 Au ...

. He took over from Sharon Ikeazor who was the acting Minister of Environment.

Responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for various roles involving national goals of desertification and deforestation, pollution and

waste management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring ...

. The ministry also supervises climate change and clean energy issues. The ministry also enforces environmental standards and regulations in the different parts of the country. The ministry fulfills its responsibilities through its departments and parastatals. It also supervises and provides funding for research institutes such as the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Environmental Health and Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) among others. Some other parastatals under the ministry includes; National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), National Parks Service (NPS), National Agency for the Great Green Wall,

National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment in Nigeria. It was instituted by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria act of 2006 with the core mandate to o ...

(NOSDRA) and National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency (NESREA).

Past Ministers of Environment

* Dr.

Iyorchia Ayu Iyorchia Ayu (born 15 November 1952) is a Nigerian politician; he is the current Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee. A former Nigerian Senator, he was elected President of the Senate during the Nigerian Thi ...

* Mrs. Helen Eusene * Mrs.

Halima Tayo Alao Halima Tayo Alao (born 6 December 1956) is a Nigerian architect and former Minister of Environment and Housing during President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration. Early life and education Halima Tayo Alao was born on 6 December 1956. She had her ...

* Mr.

John Odey John Ogar Odey (November 1, 1959 – 7 October 2018) was appointed Nigerian minister of information and communications in July 2007, and became minister for environment in December 2008 after President Umaru Yar'Adua reshuffled his cabinet. B ...

* Mr. Ibrahim Jibril * Mrs.

Amina Mohammed Amina Jane Mohammed (born 27 June 1961) is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was ...

* Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar

Achievements of the Ministry

One of the major achievements of the Ministry of Environment is the initiation of the Ogoni land clean up by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Ogoni land is one of the land in the oil rich producing community of

Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical ...

that has been devastated through oil spillage from oil producing companies. Other achievements from the ministry and its parastatals includes the clean and green initiatives in states in Nigeria, Great green wall program by the ministry and the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project amongst others.

References

{{Federal Ministries of Nigeria Federal Ministries of Nigeria

Responsibilities

Past Ministers of Environment

Achievements of the Ministry

See also

References