Strat.1 Strengthen the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to effectively enforce environmental laws, regulations, and standards and ensure compliance with international agreements, conventions, and environmental treaties.
Strat.2 Ensure compliance with the Climate Change Act 2021 provisions for achieving low GHG emissions and mainstreaming climate change actions into national plans and programmes.
Strat.3 Ensure strong oversight of NESREA and review and update the National Climate Change Policy and Response Strategy (NCCPRS), 2012.
Strat.4 Expedite the passage of the Gas Flaring (Prohibition and Punishment) Bill to minimise the environmental and social impact of gas flaring in oil-producing areas. It proposes strict penalties for companies that engage in gas flaring.
Strat.5 "Support initiatives by the Executive
targeted at promoting sanitation"
Strat.6 Promote e-government to achieve a paperless system.
Strat.7 Utilise legislative frameworks to support efforts to repair and restore terrain damaged by fossil fuel exploration and transport, urban expansion, erosion, commercial logging and environmental degradation.
Specific Legislative Actions
Strat.1 Development of Environmental regulations such as the National Environmental (Chemicals and Pesticides) Regulations 2023, The National Environmetal (Battery Control) Regulations, 2024 among others which have been published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government of Nigeria. https://nesrea.gov.ng/publications-downloads/laws-regulations/
Strat.2 N/A
Strat.3 National Climate Change Policy and Response Strategy (NCCPRS) 2012 has been updated. https://climatechange.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCP_NIGERIA_REVISED_2-JUNE-2021.pdf
Strat.4 Gas Flaring (Prohibition and Punishment) Bill has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. https://von.gov.ng/gas-flaring-prohibition-bill-passes-second-reading-in-house-of-reps/
Strat.5 N/A
Strat.6 Active Social Media handles for the House of Representatives, which serves as a repository for legislative documents and information regarding day to day legislative business. https://x.com/housengr?lang=en Official website for the National Assembly is active and is updated with legislative documents which can be downloaded. https://www.nass.gov.ng/documents/
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