Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

The Ministry of Environment comprises of six departments, they are:

1. Administration and Supplies
2. Forestry
   • Director Forestry
   • Director Enforcement and Compliance
   • Director, Non – Timber Forest Produce
   • Director, Afforestation
   • Director, Forestry Extension
   • Director, Wild Life Services
3. Finance and Accounts
4. Environmental Health and Sanitation
5. Nature Conservation
6. Planning, Research and Statistics

The Ministry also supervises two Parastatals namely;

1. State Environmental Protection Agency
2. Ekiti State Waste Management Board

The functions of the Ministry are summarised as follows:

1. To achieve a sustainable healthy environment in Ekiti;
2. To secure qualitative environment adequate for good health and well being of the masses;
3. Conserve and use the environment and nature resources for the benefit of present and future generation;
4. To enforce forestry laws and regulation for the control and protection of the State’s forestry resources;
5. To promote public awareness and understanding of essential linkage between environment resources and development;
6. To encourage individual and community participation in environment efforts;
7. To collaborate with relevant stakeholders on environment matters;
8. To check and control erosion and flooding problems in Ekiti State;
9. To monitor and control all forms of environmental degradation;
10. To restore, maintain and enhance the ecosystem and ecological processes essential for the functioning of the biosphere so as to preserve biological diversity.

Functions of Admin & Supplies Department
The major functions are outlined below:

• Handle all personal issues; including discipline and welfare of staff;
• Procurement and supply of basic office items, equipment and furniture;
• Handle staff training;
• Management, control and supervision of stores;
• Maintenance of vehicle and other capital assets;
• Processing of retirement papers;
• Other related assignments on the directive of the Accounting Officer.

Functions of Waste Management Board
To make Ekiti State cleaner and a better place through effective Waste Management, the Ministry embarks vigorously on:

• Intensified effort on waste collection and waste segregation;
• Provision of Waste Bins and zoning Towns and villages for waste collection;
• Establishes and maintains approved sanitary landfill sites within the State for the disposal of waste;
• Sets guidelines and monitors private sector participation in the maintenance of waste management vehicles and equipment.

Functions of Environmental Protection Agency
The Ministry provides effective protection of the environment through:

• Erosion and Flood Control
• Environmental Education and Awareness
• Planning and Monitoring
• Pollution Abatement Technology
• Watershed Management
• Environmental Impact Assessment.

1. Environmental Protection Agency:
   • Rehabilitation of a stretch of Are – Iworoko Road. (Drainage Improvement Work)
2. Environmental Health & Sanitation:
   • State Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise;
   • Routine Sanitary Inspection;
   • Pests and Vector Control;
   • Fumigation of Dumpsites;
   • Environmental Complaints;
   • Meeting with stakeholders;
   • Food Handlers Test;
   • Issues of Tobacco Smoking;
   • Enforcement and Prosecution;
   • Establishment of Environmental Sanitation Task Force Called “KICK AGAINST BAD ACTS” (KABA)
   • Establishment of Environmental Monitoring Committee.
3. Conserving Nature:
   • Clearing of road medians and maintenance of roundabout within the State capital.
4. Preservation of Forest Reserve:
   Government forest reserves are adequately protected by the Ministry through the under listed measures embarked upon by the Ministry:
   • • Policy initiation and execution in managing and developing the entire forest area of Ekiti State;
     • Enforcement of Forestry Laws and Regulations for the control and protection of the State’s Forests;
     • Sustainable management of the forests to meet the economic, social and ecological needs of the people of the State;
     • Aggressive Industrial Forest Plantation establishment to meet the timber/wood needs of the State and also for export (i.e. to earn foreign exchange);
     • Control and monitoring of the based industries in the State.
5. Forest Regeneration
   • In February 2016, the State Government approved the sum of eleven million six hundred thousand eight hundred naira (N11,600,800.00) for forest regeneration activities in the state.