Environmental Agencies In Nigeria are organizations established within a government or outside the government for the sole aim of protecting the environment and preserving ecological resources.
These Environmental Agencies In Nigeria have to protect the environment and its resources from misuse by humans; and degradation by climatic factors. They combat pollution and degradation of land, water and mineral resources.
These agencies can be found at the National, State or Regional level while some are private or non-governmental. These Environmental Agencies In Nigeria are guided by and function in accordance with the Environmental Laws and Acts in Nigeria. The list is vast but we have managed to compile the names of the top 100 Environmental Protection Agencies in Nigeria:
- Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) – defunct
- Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)
- National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)
- National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
- National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)
- Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)
- Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)
- National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
- Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)
- River basin Authority (Federal Ministry of Water Resources)
- Federal Environmental Protection Agency
- Abuja Environmental Protection Board
- Lagos State Government Ministry of the Environment
- Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria
- Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)
- National Emergency Management Agency
- Delta State Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Ministry of Environment.
- National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency
- Federal Ministry of Environment (FMOE)
- State Ministries of Environment
- Lagos State Waste Disposal Board (LSWDB)
- Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA)
- Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA)
- Lagos State Waste management Agency operatives (PSP)
- Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA)
- Kano State Environmental Protection Agency
- Oyo State Environmental Protection Commission
- Ministry of Water Resources
- National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)
- Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development (FMEHUD)
- Department of Petroleum Resources
- Kaduna State Environmental Protection Agency
- State Environmental Protection Agencies (SEPAs)
- River State Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development (FMEHUD))
- Urban Development Board
- Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency
- Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency
- Abuja Environmental Protection Agency
- Abia State Ministry of Environment, Umuahia
- Abia State Environmental Protection Agency
- Adamawa State Ministry of Environment, Yola
- Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Environment & Mineral Resources, Uyo
- Anambra State Ministry of Environment, Mineral Resources, Science & Technology, Akwa
- Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency, Bauchi
- Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment
- Bayelsa State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Yenagoa
- Benue State Environmental Sanitation Authority (BENSESA), Makurdi
- Borno State Ministry of Environment, Maiduguri
- Borno State Rural Water and Sanitation Agency, Maiduguri
- Cross River Ministry of Environment, Calabar
- Delta State Waste Management Board, Asaba
- Ebonyi State Ministry of Health and Environmental, Abakaliki,
- Edo State Environmental and Waste Management Board, Benin City
- Ekiti State Waste Management Board, Ado Ekiti
- Enugu State Waste Management Authority, Enugu
- Friends of the Environment Nigeria (NGO)
- Gombe State Ministry of Water Resources and Environment, Gombe
- Gombe State Environmental Sanitation and Protection Agency, Gombe
- Imo State Ministry of Petroleum and Environment, Owerri
- Imo State Environmental Protection Agency
- Imo State Bureau for Sanitation and Transport
- Jigawa State Ministry of Environment, Dutse
- Jigawa State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Dutse.
- Kaduna State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kaduna
- Kaduna State Waste and Sanitation Project, Kaduna
- Kano State Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB), Kano
- Kano State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), Kano
- Katsina State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Katsina
- Kebbi State Ministry of Environment, Birnin Kebbi
- Kogi State Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning Development, Lokoja
- Kogi State Environmental Protection Board, Lokoja
- Kogi State Sanitation and Water Management Board, Lokoja
- Kwara State Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ilorin
- Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency, Ilorin
- Niger State Environmental Protection Agency, Minna
- Ogun State Ministry of Environment, Abeokuta
- Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, Abeokuta
- Ondo State Waste Management Authority, Akure
- Osun State Ministry of Environment, Osogbo
- Osun State Environmental Protection Agency, Osogbo
- Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ibadan
- Ibadan Waste Management Authority, Ibadan
- Plateau Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Jos
- Plateau State Environmental Protection & Sanitation Agency, Jos
- River State Ministry of Environment, Port Harcourt
- River State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Port Harcourt
- Taraba State Environmental Protection Agency, Jalingo
- Taraba State Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Agency, Jalingo
- Yobe State Ministry of Environment, Damaturu
- Yobe State Environmental Protection Agency, Damaturu
- Zamfara State Ministry of Environment and Solid Minerals Development, Zamfara
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Benue State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Kano State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Lagos State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Niger State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Delta State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Ondo State
- Waste Management Society of Nigeria, FCT.
These are the names of the top 100 Environmental Agencies in Nigeria.