Investor Presentaiton
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CHALLENGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EIA ACT IN NIGERIA
The EIA Act of 1992 was an offshoot of the UNCED Agenda 21. After the Earth Summit, issues
on Environment hitherto relegated to the background, emerged a global, front burning issue.
Prior to this era, hygiene and sanitation were the main considerations for the Nigerian
environment. The inception of the EIA was considered strange, and received with utmost
suspicion and apathy.
The challenges in the implementation of the EIA Act therefore, were myriad
from the onset, ranging from ignorance, lack of awareness, deliberate resistance to compliance,
lack of comprehensive policy on enforcement, policy conflict between the various levels of
government, as well as those emanating from the Act itself, etc.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
established by an Act of the National Assembly in 2007 and now had the onerous mandate,
amongst others, to enforce the EIA Act and consequently, combat the above mentioned challenges
which are discussed below especially from the window of enforcement.View entire presentation