Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

The Lagos Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources was created out of the old Ministry of Works and Transport in 1979 by Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the first elected Governor of Lagos State. The Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning was eventually amalgamated with the Ministry of Physical Planning to form the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. In 2003, the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the past Governor of Lagos State, removed the Environment Office from Physical Planning and raised the current Environment Office to a full-fledged Ministry.[1]

Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Lagos State
HeadquartersState Government Secretariat, Alausa, Lagos State, Nigeria
Ministry executive
  • Mr Tunji Bello, Commissioner
Websitehttp://www.moelagos.gov.ng/

The Ministry's primary goal was to create a clean, healthier, and more sustainable environment that would be conducive to tourism, economic growth, and citizen well-being. In the year 2005, two offices were created under the Ministry:

The two offices, Office of Environmental Services and Office of Drainage Services, were consolidated into a single Ministry of the Environment in 2015, following an Executive Order by His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. In January 2018, the Office of Drainage Services was transferred to the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), which is under the Ministry of Works, as part of the Akinwunmi Ambode Administration's Environment Sector reform.

Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, took the oath of office on May 29, 2019 and promised in his inauguration speech to restore the environmental agencies that had been nearly dormant.[2]

Parastatals

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The ministry is in charge of Supervising the following Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs:

LIST OF PAST COMMISSIONERS[4]
S/N NAMES PERIOD
1 MR. ALABI MASHA 1979
2 MR. N. A. KEKERE EKUN 1987
3 MR. TEMILOLA KEHINDE 1990 – 1992
4 ENGR. ASHIM ADEBOWALE OYEKAN 1994 – 1995
5 ENGR. GBENGA ASHAFA 1995
6 MRS. FUNMILAYO DA-SILVA 1997
7 ARC. KAYODE ANIBABA 1999 – 2003
8 MR. TUNJI BELLO 2003 – 2007
9 DR. MUIZ ADEYEMI BANIRE 2007 – 2011
10 MR. TUNJI BELLO 2011- 2015
11 DR. SAMUEL BABATUNDE ADEJARE 2015 – 2018
12 MR. BABATUNDE DUROSINMI-ETTI 2018 – 2019

References

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  1. ^ admin (2013-06-06). "About MOE". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. ^ "Water pollution: Lagos Assembly directs Ministry of Environment, LASEPA to investigate – Lagos State House of Assembly". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  3. ^ admin (2013-08-16). "Departments". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  4. ^ admin (2013-08-24). "Past Commissioners". Retrieved 2022-03-01.