Nigeria: Hydronet - Sustainable Water Resources Management

This International Action Program (IAP) comissions the Federal Ministry of Water Resources is to collect data and surveys on Nigeria’s river systems and hydro projects with the goal to form a comprehensive database that will be used for water resource management.

Status: In Force; Government Initiative

Funding Information: Federal Government of Nigeria; ADB / NEPAD / ECOWAS

Nigeria: The Ecological Fund

No details available. 

Status: In Force; Mandatory

Nigeria: National Energy Policy

The National Energy Policy establishes guidelines for the protection of the environment in the exploitation of Nigeria’s fossil fuels.  It also emphasizes the exploration of renewable and alternative energy sources, primarily solar, wind and biomass.

References: http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/nigeria/inst.htm

Nigeria: National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (NAPCD)

No details available. 

Nigeria: National Forestry Action Plan

The NFAP has succeeded in reviving the Forestry Sector and has provided individual and group training to both the formal and informal Forestry sector. Each state also has in place Forest Action Plan, which serves as guide for their Forestry development initiative. Full accomplishment of the NFAP objectives has been hampered by political instability in the country and ineffective political support.

Nigeria: Rural Electrification Program

The government aims to connect 1,500 communities to the national grid by 2007 and to achieve 85% electrification by 2010 (compared to 40% in 2005). 5-10% renewables by 2007

Date Implemented: 2004

References: EIA Country Analysis Brief: Nigeria, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/nigeria.html

Nigeria: Power Sector Reform Act

This legislation enables private companies to participate in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. It begins the restructuring of the sector and the privatization of the National Electric Power Authority.  It establishes the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to monitor and regulate the power sector as it undergoes these changes.

Date Implemented: 2005

Status: In Force; Mandatory

Nigeria: Development of Natural Gas Reserves

OSO Condensate Project, the OSO Natural Gas Liquefaction (NGL) Project, the Escravos Gas Project and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Project all promote the use (rather than flaring) of associated gas.

Status: In Force; Government Initiative

Nigeria: Vision 2010

Nigeria: Removed Petroleum Subsidy

The controversial removal of the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was part of the government’s planned liberalization of the sector.  The IMF had been pressuring for this move since the mid 1980s.

Date Implemented: 2003

Status: Mandatory

References: National Communication to the UNFCCC