Who we are

Who We Are

The Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities came into being at the inception of this administration on Jan 23, 2009. Prior to this time, it was known as the Ministry of Environment and Transport with the merger of the erstwhile Ministries of Environment and Transport in July, 2007. 

It is to be noted that the Ministry transformed from the Edo State Environmental Protection Board (EDSEPA) into a full fledged Ministry in line with national trend on the 10th of April, 2000. Shortly after, Solid Minerals Arm was added, but was later excised in 2006 and taken to the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Special Duties. The Ministry has Prince Clem Agba as Commissioner, while Alasa Ikhelowa is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.
The Ministry is a regulatory body saddled with the responsibility of managing the environment on behalf of the State. In managing the environment, the Ministry tackles all environmental problems ranging from Waste Management, Flood and Erosion Control, forest depletion and degradation and general environmental and atmospheric pollution.

The ministry is made up of five departments and a Board they include:-

Forest Conservation and Regeneration

Forest Management and Utilization;

Department of Finance and Account

Department of Administration and Supplies

Department of Environment

Waste Management Board

Our Responsibility

The assigned responsibilities to the Ministry are:

Environmental Policies Environmental protection and control ;

Environmental Technology including initiation of policy in relation to environmental research and technology

Planning designing and construction of ecological and environmental facilities;

Environmental Sanitation and Urban Waste Disposal and Management

Provision of Sanitary means of human disposal;

Supervision of Edo State Environmental Waste Management Board

Forestry and Wild life Preservation