Department

Zonal Office Directorate

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Head, Zonal Office Directorate

Mr Abiodun Ogunleye

Summary

Zonal office directorate department is in charge of monitoring and enforcing compliance with environmental standards in industrial activities, conducting investigations, and sensitizing the public on pollution prevention, as well as ensuring safe water production, inspecting facilities, and participating in environmental sanitation exercises and global events like World Environment Day.

Our Functions

  • Monitoring and controlling industrial activities to ensure compliance with environmental standards and guidelines of the Agency;
  • Protecting health and welfare through public enlightenment and attending to public complaints through environmental investigations;
  • Monitoring of packaged water facilities to ensure safe water production;
  • Advocacy/sensitization of market men/women through pollution prevention approach;
  • Carrying out environmental sanitation exercise every last Thursday of the month on all industrial facilities and markets;
  • Sampling of water, air and noise at all industrial visits to ascertain compliance;
  • Visits to filling stations for data assessments and inventorization of Petroleum Products Underground Storage Tanks (UST);
  • Inspection of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to Iron and Steel facilities within Lagos State;
  • Industrial visits to eateries, hotels, bakeries and agricultural outfits (large scale) to ascertain level of compliance to regulatory standards;
  • Participating in World Environment Day Celebration every 5th day of June, annually.