Nigeria Ozone Office
Assisted Technician Training on Energy Efficiency, Technical Knowledge, Maintenance, Monitoring refrigeration’s winning power…..
NIGERIA DELEGATION: Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, held in Nairobi from 23 to 27 October 2023
The Nigerian Delegation at the forty-fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 3rd -7th July 2023, Bangkok, Thailand…….
HPMP STAGE III TRAINING
The National Ozone Office, Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with UNIDO, organized an inception Workshop for the HPMP Stage III in……….read more.
OUR MANDATES
Nigeria and the Montreal Protocol
Nigeria’s interest in the protection of the ozone layer dates back to 1978 when the United States Government informed the Nigerian Government that some industries in Nigeria were importing CFCs that had been banned in the US. At the ninth and tenth meetings of the Governing Council of UNEP in 1982, Nigeria and Sweden sponsored a Resolution on the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Nigeria participated actively in the negotiations leading to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol as well as co-sponsored the resolution of Article 5 on the special needs of developing countries, by which the Multilateral Fund was established. Nigeria acceded to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol on October 31, 1988, both of which entered into force on January 29, 1989. Since ratifying the Protocol, Nigeria has continued to play an active role within its framework.
National Ozone Office (NOO)
It was Important for Nigeria to properly put in place all the necessary structures required for the implementation of the protocol and other Ozone Conventions, this led to the setting up of the National Ozone Office. The office was created during the era of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA). The Unit is in charge of Planning, Co-ordinating, Data Reporting, Financial Assistance Management, Supervising, and Monitoring of the Implementation of the Country’s ODS Phase-out Programme, and Liaison with International Agencies. It was established as part of Institutional Strengthening assistance from the Multilateral Fund (MLF) for ODS phase-out in the country. The NOO is currently under the department of PC&EH of the Federal Ministry of Environment
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