Director

ETIGBUE DILICHUKWU JOE

 

Erosion Flood and Coastal Zone Management Department

 

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VISION

To co-ordinate, formulate and carryout the implementation of policies, programmes and projects designed to prevent, reduce and control land degradation arising from soil erosion, flooding, coastal and riverbank erosion.

MISSION

  • Develop integrated programmes for addressing the impacts arising from hydrological hazards of soil erosion and flood.
  • Evolve mechanism for forecasting, monitoring and control of soil erosion and flood
  • Promote intra and inter agency linkages
  • Promote and strengthen training at all level of erosion and flood prevention, management and control
  • Conduct national inventory/ survey of all areas devastated by soil erosion and flood and development of national data bank
  • Formulate and review of land use laws and regulations and ensuring the enforcement of these laws and regulations relating to soil and water conservation
  • Raise public awareness and promote understanding of the linkages between soil erosion and flood and environmental degradation as well as encouraging grassroots participation in soil erosion and flood management.

STRUCTURE /RESPONSIBILITY

  • EROSION MONITORING AND CONTROL
    • To minimise soil erosion and encourage soil conservation for sustainable land use: this can be achieved by minimising exposure of soil to raindrop impact, surface runoff and wind and the restoration of erosion degraded areas.
    • To develop reliable and up to date data base and integrated management system as tools to support all erosion and flood control programmes.
  • FLOOD FORECASTING MONITORING AND CONTROL
    • To engage in daily monitor and forecasting of flood
    • To develop  sustainable systems in flood management
    • To manage the data management centre of the department
  • COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
    • To minimise coastal erosion and every form of coastal degradation
  • WATER HARVESTING MANAGEMENT
    • To harness flood water through sustainable engineering systems for the benefit of the environment.