Land Area |
total: 923,768 sq km
country comparison to the world: 32 land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km
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| Population | 149,229,090country comparison to the world: 8
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDPi) | $336.2 billion (2008 est.)country comparison to the world: 36
$319.3 billion (2007 est.)$300.1 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
| Human Development Index (HDIi) | 0.511 (158) |
| Happy Planet Index (HPIi) | 30.3 (115) |
| Development Statusi | LMCi, IDAi |
| The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009. | |
| Basel Conventioni Focal Point | Department of Pollution Control & Environmental Health, Federal Ministry of Environment |
| Name | Dr Oladele Dada |
| Address | Plot 14 Aguiyi Ironsi Street |
| City | Garki, Abuja |
| Postal Code | P.M.B. 468 |
| Tel | +234 8 059649400 |
| Fax | +234 9 413 63 17 |
| droodada(at)yahoo.co.uk | |
| Linkage Institution | Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Africa Region |
| Address | FMENV University of Ibidan |
| Tel | +2348033013378 |
| oosibanjo(at)yahoo.com | |
| International Conventions | |
| Basel Convention | BC – 13.03.91 (Ratifiedi)Ban amendment – 24.05.04 (Ratified) |
| Rotterdam Conventioni | 28.06.01 (Accessioni) |
| Stockholm Conventioni | 24.05.04 (Ratified) |
| Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAsi) | Vienna Convention Montreal Convention |
| Waste Management Legislation | 1. The National environmental Protectio(Effluent Limitation) Regulations S.I.8 of 1991\- 2.the National environmental Protection(Pollution Abatementin Industrieand facilitiesGenerating wastes) RegulationsS.I.9. 3 THE National environmental Protection(Waste Regulations)4. The National Guidelines and standards for EnvironmentalPolution Control in Nigeria-1991 |
| Chemical Management Legislation | 1.National Environmental for Standard and Enforcement and Regulation Agency. act of 2007 2 Nation Agency for food and drug Administration .Act of 1992 |
| Waste Inventories | Healtcare Waste Obsolete Pesticides Pcbsi Wastes |
| Recycling facilities | Informal recycling of plastic, metal scrap and paper |
| National strategy for waste management | e-Wastei and Health Care Waste |
| e-Wastei Management | Inventory of e-waste completed in selected zones (Lagos And Abuja), Draft of the Policy, Guidelines and Strategic Plan on e-Waste Management – Ready for Government Approval |