Federal Environment Protection Agency (Amendment) Decree 1999 (Decree No. 14 of 1999)

FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (AMENDMENT) DECREE 1999 Decree No. 14 A 559 [23rd March 1999] Commencement. THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as follows: 1. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency Decree 1992, as amended, is hereby further amended in section 2 (a) by substituting for subsection (1), the following new subsection, that is " ( 1) There shall be as the governing body of the Agency a Council which shall consist of a Chairman to be appointed by the Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the foliowing other members, that 1s (a) the Permanent Secretaries charged with responsibility for (i) Agriculture and Natural Resources, (ii) Commerce and Tourism, (iii) Communications, (iv) Education, (v) Finance, (vi) Health, ( vii) Industry, Amendment of section 2. 1992 No. 59. A 560 1999 No. 14 Federal £11Firo11mental Protection Ag<!l7('.l' (A 111e11dme111) Citation. (viii) Petroleum Resources, (ix) Science and Technology, (x) Solid Minerals, (xi) Transport, (xii) Works and Housing, (xiii) Youth and Sports; and (b) two other persons from the private sector who shall have distinguished themselves in environmental matters."; and (b) by deleting subsection (2) thereof. 2. This Decree may be cited as. the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Amendment) Decree 1999. MADE at Abuja this 23rd day of March 1999 GENERAL ABDULSALAMI ALHAJI ABUBAKAR, Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria