BPE January 17, 2022

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SECTOR

Units

1. Agriculture and Water

• Agricultural Research Institutes
• Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute
• Agricultural Research Council
• Nigeria Agricultural Seed Council
• National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization
• Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
• Abuja Water Board (AWB)

2. River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs)

• Cross River Basin Development Authority
• Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority
• Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority
• Niger River Basin Development Authority
• Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority
• Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority
• Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority
• Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority
• Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority
• Chad River Basin Development Authority
• Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority
• Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority

3. Environment/Waste Management

• Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)

4. Mines and Steel Mines and Steel

• Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC) and subsidiaries
• Nigerian Uranium Company Limited (NUMCL)
• Nigerian Mining Corporation (NMC)
• Nigerian Iron-Ore Mining Co. Limited
• National Steel Raw Material Exploration Agency
• Nigeria Steel Development Authority
• National Metallurgical Development Centre
• National Metrological Training Institute
• Delta Steel Company (DSC)
• Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON)

5. Tourism

• Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (Regulator)
• NIRIMSCO Hotels Limited (NICON Hilton) Abuja
• Capital Hotels (Sheraton Hotel) Abuja
• Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC)
• Nigerian Hotel

6.National Parks

• Old Oyo National Park
• Gashaka Gumti National Park
• Chad Basin National Park Cross River National Park
• Kainji Lake National Park
• Cross River National Park

Core Duties

A&NR is entrusted with the following responsibilities.

• Partial Commercialisation of National Parks Services.
• Partial Commercialisation of the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs).
• Concession of Abuja Water Board (AWB)
• Concession of Abuja Environmental Protection Board(AEPB)
• Sale of approved remaining Non-Core Assets of NCC
• Take-off of Nigerian Mining Investment Holding Company
• Sale of Non-Core Assets of Delta Steel Company
• Nigerian Hotel (In Liquidation)