Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency Law No. 15 of 2008.

This Law provides for establishing the environmental protection Agency of the Jigawa State and for monitoring and enforcing environmental protection measures. The Agency shall have the following powers and functions: Re-introduce and strengthen sanitary inspection of premises (House to House Sanitary inspection) for detection and abatement of nuisance; Promote a healthy environment by ensuring sanitary solid waste management; Minimize waste generation and promote sorting at source, re-use, recycling and energy recovery; Ensure safe and nuisance-free disposal of urban and rural domestic, medical and industrial wastes in order to adequately protect public health during and after collection, transportation, treatment and final disposal; (e) Create awareness on the effect of unsanitary excreta and sewage management on the quality of the environment and public health; (f) Promote the adoption, construction, use and maintenance of culturally acceptable sanitary excreta and sewage management systems; (g) Prevent the contamination of environmental media (soil, water, food etc.).