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The Final Technical Workshop for the Development of a Regional Action Plan on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Oils in Africa, organized by the Basel Convention Regional Coordinating Centre for Africa (BCRCA) Ibadan, Nigeria, was held from 6-7 December, 2004 at the Conference Hall of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Games Village, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. The Workshop was sponsored by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland.

The Workshop was declared open by the Honourable Minister of Environment, Col. Bala Mande (Rtd.), represented by Director, Department of Environmental Health, Federal Ministry of Environment, Dr. Mrs. N. S. Benebo. Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, Executive Director of BCRCA-Nigeria, delivered the Welcome Address, while Goodwill Messages were presented by representatives of Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Mrs. Kitan Ogungbuyi delivered the Vote of Thanks.

The Workshop was attended by sixty-one (61) participants, including stakeholders from Industry, Civil Society, the Universities, Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the Media, and UN agencies. Specifically, representative organisations included the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the Switzerland Embassy. The Directors of the Basel Convention Regional Centre from Senegal (Dr. Oumar Cisse) and South Africa (Dr. John Mbogoma) were also present at the Workshop.

The Main Objective of the Workshop was to develop recommendations for a National Plan for the Environmentally Sound Management of used oils in Nigeria, and to decide on follow-up action for the Development of a Partnership for Used Oils in Africa and to disseminate these recommendations throughout the African region.

 The Workshop recommended as follows:

(i) the creation of an enforcement arm of the Federal Ministry of Environment to deal with the regulation of used oil among other concerns;

(ii) the promotion of intersectoral collaboration between the Ministries of Environment, Health, Industry, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and related agencies to work together towards the effective management and disposal of used oils;

(iii) the review and expansion of existing legislation to identify, in specific-terms, acceptable management options for used oils, including the definition of the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders;

(iv) the strengthening of a private-public partnership through collaboration and cooperation with organized occupational groups and other stakeholders;

(v) the involvement of organized groups in workshops for capacity-building and training on enforcement and compliance (bottom-to-top approach);

(vi) the involvement of NGOs and other Civil Society Organisations as active participants in research and advocacy, awareness creation, and monitoring activities;

(vii) the development of a financial mechanism for used oil management programmes; in particular seeking involvement of financial institutions in the funding of used oil management;

(viii) the establishment of an incentive system to support used-oil management initiatives;

(ix) the provision of uniform storage facilities at strategic points, close to the generators of used oil;

(x) local know-how should be involved in determining the re-processing and re-refining technologies to be adopted in used oil management;

(xi) the promotion of product responsibility including eco-labeling requirement for lube oil. 9.

The template for a National and Regional Action Plan for used oil management was deliberated upon and recommended for adoption. 10. The adoption of the communiqué was moved by Mrs. Funke Babade and seconded by Dr. (Mrs.) M. E. Mosanya

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