PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
PUBLIC DISPLAY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING RESILIENT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH (BRIDGE) PROJECT IN THE THIRTY – SIX (36) STATES OF THE FEDERATION AND THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) BY FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION & DIGITAL ECONOMY
In accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act CAP E12 LFN 2004, which makes it mandatory for proponents of all new major developmental activities to carry out EIA for their proposed projects, the Federal Ministry of Environment hereby announces twenty–one (21) working days public display on the draft Environmental & Social Management Framework (ESMF) document submitted by Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy.
Brief Project Description: –
The proposed project is required to address the critical broadband (wireless) infrastructure deficit nationwide hence the deployment of the remaining 90,000Km gap through this Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE) Project in each of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The project on completion shall provide high quality and resilient internet services in selected unserved and underserved areas across Nigeria. Draft RPF BRIDGE Bridge ESMF Clean
The Display Centers are: –
- Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Central Business District, Abuja – FCT
- The States’ Ministry of Environment in Niger, Nasarawa, Kwara, Kogi Benue, Plateau, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kebbi, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa.
- The Federal Ministry of Environment field offices in Niger, Nasarawa, Kwara, Kogi Benue, Plateau, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kebbi, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa States
- Federal Ministry of Environment, Environmental Assessment Department (Environment House), Independence Way South, Central Business District, Abuja – FCT; and
- Click to Download – Draft RPF BRIDGE Click to Download – Bridge ESMF Clean
Duration of Display:
Date: 26th August to 23rd September, 2025 Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm Daily.
COMMENTS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT HEADQUARTERS, MABUSHI, ABUJA, FCT AND VIA eia@ead.gov.ng ON OR BEFORE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2025.
SIGNED
PERMANENT SECRETARY
FOR: HONOURABLE MINISTER
