The Project Management Unit, Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) organizes a three-day Stakeholders’ Engagement Workshop on Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) Awareness for the Environmentally Sound Management of PCBs in Nigeriaheld at Jemmyland Hotels, No 2, Gowon P. Haruna Close, Abacha Road, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State, from Tuesday 25^thto Thursday 27^thJunel, 2024, was organised by the

The meeting was attended by fifty-five (55) participants, drawn from Federal Ministries of Environment, Power, Labour& Employment, Budget & Economic Planning; representatives of ElectricityGeneration, Transmission & Distribution Companies; Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Rural Electrification Agency, National Environmental Standards Regulation & Enforcement Agency (NESREA),Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency(NEMSA),Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO),and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO).

The objectives of the workshop were to:

• create awareness about the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) for the Environmentally Sound Management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Nigeria; and
• inaugurate the Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) across all identified stakeholders.

The GRM’s goal is to promote a formalized and locally based platform for receiving, assessing, and resolving feedback or complaints from project-affected stakeholders, preventing grievances from escalating to unmanageable levels, and providing project-affected individuals with access to grievance resolution procedures related to the social and/or environmental impacts of project deliverables.