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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully:

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) was established as a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Environment under the NESREA Act of 2007. Repealing the former Federal Environmental Protection Agency Act, NESREA is charged with enforcing all environmental laws, guidelines, policies, and standards in Nigeria. Unlike its predecessor, which focused primarily on industrial waste control, NESREA's statutory mandate extends to protecting biodiversity, managing coastal zones, and enforcing compliance with international environmental treaties to which Nigeria is a signatory. Funding for the agency is sourced directly through budgetary appropriations from the National Assembly, supplemented by revenue collected from environmental compliance fees and fines imposed on ecological violators.

According to the passage, how is NESREA funded?

  1. Budgetary allocations from the National Assembly alongside environmental compliance fees and fines.Answer
  2. B
    Direct financial grants provided exclusively by international signatories to environmental treaties.
  3. C
    Revenue derived exclusively from industrial waste control levies managed by its predecessor.
  4. D
    Taxes collected directly from other parastatals within the Federal Ministry of Environment.

Answer

Budgetary allocations from the National Assembly alongside environmental compliance fees and fines.
The correct option directly reflects the final sentence of the passage, which explicitly identifies National Assembly budgetary appropriations and compliance fees/fines as NESREA's two funding sources.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the specific sentence in the passage discussing NESREA's financial sources.
Identified the final sentence: 'Funding for the agency is sourced directly through budgetary appropriations from the National Assembly, supplemented by revenue collected from environmental compliance fees and fines imposed on ecological violators.'
Literal comprehension requires retrieving explicitly stated details without extrapolation.
2
Match the extracted text evidence directly to the corresponding answer choice.
The option specifying National Assembly budgetary allocations combined with fees and fines exactly mirrors the passage.
Ensures full factual alignment with the text evidence.

Key Concept

Literal Fact Retrieval from Text
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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