The Lagos Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources was created out of the old Ministry of Works and Transport in 1979 by Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the first elected Governor of Lagos State.
In 2003, the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the past Governor of Lagos State, removed the Environment Office from Physical Planning and raised the current Environment Office to a full-fledged Ministry.
[1] The Ministry's primary goal was to create a clean, healthier, and more sustainable environment that would be conducive to tourism, economic growth, and citizen well-being.
In January 2018, the Office of Drainage Services was transferred to the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), which is under the Ministry of Works, as part of the Akinwunmi Ambode Administration's Environment Sector reform.
Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, took the oath of office on May 29, 2019 and promised in his inauguration speech to restore the environmental agencies that had been nearly dormant.