The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev on Monday called for collective action to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution and flooding.
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The Kwara State Government has in the past few days sealed off 14 buildings due to environmental concerns, the state’s Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Musa-Buge, said on Thursday.
The Federal Government and environmental stakeholders have taken steps to validate the National Environmental (Permitting and Licensing Systems) Regulations, 2009, to strengthen environmental laws in the country.
A climate change expert, Mr Emmanuel Emechete, has urged the Federal Government to strengthen the capacity of institutions responsible for climate finance
“It’s not for failure to plan that we had what happened yesterday,” Tokunbo said. “No, it was nature taking its full course. And we are sorry for those whose lives were disrupted: they could not go to work, they could not go to their marketplaces, they couldn’t go to school.”
The statement underscored that the continuous flooding is not merely a natural phenomenon but is exacerbated by human activities, such as the construction of the Third Mainland Bridge, the Adeniji-Adele Road, and the Ilubirin Housing Scheme.
Severe floods have left the residents of Geza community in Kebbi State homeless and in despair.
The Federal Government has started the process of reviewing the National Environmental (Permitting and Licensing Systems) Regulations, S.I. 29, 2009, to address areas of gaps in trending and emerging issues in the environment.
ASHENEWS reports that the Sokoto state government has planted hundreds of tree seedlings as part of its activities to commemorate…
Residents of Sokoto State have complained about the road barricades that prevent them from crossing to the other side of the roads