The Federal Government Should reflect deeply on the level of damage done to the nation’s environment through oil spills, illegal milling and manufacturing activities and urgently formulate policies that will guarantee massive investment on the protection of the Nigeria environment .
This was the message handed to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by various environment activists in Yenagoa while speaking on the gains of this year’s world environment day which focuses on restoring the ecosystem around the world.
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A report on the Ethiopian Gazette on April 22nd, 2020 ranked Nigeria as the second most polluted country in Africa. This statistics was reportedly drawn from the increasing artisanal gold milling operations in Zamfara, Northern Nigeria, the Lagos lagoon receives large quantity of environmental pollution from manufacturing activities in the western part of the country While the Niger Delta region battles with the age long glaring stories of gas flaring, deforestation and oil spillages destroying the aquatic lives across various oceans and creeks.
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s world environment day, environmental activists have made a case for proper auditing of the Nigeria polluted environment.
In the Niger Delta Region, the Ogoni Land clean up exercise has witnessed a slow approach, also multi national companies have had equipment failure resulting to oil spills leaving the health of the people at greater risk.
The theme for this year’s world environment day is restoring the ecosystem.
(Editor Paul Akhagbemhe)
