ODEY RE-AFFIRMS FG STAND ON SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

ODEY RE-AFFIRMS FG STAND ON SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
Patrick Osadebamwen

The Honourable Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey has assured the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation of the ministry’s support on its pursuit to ensure a secure environment in Nigerian in the course of their works.
Odey who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Hajiya Safiya Muhammad, said the ministry was prepared to offer its support in the areas of protecting the forestry, endangered species on land and fresh waters of the country.
Odey noted that such partnership would benefit the country in the areas of capacity building and improved the ministry’s personnel expertise. This advantage he siod was important to sustain Global Environment fund’s intervention.
Dr. Stephen Donkor, regional co-ordinator who led the United Nations team to the ministry stated earlier that his mission was to strenghten intimate the minister on the reorgnization of his operations and introduction of the next phase of GEF project which would explore the percieved and real effect on climate change in its activities.
Dr. Donkor said that 40% protein intake of the 16 countries of West Africa are derived from fisheries in the fresh waters of the ocean. ocean lives have been threatened so much that need for action to rescue the environment from danger