Nasarawa, Benue partners with institute on environmental safety
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Environment
By Sunday John
Lafia, Oct. 8, 2016 (NAN) Nasarawa and Benue Governments are partnering with Environment Safety Management Institute (ESMI) to sensitise indigenes on the needs to adhere to Environmental Safety Laws.
The governments of the states said this at the sensitisation and induction programme organised by ESMI to new members in Lafia on Saturday.
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State said that the synergy became imperative to curtail some practices that impact negatively on the environment.
Al-Makura, who was represented at the programme by his Chief of Staff, Danazumi Mohammed, said they would collaborate with different groups to encourage environment-friendly practices.
“Human practices such as mining, bush burning; falling of tress, duping of rubbish in waterways, among others, are part of the things affecting the environment negatively.
“We as government have established Waste Management Bureau to complement efforts of other agencies to promote environmental-friendly activities,” he added.
Also, Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, said that the government would commence the building of massive public toilet in the state in the first quota of 2017.
Ortom, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Environment, Sanitation and Public Utility, Nathaniel Ikyur, advocated the introduction of environmental safety education in schools.
Earlier, Benedict Chia-Utile, Director-General of ESMI, said the programme was organised to certify and inducts new members into the institute.
Chia-Utile said that the institute’s objective was to train people on safety environment, document environmental resources, among others.
Matha Eche, who represented the Nasarawa Sector Commandant of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Fustina Alegbe, urged motorist to observe safety rules to curtail the rate of accident on the highways.
She advised them to install speed limit device so as to ‘kill speed before speed kills them’. (NAN)
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(Edited by Dorcas//Felix Nwadioha)