The policy document prepared in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
According to Obaseki, will address environmental issues such as floods, forest deforestation, and so on. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of the Environment, Dr. Felix Iyalumhe, shared the expectation of the governor, who explained in one day a validation workshop for the 'Edo Environment Policy,' that the state is working with critical stakeholders in the last lap of the policy, looking at having a documents that help to create a safer and cleaner state. Iyalumhe added that state residents will benefit from policy implementation as it will respond to the issue of flash floods and other environmental challenges faced by the state. National Program Officer, UNIDO, Mr. Reuben Bamidele said that human activities continue to be a major threat to environmental sustainability.
Bamidele ensures that when developed, the Edo Environment policy checks activities that cause environmental damage to the state.
“Edo is currently being faced with challenges of erosion, deforestation especially with the furniture business in the state; the forest is gradually being eroded. “In the area of agriculture, the effect of bush burning and use of agrochemicals also pose a threat to the environment; these are challenges the state has to tackle.
The environment policy is needed to mitigate their impact,” he said. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability, Mr Brai Emoedume, explained that the essence of the workshop was to validate the input of stakeholders in the policy. “Environment is key to human existence, hence the need to have a framework to coordinate activities happening within it. We should consider the environment as something we are holding in trust for our children and protect it,”
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